Asus G53JW (A1 & 3DE) Owners' Lounge

[Voodooi]

I think I may need to get my computer RMA'ed the hard-drive is broken...

It makes alot of abnormal sound and takes sooooooooooo long to boot now.

Let us know how long it takes just to get an idea since you're the first person to RMA a G53 that posts here. I'm crossing my fingers for you

I wonder if you can get special treatment since it's quite new. Make sure to mention that in your phone conversation and see what they say.

[Abula]

It makes alot of abnormal sound and takes sooooooooooo long to boot now.

My first G73JW has issues from the first boot, blue screen while installing windows, i manage to get by the install like in 3 resets, but it continue to have blue screen and really slow boot times, my guess was a defective hdd, i didnt took a chance and return it for a new one, the second worked great from the start, installed fine boot and all operations seem normal, but i didnt test it too much, i swap to ssd and to my old reliable 500gb, everything is working great atm. I think this 750gb drives might be fine, but my guess is asus had a huge demand and got the first batches, so idk i just dont trust this drives.

[Metallic]

for everyone wondering about how to turn on the backlit keyboard at log in... Just click the LIGHTS ON/OFF button twice... and voila!

Ok this may sound either petty or stupid but I have never had a laptop with a backlit keyboard before. Is there any way to get the light to come on at the windows login screen? I mean of all the places where it would be convenient to have a light on the keyboard you would think it would be there. I have done a ton of Google searches but cant seem to find any threads discussing this. Maybe I am search for it the wrong way.

thats the only way soo far...

I'm trying to do a reg edit for the lights, but it involves tricking the os into having a non existent fingerprint scanner.... Omg, just realized, I can tie it with the asus smart log on instead!

back to the drawing board....

[ibraveheart]

This has been covered 3/4 times.
This happens with some machines when windows updates. You can re-install the driver via the "e-Driver" program preinstalled on your computer. (ATK drivers) but don't bother doing it untill all the updates are done because it happened twice for me

does everyone have -
"e-Driver" program preinstalled on there computer

does it update other drivers too ?

[custom]

This has been covered 3/4 times.
This happens with some machines when windows updates. You can re-install the driver via the "e-Driver" program preinstalled on your computer. (ATK drivers) but don't bother doing it untill all the updates are done because it happened twice for me

I ran the ATK driver and no luck.

This info did not turn up in a search, and I cannot tell what driver (if not the ATK) I should be installing, so any further help getting my keyboard lights back on would be appreciated.

[Darksieg]

@Custom
Try pressing FN + F4 to adjust the brightness of the keyboard

[DT770]

I ran the ATK driver and no luck.

This info did not turn up in a search, and I cannot tell what driver (if not the ATK) I should be installing, so any further help getting my keyboard lights back on would be appreciated.

hmm...
installing the atk drivers after a reboot should have fixed the problems...

[Metallic]

make sure the "all lights" button at the top left is pressed...

[custom]

@Custom
Try pressing FN + F4 to adjust the brightness of the keyboard

Success, thank you!

[EtonKoob]

Mine is arriving in a few more hours..!!

It's arrived..!!!! Yayyyy!