ASUS G74SX Owners' Lounge

[kingtrabzon]

i have asus G74sx. Anyone know how to reduce fan speed. I mean control fan speed manual. Speedfan is not working. I know it is risk. But the noise in the idle is disturbing. Fan speed is 2160-2180 rpm in idle

[Vincent7061]

I've had problem with my wireless too. Keeps timing out. Opens fast on the first page and then everything drags. Found one post claiming this will do the trick to fix it:

Open Control Panel, click on: Device Manager->Network Adapters->Intel Centrino Wireless N 6150 (or your card). Then, right-click and open Properties. Click Advanced tab. Then, click "802.11n Mode" and click "Disabled". Then, click "OK".

Didn't work for me, but others say it's a magic bullet. Give it a go.

[BrodyBoy]

Originally Posted by Vincent7061

I've had problem with my wireless too. Keeps timing out. Opens fast on the first page and then everything drags. Found one post claiming this will do the trick to fix it:

Open Control Panel, click on: Device Manager->Network Adapters->Intel Centrino Wireless N 6150 (or your card). Then, right-click and open Properties. Click Advanced tab. Then, click "802.11n Mode" and click "Disabled". Then, click "OK".

Didn't work for me, but others say it's a magic bullet. Give it a go.

I don't think your "magic bullet" advisors were very well-informed.

I'd suggest you download the latest driver from Intel (assuming that's your card). Then uninstall and delete the existing drivers for any/all wireless network adapters listed in Device Manager. After uninstalling, reboot.

Install the new driver you downloaded. If you are installing an Intel driver, choose the custom install options and de-select any extraneous features you don't need, like WIMAX.

Reboot after the new driver installation.

Open the advanced device properties and make any changes required by your network. Pay particular attention to channel width (usually best on "Auto") and band selection (2.4Ghz or 5.2 Ghz, as appropriate to your network).

[sailort]

My microphone isn't working. When recording there is only static noise (no voice or anything else to hear) and I feel it might be from the fans, because the noise gets louder the instant I switch from Windows to a CPU/GPU-demanding game.
Could this be a hardware problem?
I have the newest High Def Audio Codecs from Realtek installed. When I tried to install the older ones from the Asus Homepage it said "No Driver was supported in this drivers package".
I also have the Creative THX TruStudio Settings installed which says "There is no supported audio device available".
The speakers however are working fine and the microphone from my USB-headset sounds perfectly normal, no static.
Running Win 7 SP1 x64
Any ideas?

[mr.kneeth]

Hello everyone! I am thinking of buying an Asus G74 laptop.

However, I am curious how it would handle my favourite game Men of War: Assault Squad.

A lot of decent laptops have problems with this game...
So I wonder if any of you have tried it out and if you experience any serious lag (that's not due to other player's limitations in multiplayer mode)?

[kcobra98]

Originally Posted by mr.kneeth

Hello everyone! I am thinking of buying an Asus G74 laptop.

However, I am curious how it would handle my favourite game Men of War: Assault Squad.

A lot of decent laptops have problems with this game...
So I wonder if any of you have tried it out and if you experience any serious lag (that's not due to other player's limitations in multiplayer mode)?

From what I understand, in April there will be another release. G75 so if you can wait, it might be best to do so. But of course, there will always be another release on the horizon so if the G74 drops in price it might be the best move.

I am unsure about the game compatiability though.

[Luke-ridd]

Just got my G74SX yesterday, what a beast. Here are the specs: i7 2630QM, 3GB gtx 560m (192bit), 8gb ram, 128gb SSD+750 GB WD scorpio black 7200rpm, 3D 120Hz matte screen (best screen ive used)

Havent had much time to play with it, just finished instaling everything and re-installing windows on the SSD.

[Cylphid]

Just got my G74SX-NH71 yesterday.

1920x1080, 2670QM, 3Gb 560m, 12Gb ram.

Added a 500Gb Momentus XT and fresh install of win 7.

Initial impressions weren't good with an extremely buggy keyboard and frequent Nvidia driver crashes.

Shipped with the 203 bios. Disabled hardware acceleration in FF, clean installed the 295.51 betas and the crashing stopped.

Updated the ATK package to 1.0.0014, reinstalled the keyboard filter and the missed keystrokes stopped, but my cursor began jumping all over...LOL.

Synaptic touchpad disabled is the only thing I can find that stops it, but I always use a mouse anyway, and now appear to have a perfectly operating laptop.

Very pleased with the IQ off the glossy screen and pleasantly surprised at the gaming performance. Metro 2033, L4d, Skyrim and AVP 2 all look great and play smoothly with no sudden drops or lag.

Happy camper here.

[Tennou]

Can anyone provide me with info on how reliable G74SX are, got myself burned with acer8930 and throttle issues and i am curious does have any general issues that i should be aware of, cause i am planing to purchase G74SX-AH71 because it gives great value for money over Alienware m17x r3 $1599 model that was my first choice.

[BrodyBoy]

Originally Posted by Tennou

Can anyone provide me with info on how reliable G74SX are, got myself burned with acer8930 and throttle issues and i am curious does have any general issues that i should be aware of, cause i am planing to purchase G74SX-AH71 because it gives great value for money over Alienware m17x r3 $1599 model that was my first choice.

Well, the model is less than a year old, so it's impossible to state anything definitive about it's long-term reliability.

The G74 is not always problem-free. There have been units plagued by faulty touchpads and keyboards....a small proportion, I'm sure, but significant nonetheless....and many gamers get frustrated with the limited BIOS and lack of overclocking options. Purchased through legitimate channels, it carries a good warranty, but Asus support is, frankly, not good. So honestly, I would not recommend this model to someone who wants a plug-it-in-and-you're-done kind of laptop. This thing takes some user intervention, as the OEM installation is buggy and bloated.

When it's working well, though, it's really a great machine.