G60vx new bios 205

Anyone give it a try yet? Not sure whats new /fixes

 

According to Asus's download page the bios addresses the following:

"Fix the issue that in BIOS setup menu, NumLock LED is on, but it has no function"

 

man you just got me all excited about a new bios update which is like finding out your girlfriend also like women. now i am let down since this is not a new bios as it has been out since 9-16-2009 which is about 3 months old now.... i hate it when a bios update goes this long.... i think they should have weekly bios updates. and also the security software like norton and mcafee should be built into the bios along with bio-id login such as your face, voice and finger prints should be used to turn on the computer and to log into the pc as well no matter what os. Also any os reinstall should be stored in bios and not the hard drive.

 

Weekly BIOS updates? Isn't that a little frequent considering a bad flash is the surest way to brick your computer?

 

lol let's store everything in the 1mb CMOS chip shall we dzuchowski? music, video, games, so we never have to worry about losing the data...

 

i would like to think the new bios included new slic 2.1 for windows 7

 

I flashed it - nothing out of the ordinary so far. It did encourage me to finally go into setup and disable that annoying fart sound it makes when starting up.

 

well i would love to see the computer shrunk down to just one chip. This would have the bios, hard drive, memory and all the things build into it. want more memory? upgrade the one chip! want better video, upgrade the one chip! Intel and amd are now making the cpu with video and memory controlers on them so why not just intergrate the whole kitchen sink? want os upgrade, replace he one chip!

 

i think u got it wrong...even if technology exists like that, i would never favor someth. like that...because what does it bring to the user? simplicity? go buy a mac...-_-...i can say, i would want individual components, more easier to upgrade, especially in desktops. if someth. fails, you only replace 1 part, instead of the whole thing. im PRETTY SURE that most ppl who want an OS upgrade wouldn't want to replace their whole computer...now ur jsut being plain silly.

i guess every1 has a different train of thought...you obviously have one that GREATLY DIFFERS from what everyone else thinks...

 

i am just replacing one part, it just so happens the pc is just one part

also the mac is not one part, and the mac is no different then a pc they even use the same cpu's they only difference is mac can run osx and heck pcs can run osx with hacks

 

ppl buy macs for simplicity aka not fiddling inside...name the last time you saw someone upgrade a mac, besides adding more RAM. and even then, the percentage of mac users that do upgrade mac are so small it doesnt even count. my school, specifically high school, has ~300 ppl. around 75% own macs, and i bet NONE have ever touched the inside of their computer...

and making one part eliminates the idea of upgrading...and that is a BIG NOOOO!!!

u should stop rite now with your point, it quite useless.

 

You can do this too--just superglue everything in place and the whole computer becomes one part. Keyboard gone bad? Replace the whole part!

...Not to poke too much fun at you but the point of decentralizing parts is to make them individually serviceable. Think of how big a chip would be if it contained the RAM, CPU, GPU, etc on it. It's been done on something like the Tegra/Ion sort of deal but those are tiny and for low-power machines. For heavier-duty computing, serviceable parts make sense. Why replace all your internals when your $400 GPU crapped out?

Finally, SACH007 has a good point about Macs, close to nobody actually does anything internally with them. They are slick-looking and user-friendly machines, but not upgrade-friendly. Something like the G60, while it might look obnoxious/ugly/huge next to a Mac, can be picked apart component by component rather easily.

@SACH007: Don't get too arrogant now, we all have our points and opinions

 

keyboard would connect wireless via bluetooth over wifi connection along with mouse and any external devices. one chip for all... intel and amd developed cpu with video and cpu in it so if you want to upgrade the video then you replace the cpu,,,,, so why nut just shrink a pc to one chip? save space, heat, and energy usage.

i would disagree with you that the g60 g5x series are friendly in terms of upgrades, to me they are not totally friendly since they do not offer a second and third minipci slot to add in bluetooth... otherwise to add bluetooth you need to rip the laptop apart as the asus bluetooth part goes under the palm rest..... real friendly....... a dell studio 1737 has three mini pci express slots....

 

Hm, interesting. Again, I think that works great for smaller devices and lower-horsepower notebooks, but for something as beefy as an Asus G-series, it probably would be much less practical.

I agree with that part you mentioned. I suppose I was arguing that you can access the RAM, GPU, CPU, heatsinks, a pci slot, two hard drives, and fan all from a single plate. The battery is also removable. A Mac on the other hand isn't quite so readily exposed.
Re: pci slots-- I know at least the G50vt has a second pci slot buried somewhere for a readyboost chip. But I don't know if that's a dedicated/special slot or just another pcie slot. For bluetooth I picked up one of those little mini USB things--thought it'd be annoying but it's not bad at all. Much cheaper than the Asus BT, too.

 

lol im not being arrogant...im one of the fools of NBR

but this point is just silly, there is little to no reason to ever have 1 giant chip that contains everything (the heat will become greater since all the hot components will be in such close proximity, with little to no spacing). The point u made about cpu + GPu is only applicable to LOW LOW LOW end gpu (intel gpu, ati 3200?, nvidia 9200m gs?), which are "integrated", ie now in the cpu. u will not find even a 9500m gs with the cpu, let alone a gtx 260m or greater.

next we should just eat one "mega-food" in the day that provides all the dietary supplements, vitamins, and energy to keep us going lol. it may taste horrible and nasty, but its handy isnt it? all the stuff we need, in one easy package (or pill)?

 

Haha, I suppose I'm one too

Agreed with the low-end package side of things.

Maybe that food will contain protein, carbs, vitamins and amino acids-- everything the body needs. And if you close your eyes it might taste like runny eggs. /Matrix

 

I thought most bluetooth were incorporated into the wireless card, should just beable to get one of those cards and swap out, unless ofcourse it limited by the bios. I was missing a wireless card from one of my hps, I pulled one out of a nonworking hp, as soon as I powered it on, it halted at POST saying the card was not intended for this computer(something like that)

 

not sure were that part is on the g51 or g60... i saw it on the g50 tear down
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=318551 about 3/4 of the way down or so...

i still think that a pc should only be one chip with wireless connections for keyboards, mice etc

for any heat issues we could just hook up a straw that we can blow into to keep it cool.... and really since it just one chip it could be the size of a finger nail so no need for fancy cooling