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    g1s new bios but does not solve cpu problem

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by adolfotregosa, Jul 19, 2007.

  1. adolfotregosa

    adolfotregosa Notebook Evangelist

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    I could kiss you right now !!! LLLLOOOOLLLL :eek: :eek: I lost all of my fait after the 204 bios :(
     
    adolfotregosa, Aug 1, 2007
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  2. scorcho

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    hahaha i felt the same way when i read that! i ordered one this week (expecting it friday WOOOOHOOO :D ) i was worried maybe i made the wrong decision after finding out about the battery charging issue... whew i hope this is true and a quick fix is around the corner!
     
    scorcho, Aug 1, 2007
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  3. adolfotregosa

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    Well , I hope that it's true :) you know how marketing works !! but still, it's a light at the end of the tunnel !
     
    adolfotregosa, Aug 1, 2007
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  4. Irathi

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    yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!

    (no not a woman getting ***, but happy guy that they fix the Bios!!)
     
    Irathi, Aug 2, 2007
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  5. LBThorn

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    BINGO is thy namo!
     
    LBThorn, Aug 7, 2007
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  6. ChRiiLLe

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    No news about any 205 bios? :/
     
    ChRiiLLe, Aug 16, 2007
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  7. LiveDesign

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    Well, it is not out yet. I am sure that the second it comes out, someone will post.
     
    LiveDesign, Aug 16, 2007
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    Believe me, I check that ftp download page 7 or 8 times a day in anticipation (it is a bookmark).
     
    solargaze27, Aug 16, 2007
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  9. jay2428

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    ....edited
     
    jay2428, Aug 16, 2007
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  10. solargaze27

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    If your clock is jumping up to 2 GHz when needed, then no, you don't have a problem. As far as I understand things, that is perfectly normal CPU behavior.
     
    solargaze27, Aug 16, 2007
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    UKlappyman, Sep 7, 2007
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  12. adolfotregosa

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    i'm hopping that the fix comes this mounth. G2s received a bios update day 4... :(
     
    adolfotregosa, Sep 7, 2007
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    May i ask a question.
    If I use it W/O the battery will this problem still exist.
    Thanks.
     
    Q8PHANTOM, Sep 7, 2007
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  14. adolfotregosa

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    that's like using it with 100% battery :S
     
    adolfotregosa, Sep 7, 2007
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  15. Q8PHANTOM

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    That mean that there will be no problems if i just use the AC Adapter W/O the battery.
    That's seem very good.
    Thanks.
     
    Q8PHANTOM, Sep 7, 2007
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  16. informationage

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    So what the HEck? I've been reading this thread for the past 20 minutes like it was some kind of mystery novel. Was Ausus able to update the Bios in the G1s?
     
    informationage, Dec 14, 2007
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  17. xifer

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    adolfotregosa:

    So, still no fix on the 300 bios? How about flashing with the new G1sn bios? It's basically the same is G1s with new penryn and graphic.
     
    xifer, Feb 17, 2008
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    Yeah...honestly I don't know why we are all getting so upset about this? I mean, it shouldn't effect you that much if you keep your notebook charged and whatnot. Not a big deal.
     
    Theros123, Feb 17, 2008
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    Well the G1s has been out for months, surely it is not difficult for Asus to at least put an option in the bios to disable this, so people do not have to resort to 3rd party software to disable thermal options.
     
    Negz, Feb 17, 2008
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  20. E.B.E.

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    I'm not sure it's difficult or not, but they won't do it. So just use the "disable thermal monitor" workaround, or keep your battery fully charged, cause those will be the only solutions you are likely to get...
     
    E.B.E., Feb 19, 2008
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  21. adolfotregosa

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    the g1s/g1sn bios is the basically the same
     
    adolfotregosa, Feb 19, 2008
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  22. Predator_MF

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    I haven't read all the posts here, I read mostly Geared2play.com's and adolfotregosa's but ...

    Are you really sure my power brick will stand charging the battery and running on max performance at the same time?

    As a hardware developer and former electronic technician (working with many power supplies, switching, transformerless, etc..) I'm not that sure I can...

    Some real measurements I just did run me into these toughts:

    Real current measurments, taken with my DC multimeters:

    Running on AC power supply, 70% charged battery, TM1 and TM2 disabled:

    Power4Gear Performance @ CPU Idle: 4.95A
    Power4Gear Battery Saving @ CPU Idle: 4.34A

    The nominal output of the power supply is 19V / 4.74A, the maximum current output should be 10-15% more, I'm not that sure that my brick will stand running on MAX of that long. I should also remind that not all the single items from a production line are 100% identical, it may happen some of them are few percents more reliable or unreliable, which depends on god and quality control. I know ASUS are pretty good at this and they have calculated and tested it, so I won't take my chances with fighting them (unless I buy 120W power supply), though I know it works.

    PS. It's too bad I spend almost $2000 on this laptop, but I think I can ingore the 30 minutes that the battery needs to charge :)
     
    Predator_MF, Mar 15, 2008
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  23. adolfotregosa

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    I also did mesure that and my max was 4.55A with and without tm1 and tm2.

    I been using this fix for alot of time and have no problem what so ever predator and i think alot of ppl is using the fix and nobody came here and said that they had a single problem. at some point you will really need the cpu power and you will be mad at the laptop ;)
     
    adolfotregosa, Mar 15, 2008
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  24. Predator_MF

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    Yeah, I'm also using it , I'm not afraid my PSU will fry cuz it won't actually (because of the difference of the 90W label on the back of it and it's maximum allowed consuption). Even if so, I can repair it or just buy a new one. But still, have some second thoughts (I say my DC multimeter going up to 5A when running COD4), so I'm running it on only when charging :)

    Btw thank you for showing me that problem, I noticed something strange last night when I was playing (did 3 restarts and still got low framerates ingame) but I didn't notice it was actually the CPU.
     
    Predator_MF, Mar 15, 2008
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  25. adolfotregosa

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    adolfotregosa, Mar 15, 2008
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