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ALLurGroceries Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,959 Rep Power: 38	*READ BEFORE POSTING* Common Problems & Useful Threads *READ BEFORE POSTING* Note: This post indexes useful information about ASUS G-series notebooks. It is a work in progress and open to suggestions. Before posting a new thread, please see if the subject is already covered in one below. Also see the main ASUS forum sticky: The ASUS Info Booth Read before posting! FAQ #1: CAN I UPGRADE THE VIDEO CARD? A: NO, ASUS USES PROPRIETARY REVERSE MXM CARDS. FAQ #2: MY KEYBOARD LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING AFTER REMOVING BLOATWARE! A: REINSTALL THE ATK DRIVERS. FAQ #3: I GET COMPLETELY RANDOM BSODs OR PROGRAM CRASHES! A: RUN MEMTEST86+ TO RULE OUT BAD RAM. FAQ #4: COMPUTER WON'T TURN ON/POST! A: REMOVE BATTERY & AC POWER FOR 1 MINUTE THEN TRY AGAIN. FAQ #5: HOW DO I MONITOR MY TEMPERATURES? A: SEE LIST OF UTILITIES BELOW. USE CELSIUS! [ DOWNLOAD DRIVERS \| BIOS UPDATE GUIDE \| BLOATWARE REMOVAL \| WARRANTY REGISTRATION \| ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE WARRANTY ] Quick jump: [ G73Jh \| G73Jw \| G73SW \| G74SX \| G75VW \| G55VW \| G53Jw \| G53SW \| G53SX \| G51 \| G60 \| G72 \| G71 \| G70 \| G50 \| G2 \| G1 \| All models \| NBR gaming friends lists ] G73Jh: [ REQUIRED READING \| General \| Drivers \| Audio \| Cooling & Repasting \| Cosmetic \| Keyboard & Touchpad \| Screen \| Submodels \| VBIOS ] REQUIRED READING (old stickies): All the G73JH Problems and solutions here! How to Fix Your GSOD Blues Keyboard Light Fix (Gary Key) Creative Audio Center lock up fix Beta BIOS - Possible Missing Keystroke Fix (2), (3), (4), (5) General What to do with your new G73JH Unboxing your G73: A short setup guide. ASUS Updates - Official, (2), (3), (4) Updates from Asus, (2) Asus G73 Series Disassembly Guide How to completely disassemble the G73 Pics of the GPU and Mainboard Asus G73 Benchmark Thread G73 i7-720 OC Asus G73Jh 920/940XM Multiplier & TDP/TDC values 920xm purchase Installing a 2nd hard drive G73jh (bestbuy) 12.5mm 1TB drive in G73 with pics Found an alternate G73 drive caddy... Asus G73 - Fn+Esc Does your laptop freeze? Yes or No Vote G73JH-xx CPU Upgrade Q/A G73JH clarifications Disable ACPI Battery Asus G73JH All Gaming Videos Thread Kill switch on underside of motherboard???? Pictures of reset button / kill switch eSATA on the G73 via spare HD bay G73 Battery Pinout G73, Games freeze for like 1 second every minute or two? G73 jumping/choppy Boot problem after enabling fancystart G73JH running a MSI 5870m HD6970m in the G73JH G73JH 6970M upgrade infomation G73Jh PCIe speeds Spare mini-PCIe slot? [SOLVED] G73JH BIOS Update fail(?) Power connection issue G73 car adapter/DC to AC inverter and power draw ASUS ROG G73 and Ubuntu (also has keyboard backlight scripts for any equipped model) Submodels Official Asus G73JH Owners Lounge (A1/A2) ViciousXUSMC's Ultimate G73JH Review (A2) The G73 Best Buy info thread (RBBX05) G73JH-BST7 from BB Kaelang's Asus G73JH-RBBX05 Review! ~Asus G73JH-X1 Official Owner's and Technical Upgrade Enthusiast's Thread~ Asus G73JH-B1 Owners Lounge Drivers Download latest drivers & BIOS (external link to ASUS support site) Chastity's G73 Series Driver and Application Reference ATI/AMD Official WHQL Drivers 11.5 and 11.5a Released ATI/AMD Official WHQL Drivers 11.4 Released Catalyst 10.11 Fixes OC issue How to install latest Intel Chipset Drivers Complete Walk-through For Doing A Clean Windows 7 Install Asus Utility and Bloatware Guide How to adjust Core Parking from inside Windows 7 How To Improve SSD performance on Intel Series 4, 5, 965 Chipsets (JJB Tweak) SSD Performance Tips for Underperforming SSDs xp on asus g73? Upside down webcam G73 5870 softmod to firepro 8800 Seagate ST9500420AS Firmware Update, (newer) Catalyst Control Center (CCC) won't open UJ141AS