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post #71 of 535
12/27/09 at 11:18pm
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I wish I had turned them on side-by-side to compare... But I think that the G72 LCD is a bit better. It's amazing compared to my wife's HP dv7 (1440x900). A lot brighter, and more crisp. I felt that my old 7805u was only a little better than the dv7.

It's a really good LCD I think. It's plenty bright, colors/black level look good to me, and it's pretty responsive for gaming.
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12/28/09 at 9:04pm
Hi all,

This maybe a newbie question, i just purchased this laptop and it has frozen on my 6 times already in 2 hours. I just don't get it.

If i open up the control panel it crashes. If i'm browsing web it crashes, I bought dragon age and crysis but haven't installed them yet because it keeps crashing doing menial tasks.

Has anyone else had this problem or can you make a suggestion as to what I should do?
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post #73 of 535
12/28/09 at 9:18pm
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Hi all,

This maybe a newbie question, i just purchased this laptop and it has frozen on my 6 times already in 2 hours. I just don't get it.

If i open up the control panel it crashes. If i'm browsing web it crashes, I bought dragon age and crysis but haven't installed them yet because it keeps crashing doing menial tasks.

Has anyone else had this problem or can you make a suggestion as to what I should do?
Try to recover system from hidden partition. Hit F9 when ROG logo appears during Laptop booting. Choose windows 7 recovery. If that wouldn't help call BestBuy
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Note that this operation will delete all your info from drive C:, so if you have some important data just make backup.
Edited by Tim4 - 12/28/09 at 9:28pm
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12/28/09 at 11:22pm
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Yeah that sounds like something is faulty outta the box. Do the recovery, but not a fresh install. If that doesn't do it, then exchange it for another one at BestBuy.
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12/29/09 at 9:06am
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So how is your deals with laptop?Have you recovered?Is it better now?
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12/29/09 at 3:46pm
Great news and thank you all!

Did the F9 recovery and its working like a gem now. I ran a registr clean program prior to that and it found 300+ errors! When i did the recovery i downloaded and installed all the windows 7 updates available...bout 37 of them and its humming like a bird.

Thanks again for the friendly help. I dont usually join forum sites cause of previous bad experiences, but this seems like a great community!

One more odd question, laptop bag for this rig...recommendations? Plus any optimazations tips would be nice.

Thanks in advance
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12/29/09 at 4:03pm
Hey Tim4 to answer your question about a clean non oem os install i didnt find it any faster. ASUS didnt really include any bloat with this. I think it was just pc cillin and office trial? but its almost a given with most oem rigs new rig and clean install. i have to say im pleased with the lappy overall done some stuff with mastercam x4 for work and it runs that like nothing.

Thanks for the help!

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12/29/09 at 5:59pm
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One more odd question, laptop bag for this rig...recommendations? Plus any optimazations tips would be nice.

Thanks in advance
I use an Osprey Elroy messenger bag in black for my laptop and school books. It's a pretty tight fit, but the G72 is a 17.3" screen... so it's a little wider then most other 17" laptops. Plenty big though, and offers good protection.

http://www.amazon.com/Osprey-Resourc...2138266&sr=8-1

Or just do a Google shopping search for Osprey Elroy and a bunch of places will pop up for it.
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post #79 of 535
1/5/10 at 5:32am
Hey Tobulk, I have a few more questions for you , I got this laptop for christmas, and i'm absolutely loving it, it is SOO much better than my old Gateway FX (never buying gateway again lol). So, now to the question, When you load up your computer, it shows the Gamers Republic Icon, and makes a loud noise, that even when you have headphones on, it plays through the speakers, is there anyway to turn that off?

Also, with the power options, is there anyway to have one permanently on? Because No matter how many times I turn it onto High Performance, it always seems to switch back to ASUS standard mode lol. Thanks for your help man!
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1/5/10 at 1:49pm
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Yes, you can mute the logo noise. It's in the BIOS options. I forget exactly where, maybe under boot options. But it's there. You can also disable the icon and let it show the regular POST messages when booting.

As for the power options, you can delete them. Alternatively, change the "standard mode" to have the settings you want. Honestly, those windows power options don't change much of anything...

What DOES change is the Turbo Gear utility. When you go to battery, it will downclock the CPU and lower the voltage to save power. If you don't want this, you have to open turbo gear after you unplug your laptop and change it back to normal.
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