Asus G71G Owners

[Tyo]

Damn, this forum is long dead

Anyway, I have a problem of not having the wireless to work for me.
I installed win7 64bit and I can't seem to get this thing working, there's just too many drivers for the same thing, I installed some wireless console, 5300 wireless driver, the switch driver, nothing is working anyway.
Anyone care to shine some light on their update ?

[phanpride]

did u check your bios to see if it is updated? i know there is an update in bios that concerned something about the wireless

[ely94]

FYI
I Just put a SSD in my G71G and had a heck of a time getting direct console 2
to work
It was something with the ATK drivers. I found these and installed them as a package. All is good now.

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I would like to know how Gordonian got 12 gigs of memory. Will this laptop recognize 3- 4 gig sticks????

[Gordonian]

Hi Ely94, If I remember correctly, I used the original direct console from x64 vista.

I am running x64 windows7 now, with a combination of drivers from the g71 "best buy" edition, (which shipped with x64 windows7) for the hardware both models had, and the x64 vista drivers that shipped with my G71g for the hardware the "best buy" edition did not have. You will have to search my other posts around here for the list of drivers (and maybe even their installation order) elsewhere on this site.

As for the RAM issue, the G71G DOES recognize 3 sticks of 4gb each, for 12gb of DDR2 ram. The chipset is the limiting factor when you run a 64 bit OS, and the G71's intel P45/P43 chipset caps the laptop's ram capacity at 15 or 16GB.

Here are the numbers printed on the ram I have upgraded my G71G to:

4GB DDR2 sticks (qty 3)
PC2-6400
Samsung PART# M4 70T5267AZ3-CF7

The same part number is a perfect fit for any ASUS G71 using the G71G v1.0 motherboard with the P45/P43 chipset and ICH10 southbridge installed. I do not have access to a duo-core G71 to confirm the following, but: I have heard this motherboard was used in most of the core-2-quad & core-2-duo G71 versions that shipped after February 2009.

If you want to try this, and you dont have one of these machines, I was very picky about getting identical specs to the original ram my machine already used, as long as the specs were identical, and the chipset's capacity is high enough, the laptop shouldnt have an issue with the quantity of RAM you supply, as long as there are physically enough sockets for it.

Take a look at the name of the manufacturer, the part number & serial number from one of the 2gb sticks you have now, and use the information to find the MHz, voltage, latency, etc of what the manufacturer installed. and take it shopping with you for IDENTICAL specs from the same, or another respectable manufacturer.

I was unable to get the same manufacturer as the Ram I had, but I did find some excellent oem-grade 4gb samsung Ram sticks on ebay at the time that was a perfect match to my original RAM's specs, and I know Samsung does an excellent job job making their own memory chips, including memory chips they use in their own line of very highly respected SSD's.

[ely94]

Thanks G
I did use your other posts around here and at the Asus site, thanks for that.
If you got yours to see 4gb sticks I'm going to go for it.
I'll let ya know.

[Gordonian]

Yup- it did recognize them, right now, the weakest link my G71G has is the video card, but the cards are modular. Meaning: upgradeable ("mxm1" standard connector I think) to the 1gb cards in other g71's (G71gx) & maybe some early g72 versions too (more video ram on the card produces less heat, & not work the gpu as hard as the cards the G71G's originally shipped with), but that upgrade will be a little more complex than a RAM upgrade, and the 1gb cards are hard to find by themselves.

[ely94]

It worked great G!!!!!
Thanks for the info
Have a great New Year.