Blu-Ray drive problems asus g73 blueray drive issue VBIOS How to Fix Your GSOD Blues Latest vbios and Chastity's od2 Chastity's VBIOS HellCry's VBIOS Observations of the Official Beta VBios Blindflashing VBIOS after failed update G73JH-A1 HD 5870 405/700 back and forth Screen flicker and RBE Clock/Voltage question about health of HD5870m I just got another GSOD on my G73JH and I know why. Audio Micro-guide on getting Realtek drivers to play nice with Creative Creative Audio Center lock up fix Creative X-Fi MB 2 for your G73 (Realtek HD 2.62) Creative X-Fi MB for your G73 (Realtek HD 2.48) My Petition for getting a Creative MB upgrade on G73JH Optical Audio on G73JH? G73 Static How are YOU getting in-game surround sound w/your G73? Cooling & Repasting Chastity's Thoughts on Repasting (Read Here First) If you suffer from overheating (Also contains instructions on how to clean the G73) The Newb's Guide to Repasting Your G73 G73 JH/JW Disassembly & Repaste Guide Get out the Air Cans! Chastity's Repaste Experience rorage's repaste experience (finally) My Repaste Experience with Pics - SUCCESS! My repasting experience with a disassembly video and pictures! G73JH Repaste Collective Summary Thermal paste for G73JH GPU Should I bother looking into repasting? G73JH-A1 GPU Fan Noise What laptop cooler,if any,are people using ? G73 Notebook Cooler Does the g73 need a cooling pad? Laptop Coolers and G73/53 series Zalman NC3000 + G73 pics G73 GPU Overheating Asus G73jh GPU temp? G73JH - is a gpu temp of 98°C acceptable? Ambient temps? Monitoring of G73 temps and fans G73Jh thermal pads replaced G73 GPU high temp reduction G-Series Thermal Compound Benchmark Thread Screen Upgrading the G73JH (Best Buy) screen guide [G73jh] Questions for Screen Upgrade G73JH-BST7 display AOU139e LG vs. AUO Screen Best Buy G73JH (We may have found a way!) *The G73JH-RBBX05/G73JH-RBBX09 are manufactured using different display models!!! G73 Hannstar vs Auo screen? Calibrated colour profile for Hannstar HSD173PUW1 Adjusting overscan to fix external display not filling screen Help G73 with External Monitor via HDMI G73jh Red Vertical lines on lcd(none on external) -what if it repeats? Keyboard & Touchpad Asus G73 on it's last leg with me.... (pic of foil removal + update from Chastity) Updated Info for Trackpad / Keyboard Issues Keyboard Light Fix (Gary Key) Asus G73JH Keyboard Light Failure After BIOS Flash 209 Keyboard Lag Debugging Does your G73JH miss keystrokes? Asus G73JH Keyboard Issues g73 touch pad issues Touchpad pics Touchpad Lag/freeze/buggy/jumping debugging Touchpad button making weird noises G73JH Blue LED Lights Stuck on after RMA Cosmetic Rubber Feet on Asus G73JH A-1 replacement how's the rubber finish holding up? (G73JH) G73 backpacks? Messenger type bag for G73 Slappa M.A.S.K KOA Bag Review for G73JH G73Jw: Asus G73JW Owners' Lounge Asus G73JW-3DE Owners Lounge Asus G73JW discussion thread The NEW G73JW-3DE, INFO, Specs, and Pre-Ordering Available! G73JW USB 3.0 issues Weird problems with Asus G73JW-A1 G73JW shuts down - as if I pulled the plug G73JW-3DE vs G73JW-A1 quick screen comparison video G73 JH vs. JW \| ATI 5870 1GB of DDR5 vs 1.5 GB of DDR5 \| GTX460M vs ati 5870m Complete Guide for overclock your Asus G73JW etc! sleeve for g73jw-a1 that fits inside the rog backpack? Travel Review for the G73JW-A1 Fix for G73Jw/G53Jw 3D not working, (2), (further explanation) Updated Momentus XT firmware to fix lag spikes/short freezes, etc., (2) ST95005620AS Momentus XT SD25 Available G73Jw and Cooler Master U3 Black OPs on G73JW Matte screen replacement I exchanged my G73JW for backlight bleed - replacement is worse - with pictures. G73JW GPU & MXM standard 6970m in G73JW - fail :( G73JW & Nvidia 470m - "Valid MXM structure not found" G73JW-3DE screen lcd panel model part number is LGD02C5 Pic of mainboard and GPU G73SW:** How to tell if you have the B2 or B3 Intel chipset