ASUS G73SW Owners' Lounge

[ibanezfoo]

would be nice to get confirmation from another knowledgable person on this matter.

now, however, the problems start rolling in .

I used Asus Utility and Bloatware Guide to trim all the rubbish out of the C drive. A restart later and my keyboard lights aren't working - they come on briefly as the system is started, but then they're gone - Fn+F4 and the top left lights button don't aid the matter either. Furthermore, when Windows loads up I get 2 messages.

One is from Power4Gear saying "This program can only be executed on the ASUS computer.", while the P4G Windows gadget is greyed out.

The other is entitled "ATK0100 request" and says "You have to install ATK0100 driver".

Funny thing is I specifically didn't uninstall anything to do with ATK, only things that the bloatware guide above advised to get rid of.

I did that too. I just reinstalled the ATK program from the Asus website and it fixed the keyboard lights.

[Retired UPRR]

After a bit of tinkering I've got it solved. Ended up being as simple as going to the asus support site and downloading the ATK package for an uninstall/reinstall. Ideally without downloading the 32bit one by accident.. what a wally.

Strange that that particular driver governs whether Power4Gear is able to run, but quite a relief that I could kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

Fantastic !

Does anyone notice how the sound turns off after a few seconds of playing something? Or even you can notice a small crackle right before a sound plays, like it's turning on again.

It's a pretty faint crackle/pop, but I can mainly hear it with my in-ear headphones so it may not even be that loud with regular headphones or its even more impossible with speakers.

I had a problem that sounds like what your experiencing on my Dell 9300 with WinXP and here's how I fixed it .

Go to the control panel , Sounds and Audio Devices , Sounds and disable the windows sound scheme (set it on "no sound") . You'll loose the ability to hear those annoying clicks ,dings , dongs etc. , they were causing some kind of interference for some reason . I found that I never did miss them myself . Anyway , it's just something to try .

[d2tw4all]

Anybody know if there are any apps that come on the system that can't be downloaded/installed after a fresh system wipe? I'll make the recovery DVD's first and then I'm thinking of flattening it and putting win7 ultimate on but I'm not sure if it comes with any apps that I'd lose by flattening?

Tom

[silver x0ne]

Has anyone gotten QuickSync to work? I read through the entire thread and saw someone mention this was not enabled with the i7-2630qm.

[Retired UPRR]

Just a heads up on a problem that I was having . the touchpad wouldn't work no matter what I tried . I uninstalled it and reinstalled the drivers over and over again and read and reread every post I could find trying to find a solution . It turns out that my wife solved the issue by just telling me to unplug the USB gaming mouse . Lo and behold it worked . For some reason Asus disables the touchpad whenever you plug ina USB mouse .

I've had several notebooks , Dell , Sony etc and this was a new one on me . Well back to installing my programs and games . I'm very impressed with the G73SW-3DE so far .

[dkillone]

I had a problem that sounds like what your experiencing on my Dell 9300 with WinXP and here's how I fixed it .

Go to the control panel , Sounds and Audio Devices , Sounds and disable the windows sound scheme (set it on "no sound") . You'll loose the ability to hear those annoying clicks ,dings , dongs etc. , they were causing some kind of interference for some reason . I found that I never did miss them myself . Anyway , it's just something to try .

Thanks for the idea, but it didnt work. I found some more information about it, and it may be from nvidia downclocking. I need to disable powermizer and do some more testing, if not I may have to look into getting a replacement :\.

As for the touchpad thing, if you go into the mouse properties, then Device Settings, you'll see the option to untick about the pad being disabled when a USB mouse is plugged in.

@silver x0ne

I think quicksync only works if the igp within the 2630 is enabled, and since this laptop doesnt have optimus, I dont think it will work. However, I'm not 100%, so someone correct me if I've got it wrong.

[Retired UPRR]

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As for the touchpad thing, if you go into the mouse properties, then Device Settings, you'll see the option to untick about the pad being disabled when a USB mouse is plugged in........

Thanks for the info ! I fell silly now , I can't believe I wasted over two hours on a wild goose chase . Oh well , live and learn ,

[silver x0ne]

I think quicksync only works if the igp within the 2630 is enabled, and since this laptop doesnt have optimus, I dont think it will work. However, I'm not 100%, so someone correct me if I've got it wrong.

That is what I am thinking, real bummer because that would make me buy instantly.

[DCx]

That is what I am thinking, real bummer because that would make me buy instantly.

The IGP may not be disabled, just not interfaced correctly.

[myx]

Interfaced correctly or not, optimus is not enabled on the g73sw, therefor the igp and quicksync do not work. (nor will widi for that matter, which is the real bummer in my case)