Asus G71G Owners

[klauza]

Hey I got a problem with my g71, and Im just wondering if someone can help me out Every time I change the power settings (manually and also when the computer gets unplugged from the electricity) it works for a couple of seconds and then the screen freezes and I have to restart it by leaving the power button pressed otherwise It wont change at all, what should I try before calling tech support?? (I dont want to call and hear that I have to send it to their service center for something that possibly could have been fixed here)

thanks in advance

[David]

Hey I got a problem with my g71, and Im just wondering if someone can help me out Every time I change the power settings (manually and also when the computer gets unplugged from the electricity) it works for a couple of seconds and then the screen freezes and I have to restart it by leaving the power button pressed otherwise It wont change at all, what should I try before calling tech support?? (I dont want to call and hear that I have to send it to their service center for something that possibly could have been fixed here)

thanks in advance

The first thing I'd do is try and reinstall power4gear.

[David]

I fixed my LOUD FAN NOISE by adding a thin cardboard spacer.

along the edge of the metal fan casing near the clip (fan clip) next to the center screw(laptop center). spacer is in between the metal and the plastic casing in which the metal clips onto. unscrew two tiny screws, unclip the metal, slide in the thin spacer, clip on the metal, screw in the tiny screws, close lid up...The noise is gone.

Hope that help. my spacer was cut out of the backing of a legal notepad. Now that's low tech for you...LOL

seriously this worked for me.

Yes, please do provide some photos (pictures are worth a thousand words )

I actually just experienced this sudden loud noise produced from the fan. It actually made my entire notebook vibrate quite a bit. What I did was I took the back panel out and using a can of compressed air, I just sprayed the fan for a good 30 seconds to make it spin; then another 30 seconds the other way. After that everything seemed to be fine.

[David]

I fixed my LOUD FAN NOISE by adding a thin cardboard spacer.

along the edge of the metal fan casing near the clip (fan clip) next to the center screw(laptop center). spacer is in between the metal and the plastic casing in which the metal clips onto. unscrew two tiny screws, unclip the metal, slide in the thin spacer, clip on the metal, screw in the tiny screws, close lid up...The noise is gone.

Hope that help. my spacer was cut out of the backing of a legal notepad. Now that's low tech for you...LOL

seriously this worked for me.

Ok, i tried your method and it didn't work for me. I also took it further by drawing out full templets of the metal cover in hopes of adding more "suspension"; still doesn't really work. I have a feeling it's the fan itself causing this issue.

[Dragonprovidence]

Hi everyone, I've been busy so just got around to making this post. I am now a owner of an Asus G71G-A2. This is not my first Asus, I also have a c90s and a eeepc 901. So far everything is good, the only problem is the start up fan sound. When I first got the system, it had the common speaker problem as well, but I was anticpating it and updated the realtek drivers. I have not had a problem with the audio ever since, works flawlessly and sounds great. For now the start up sound is an inconvenience, but I can live with it. I'm going to wait until there is a generally accepted solution. Oh a side note, I might want to add that I felt like installing the razer copperhead mouse drivers for the included mouse and was playing around with the settings. While testing out the settings I noticed a double clicking speed test area in the razer mouse software. What happed was that I started to click soo fast that it BSOD my system. I've tried it a couple of times and achieved the same results, so this is a warning to anyone that wants to mess with the double click speed of your mouse.

[David]

Hi everyone, I've been busy so just got around to making this post. I am now a owner of an Asus G71G-A2. This is not my first Asus, I also have a c90s and a eeepc 901. So far everything is good, the only problem is the start up fan sound. When I first got the system, it had the common speaker problem as well, but I was anticpating it and updated the realtek drivers. I have not had a problem with the audio ever since, works flawlessly and sounds great. For now the start up sound is an inconvenience, but I can live with it. I'm going to wait until there is a generally accepted solution. Oh a side note, I might want to add that I felt like installing the razer copperhead mouse drivers for the included mouse and was playing around with the settings. While testing out the settings I noticed a double clicking speed test area in the razer mouse software. What happed was that I started to click soo fast that it BSOD my system. I've tried it a couple of times and achieved the same results, so this is a warning to anyone that wants to mess with the double click speed of your mouse.

Congrats on your new purchase
Yes, the sound issue can be irritating. I have requested a fan replacement so I'll see if a new fan will make the difference. I haven't noticed the BSOD for the mouse settings. Have you tried reinstalling the mouse software and drivers?

[David]

CPU upgrade

For those of you whom want to upgrade their (already powerful) stock T9400 CPU, the best CPU the G71G can support is the QX9300. A friend of mine has tested it and the G71 will recognize it and run stable.

[klauza]

The first thing I'd do is try and reinstall power4gear.

didnt work I just noticed I can overclock it with power4gear without a problem but cannot go to power saving mode, any other suggestions? thanks

[David]

didnt work I just noticed I can overclock it with power4gear without a problem but cannot go to power saving mode, any other suggestions? thanks

In your power options in control panel, do you have Asus's power4gear power plan selected?

[klauza]

In your power options in control panel, do you have Asus's power4gear power plan selected?

I have ASUS Standard Mode selected, and the other 2 options are High Performance and Power Saver, I'm a bit confused now, the software that I have is Turbo Gear and that was the one I reinstalled, now I checked on the recovery disk and there isnt any driver for power4gear, only the Turbo Gear, so is this the same program or am I missing something?? :s thanks