revision ASUS G73SW Owners' Lounge BIG NEWS!! New Asus Sandy Bridge laptop G73SW IS COMING SOON!! G73SW and G53SW: Latest drivers and everything you need for a fresh install. Screen flickering No Blue Led bar und the screen for g73sw? G73 and asus-wmi linux driver.... I need your help You may want to hold off getting a Sandy Bridge or at least get the right chipset ASUS to begin shipping updated Intel® Sandy Bridge notebooks GTX 460M (VRAM 1Gb vs 1.5Gb) G73SW screen randomly flickers G73SW-XT1 2 or 4 Memory Slots? G73SW gpu swap G73SW-XN2: First Impressions AES-NI support in TrueCrypt (Sandy Bridge problem) G73/53SW Owners - CPU Throttling to 798mhz and how to fix it G73SW-BST6 Repaste with pics of GPU G74SX: ASUS G74SX Owners' Lounge Asus ROG G74 coming? Asus g74 video, with gtx 560m hands on (kind of) The NEW Asus G74SX & G53SX - NOW Available for Pre-Order at GenTech! Asus G74SX number pad "problems"? G74SX-A1 Keyboard Issues (Key Engagement) Pics of G74SX disassembled showing integrated 560M GPU More pics of G74SX motherboard / mainboard Tearing down a G74SX G74SX 202 BIOS Now Available - fixes numlock + missing keystrokes G74SX 560m (192 Bit) Overclocking results & Temps How to disassemble G74Sx and reduce speaker vibrations (Photos) In for an XC1 on thanksgiving day! ~ SSD installation guide SSD Installation guide How to change the wi-fi adapter G75VW: Asus ROG G55 & G75 in April with gtx 670m Asus G75VW Ivy Bridge 660M Review! and owners lounge G75 is MXM!! or is it? G55VW: Asus ROG G55 & G75 in April with gtx 670m Pics of G55VW bottom panel opened Pic of G55VW mainboard motherboard Pics of G55VW disassembly and mSATA, Mini PCIe port G53Jw: Asus G53, the smaller version of the G73jh Asus G53JW (A1 & 3DE) Owners' Lounge G53JW-3DE Review + Benchmarks G53JW - Quick User Review (Text & Pic Gallery) Asus G53 cosmetic review, software, screen separation, etc Guide to disassembling the G53JW and installing second hard drive Asus G73/G53/G51 Backlit Keyboard Mod G73jw vs G53jw --- Opinions. i5 G53JW RAM upgrade HELP Minimum Processor State and CoreI7 confusion on Win7 Looking for G53JW VBios Pics of the G53Jw MXM Video card G53SW: g53sw is really better then g53sx? Magnetic sensor/switch issue on Asus G53SW-XN1 when closing the lid See also: G73SW and G53Jw. G53SX: See G53SW and G53Jw. G51: Asus G51Jx Owners Lounge G51J-A1 Owners Lounge Ryzeki's Asus G51J-A1 review G51 Owners' Lounge Sunny's G51VX-RX05 Review xcskiier23's G51VX-RX05 Review [Fixed/Workaround] Asus G51J(x) CPU throttling investigation [SOLVED] Asus G51J BSoD thread - part 2 G51Jx BSoD Stuck headphone jack / no sound through speakers G51 and Quads: Final Verdict G51VX-RX05 CPU Upgrade - Question G51VX - New CPU again Asus G51J-A1 i7-720qm Overclocked! Properly! An Optimization Guide for the Asus G51 Grab copper and a drill, now! Asus G51VX Overheating Fixed ASUS G51 Cooling mod, (2) G51Vx Screen Transplant - SUCCESS!, (2) G51VX-RX5 - Screen Upgrade (FHD) & Misc GTX260m Tweaks Quick fix if your headphone/SPDIF switch gets stuck. G51jx WHEA logger event 17 Epic G51 Display Mod w/ Pics - Not for the faint of heart Force fan speed to 100% (remove battery + AC adapter for 30+ secs if a reboot does not reset) No sound from speakers potential fix Differences between G51 model cooling systems (external link to ROG forums) G51 Linux backslash/pipe key remapping Linux on the ASUS G51 series G72: Official Asus G72GX Owners Lounge g72gx CPU upgrade Asus G72 Coolers? Asus G72GX and Asus G71GX temperature issues G72 and G73 Cooling Mod and G72 Hard Drive Cradle [Problem]No connections with my wireless G72 asus g72 wireless stuck in off Install XP on G72 Screen flickering fix, (2) Hinge disassembly External Wi-Fi antenna G72 and G73 Cooling Mod and G72 Hard Drive Cradle Ubuntu - G72 G71: ASUS G71GX BIOS 1201 Update ASUS G71GX-a1 Asus G71 Asus G71G Owners Asus G71 BB Version Mini-Review Asus G71 Hardware update