G51J power4gear not showing turbo mode

Would there be any reason power4gear wouldnt have the dropdown box for turbo mode?

I got this a a replacement for a g50 and im finding it seems to be missing functionalities that the g51j is supposed to have.

 

it should be there under the High Performance tab?

 

I know and its not there. ASUS support also told me today that my laptop doesnt come with a illuminated keyboard. THey said it was an option on the g51j

i wondering what the heck they actually gave me. Im so angry right now, their laptops have been nothing but problems.

 

o.o what are your system specs?

 

on the back the model says G51J and the MB version says G60J
what the heck is that about?

 

i7 1.60
4G ram
2 HDD
GTX260m
it seems to have the right specs

 

yea, thats the right specs. I've never heard of one of those not having backlit or turbo. definitely RMA it. I've never had a problem with my laptop so they aren't all problems lol. plenty of happy customers on these forums

 

Dont get me wrong the laptop is awesome. Their service so far not so much. I just want it to work.

 

It's the issue of some ATK drivers - You probably don't have them installed. Check what ATK drivers from Asus Disc You have installed, I also had this problem and turbo mode showed on after installing one of ATK drivers from the disc.

 

Hey jonnyd91 seems like you are having some weird issues. Hope we will be able to help. Here is a link to the most recent version of pg4 maybe posted on the bsod thread maybe this will work?

http://go.notebookreview.com/?id=52...Hybrid_Vista_Win7_64_1126.zip&f_type=14&os=30

 

cool thanks,
I give this a try when i get home.

Let you guys know

 

I dont knowwhat to do now. ASUS is trying to tell me that the lighted keyboard is an option.

What do i do now?

 

I'm pretty sure you're screwed. You got an upgrade from a G50 to a G51J. I'd just enjoy that and move on.

 

Big deal I should have gotten an upgrade. My g50 was Discontinued. They couldnt fix it.

Now i have something that doesn work correctly. I would rather have my old computer that had all its functionality. Is it too much to get a computer the works as advertised?

 

Did the new pg4 at least work?

 

didnt try it yet.

 

Don't all G51js come with the backlit keyboard?

 

I thought so. I just feel im getting screwed.

I just realized i meant to post that post in another thread i had about the illuminated keyboard.

THe guy said "replacement unit was an opne box, it belongs to units returned from the distribution channels"

So who knows what i got.

 

Well maybe on the bright side, the hardware in the g51j is faster than the g50 so that can't be all bad.

 

g60 shares the same mainboard and bottom with g51. most of them are identucal.
If you buy any refurb expect a higher rate of problems monor and major.

 

No go on the updated software.

Other thoughts, i did do a clean install of win 7 and i upgraded to 7 professional. Could there be anything else i am missing?

 

in response to your backlight keyboard. have you tried pushing Fn+F4 together? it might be turned off.

 

Okay, after a clean install you need to re-install a lot of ASUS software to get all your keyboard and soft key functions back. I'm not sure myself exactly but at least ATKHotkey, ATKOSD2, ATK Generic Function, ATKDrv (ACPI), and ATKMedia, perhaps others. Groceries? Anyone?

These are available online or on the ASUS software disk that should have come with the laptop.

 

Ok, i uninstalled all of the atk software and drivers.

I then downloaded all the atk drivers from G60J downloads.

After reinstalling all of them and power4gear hybrid i am now at least able to see and use turbo mode.

Still no illuminated keyboard.

Here is all my installed programs. THis is a brand new install so there is hardly anything on it.