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post #81 of 535
1/6/10 at 9:46am
Tobuk, Hi!
What BIOS version are you using right now?
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1/6/10 at 2:12pm
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The one it shipped with. I'll post back soon with the exact version.
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1/6/10 at 11:33pm
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Direct quote... hope this has what you need.

AMIBIOS
Version: 0302
VGA BIOS: 62.92.83.00.0A
EC BIOS Version: WNB_0509-002
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1/7/10 at 5:31am
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Direct quote... hope this has what you need.

AMIBIOS
Version: 0302
VGA BIOS: 62.92.83.00.0A
EC BIOS Version: WNB_0509-002
Thanks Tobuk!
I've updated to 0502 bios and making some thermal research.If you want you may join my thread
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1/8/10 at 11:48am
Fantastic review, sir. Very informative.

I'm posting in here because I need help regarding how to overclock the gpu and cpu. I went to my Nvidia Control Panel, and I have no "Performance" tab where manual overclocking can be found. Also, my turbo gear extreme program will not allow me to overclock. Is it because I got a faulty G72? Is there any other program out there that will allow me to overclock?

I am in the process of seriously considering sending it to ASUS to have them look at it. Sorry if I did not give enough information. This is my first laptop purchase ever, so I am pretty new to all of this. I appreciate any help you can give. Thanks!
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1/8/10 at 12:31pm
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Fantastic review, sir. Very informative.

I'm posting in here because I need help regarding how to overclock the gpu and cpu. I went to my Nvidia Control Panel, and I have no "Performance" tab where manual overclocking can be found. Also, my turbo gear extreme program will not allow me to overclock. Is it because I got a faulty G72? Is there any other program out there that will allow me to overclock?

I am in the process of seriously considering sending it to ASUS to have them look at it. Sorry if I did not give enough information. This is my first laptop purchase ever, so I am pretty new to all of this. I appreciate any help you can give. Thanks!
Is turbogear function enabled in your bios settings? Performance tab will appear only after installing nvidia system tools. You can download it at nvidia's website. And another one TurboGear will work only if you have model with P8700 cpu. If not try overclock using SetFSB
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1/8/10 at 5:04pm
wow, this was a great thread....i chose the g72 over the g60. It was $100 more and worth it I think....what dissapoints me is the lack of a manual. I dont know what half this stuff does. My main issue is trying to play L4Dead 2 and using the mic. The speaker on the laptop activates the mic all the time. Then I cant get my head set to work right. Other than that, this thing rocks. I am quite computer illierate, but if someone would tell me how to check temps, I could post up what mine are.......thx... Ray
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1/8/10 at 5:31pm
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Is turbogear function enabled in your bios settings? Performance tab will appear only after installing nvidia system tools. You can download it at nvidia's website. And another one TurboGear will work only if you have model with P8700 cpu. If not try overclock using SetFSB


Thank you for pointing me in a direction. I am currently d/ling the nvidia system tools, and will let you know how that goes. As for the TurboGear issue, I have a G72gX-RBBX05, which comes with the P8700 cpu. I also doublechecked my cpu settings to verify. Still, my TurboGear is not working. I can use TG to put my comp into Power Saving mode, but no Overclocking Mode. Any thoughts?

Again, thanks for all the help.
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post #89 of 535
1/8/10 at 8:27pm
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wow, this was a great thread....i chose the g72 over the g60. It was $100 more and worth it I think....what dissapoints me is the lack of a manual. I dont know what half this stuff does. My main issue is trying to play L4Dead 2 and using the mic. The speaker on the laptop activates the mic all the time. Then I cant get my head set to work right. Other than that, this thing rocks. I am quite computer illierate, but if someone would tell me how to check temps, I could post up what mine are.......thx... Ray
That will be nice. I am collecting some data according temperatures of Asus G72. So, what you need to do is to download 2 tiny utilities HWmonitor form here and GPU-Z from here. After installing them you can monitor your temps. HWmomitor will monitor temps of all components in your system. You can run it at background, it will show you max,min and actual temps. GPU-Z designed to monitor GPU frequencies and temps. You can enable log to file and refreshing at background to see yor temps cahnging while playing. If you post your temps during idling and paying some games (don't forget about rooom temp) it will be appreciated.
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1/8/10 at 8:27pm
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wow, this was a great thread....i chose the g72 over the g60. It was $100 more and worth it I think....what dissapoints me is the lack of a manual. I dont know what half this stuff does. My main issue is trying to play L4Dead 2 and using the mic. The speaker on the laptop activates the mic all the time. Then I cant get my head set to work right. Other than that, this thing rocks. I am quite computer illierate, but if someone would tell me how to check temps, I could post up what mine are.......thx... Ray
Get a temperature monitor, like nVidia's system monitor, or HWmonitor from cpuid.com.

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Thank you for pointing me in a direction. I am currently d/ling the nvidia system tools, and will let you know how that goes. As for the TurboGear issue, I have a G72gX-RBBX05, which comes with the P8700 cpu. I also doublechecked my cpu settings to verify. Still, my TurboGear is not working. I can use TG to put my comp into Power Saving mode, but no Overclocking Mode. Any thoughts?

Again, thanks for all the help.
So, if TurboGear lets you put the computer into power saver, what does it do exactly when you try to overclock? Is there an error? How are you sure it's not working? On a side note, in the settings button of TurboGear, you have to change the percentage to 15% every time you boot up. The default is only 5%, which is pointless. But the main question is, how are you sure it's not working?
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