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    Recall? Do I need to? asus N53SV (I don't think so...)

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Quarrel, Feb 15, 2011.

  1. Quarrel

    Quarrel Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, here is my issue. I have an Asus N53SV. (What is that?) ya i Know...

    I7-2630qm
    8 gig ram (after purchase upgrade , came with 4)
    Geforce GT 540m

    So my concern is of course the SB CPU. The website I bought the computer from asked if I want to recall my machine. I don't think I need to. I only have one HDD and and DVD player.

    So my question is, if I don't recall, will my computer be safe? As I understand the issue only affects ports 2 and up. I only use 0 and 1. so if the problem never affects me, should i recall or keep using this laptop? Are there other problems I should worry about?

    Advice,
    insight
    tips
    help?

    THANKS!

    EDIT - I am currently living in China, I bought this from a chinese website so that might influence the help.

    so a few have read but have no advice. I have a short time period and would love to know what you people think!
     
    Quarrel, Feb 15, 2011
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  2. DCx

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    Sounds like you're safe, if I've read everything correctly.
     
    DCx, Feb 15, 2011
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  3. spacejamz

    spacejamz Notebook Consultant

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    Do you have an eSata port that is shared with one on your USB ports? If so, that will use one of the ports...
     
    spacejamz, Feb 15, 2011
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    N53SV has USB 3.0, no eSATA

    btw, Quarrel i have the same notebook and i don't want to send it back too. As you wrote, on device manager it says HDD 0, ODD 1. Everything looks good. However, in BIOS you can see that HDD is connected to 0 but ODD is not connected to 1.. It uses port 2 and it will be affected by the SATA II flaw (it's not that important in my opinion)

    read this topic: http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/554081-n53sv-sata-ports-using.html
     
    vincredible15, Feb 16, 2011
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  5. Quarrel

    Quarrel Notebook Enthusiast

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    Great info thanks! So yes it is using port 0 and 2. I thought I might have esata as well but just usb 3.0. So that leaves me wondering if I should still keep it or not, when the dvd drive burns out, then what? can I change it now to port 1?

    and my supplier wants this laptop back asap. on my back :p
     
    Quarrel, Feb 16, 2011
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  6. DCx

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    Nah, the DVD drive won't burn out, it'll just slow down IIRC. It was a 100% failure rate, where failure = 5 - 15% decrease, right? not a 5-15% chance of 100% ...
     
    DCx, Feb 16, 2011
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    No it's the other way around, it's a 5-15% chance of a gradually deteriorating, where it would read increasing numbers of errors (slowing it down) until it read nothing but errors.

    This was estimated by Intel as a 5-15% chance over 3 or so years usage, so if correct many people have overstated the risk, but it's still significant enough.

    Earlier in the thread I queried about whether it was possible to manually change the port of the ODD, but this doesn't look like it can be done.

    Keeping the laptop therefore entails a risk (est 5-15% over 3 years) of the ODD slowing and ultimately failing, regardless of ODD use. There's always external DVD drives and things like iTunes / Steam can help overcome physical media.

    In all honesty, it would probably save Asus money to ship you an external DVD drive than to fix the chip and ship the laptop both ways...
     
    jk6959, Feb 16, 2011
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  8. Quarrel

    Quarrel Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think i will returning it, against my better judgement. I don't want to lose the DVD drive. I damn well want to keep this very much. I just got it all set up, installed games programs etc... just a pain. But I am hoping now I can get one of the asus g53jw's with the new chips when they come back on the market....
     
    Quarrel, Feb 16, 2011
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    I'd get a g73. The size difference (footprint) isn't that big, but the screen difference ... wow.
     
    DCx, Feb 16, 2011
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  10. Quarrel

    Quarrel Notebook Enthusiast

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    the 73 eh? well I was considering that for my first choice, but the 53 is a little less in price/ Plus the current n53sv is a good size, i'm not sure if I want to go up to a 17' laptop. I need to be able to carry it back and forth to work and other places. I don't mind buying a big monitor for home gaming.
     
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  11. Geared2play.com

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    it is funny. seems like most people decided to keep their recalled notebooks. i predict a parts shortage :(
     
    Geared2play.com, Feb 16, 2011
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  12. Quarrel

    Quarrel Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well I wasn't going to, but I don't want to lose the DVD at any point. Its a pain in the A$$ but I just don't want to take that chance.
     
    Quarrel, Feb 16, 2011
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    The n53 is a good size, the g53 is HUGE.
     
    DCx, Feb 17, 2011
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    Yes you do:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/7174462-post453.html
     
    GenTechPC, Feb 19, 2011
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    vincredible15, Feb 19, 2011
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