ASUS G71 best buy version DOUBLE TYPE issue Asus G71 problems thread ROG G71G-A2 pics! Got problems with fan - what do I do ? G70: Asus G70S Review, Benchmark and photos G70: Review & Owners' Lounge G60: Asus G60-JX @ BestBuy fir $999.99 G60VX Owners Lounge Howard's Asus G60VX-RBBX05 REVIEW G60jx cooling mod w/ pics G60jx speakers suddenly stopped working SetFSB Game Timing Problem? (G60JX) G60jx repaste w/ pics See also: G51 since G51Vx/G60Vx, G51J/G60J, G51Jx/G60Jx share the same respective motherboards. G50: Asus G50 Notebook Disassembly Guide (also for G51 series) The Comprehensive ASUS G50 Guide (Models, Troubleshooting, Vista/XP/7, Overclocking, Undervolting, Mods & Upgrades) G50VT Performance Thread (Sorry not for G50V) Tear down of my G50VT-X5 (Photos) G50V XP installation guide G50V - 9700m GT overclocking G50VT-Undervolting 9800M GS Nvidia VGA Bios modification/flash/restore guide G50V - Anyone find a use for the OLED display? Turn off / disable OLED display on the G50V in XP Can't get Direct Console 2.0 working on G50VT G50 boot problems in RAID 0 with eSATA connected Location of CMOS battery for hard BIOS reset G50Vt-x5 reboots at BIOS after noticing second hard drive G50v-A1, Random freeze and keyboard issue G50V Owners Lounge RainMotorsports (Clutch's) ASUS G50Vt-X5 (Best Buy) Review ASUS G50VT-X1 with Nvidia 9800M Review and Initial Impression Asus G50 - 260M Swap Procedure G50v-x1 GPU change out? How to disconnect and disable G50V or G50Vt lights Asus G50vt Wireless Reception Asus G50VT X1 Stuck in Headphone Mode G50v : headphone output problem G50V upside down webcam G50 fan replacements The G50 DOES support a 12mm HDD! G50VT fan cable My Laptop Dual Wifi Card Setup (Pictures) Guide to smooth Windows 7 on a G50Vt Guide to flash 9800m GS to GTS 9800m GS overclock numbers?? GTX 260M in a G50 doesn't work too well... Linux on the ASUS G50 series G2: ~Official G2S-A1 Owners Lounge~ Liquid cooled G2S Asus G2 Graphics card Asus G2S - Win XP/Vista - Memory 2g / 4gb conclusions No Sound in ASUS G2S When Downgraded to XP ASUS G2SB1 and new Hitachi hard drive XP Pro 64bit installation problem ASUS G2S B1 - where is second RAM slot? Asus G2S A1 vs G2S A4 vs G2P Does asus G2S have Expresscard 54 or 34 Slot? Asus G2S-A1 Overclocking ASUS G2S Backlight Randomly Shuts Off Asus G2S LCD Inverter Linux on a Asus G2S - General Questions G1: Asus.G1S.Resource.Thread ASUS G1S OLED display - I have found a way to set it :) ASUS G1 heat issues Asus G1 Idle CPU/HDD Temperature ASUS G1s-A1 random restarting and video issues. G1S 8600M GT problems Installing Windows 7 on an Asus G1 Asus G1 vs G1s Asus G1 screen goes almost completely black ASUS G1 user review Asus G1 Laptop Review (Pics, Specs & Scores) Asus G1 Owners ~G1s Owners Lounge~ Asus G1Sn Review, video and benchmark G1s GPU Fried - Out of Warranty - Any Idea on Cost? G1S Disassembly manual All models: LEGAL Windows 7 Download Links (Just like Vista before!!!) Asus Utility and Bloatware Guide Optical Drive Firmware (link to ASUS support site) Guide: How to use the recovery partition to recover to another drive. Asus notebook keys, v1.3, (2) [Tutorial] Using your Media Keys with Itunes. Unable to change wallpaper DIY: Adding SSD or HDD storage using an optical bay caddy Generic keyboard replacement instructions Hackintosh guides NBR gaming friends lists: NBR Steam Gaming Comunity Battlefield 3 Friends List Bad Company 2 Friends Starcraft 2 - Friends List Database NBR-Minecraft [Whitelist], 48 slots server for the NBR community. :D NBR Diablo 3 list? Temperature monitoring utilities Real Temp - CPU temperature monitoring GPU-Z Video card GPU Information Utility CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting HWiNFO, HWiNFO32 & HWiNFO64 - Hardware Information and Analysis Tools Last edited by ALLurGroceries : 05-15-2012 at 06:37 PM. Reason: addition

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