Asus G53JW (A1 & 3DE) Owners' Lounge

thanks for the info, i will update them.

im using VLC

 

Is there any way to make the fan go at maximum speed all of the time?

I don't like watching my GPU go to 85C, and then crawl to 90C.
And notebook coolers don't seem to do anything for it.

And also, I seem to be getting scores of around 31k for the CPU in 3dmark vantage performance.
Anything wrong there?

 

Just got a new G53J not too long ago and it works great but it freezes up sometimes. Right before freeze up I think the sound dim, I remember reading somewhere that the sound drivers are borked and needs to be removed?

I use a turtle beach headset so it automatically installed drivers or something when I plugged it into the USB port.

 

Any way to overclock the CPU without using SetFSB?

 

Does anyone use Power4Gear power modes? My G53 Freezes every time I use one for more than about 5 minutes. Even when it boots with one, my system totally stops working.

Power4gear high performance is the one button overclocking mode that just increases the speed of the first core of your processors, correct? If not, what is the difference between power4gear high performance and normal High performance mode?

 

Any one know if the hdd bay brackets are available as seperate purchase?

Cheers

 

Haven't seen anyone configure it to 100%. Seems it's bios/system locked. Try updating your drivers (Motherboard/GPU etc) seems the score is borked. is the vantage updated? Try also the New 3dMark 2011.

The only way available for now is SetFsB. Bios overclocking seems disabled.

Try Reinstalling P4G? Haven't encountered any problems using it. A little better than Windows own Power Management.

Check Asus Store? or the resellers here?

 

Is there anything special about the memory in the G53JW? I wanted to add an additional 2gb bringing it up to 8gb total, but 3 different so-dimms did not work in the G53jw. After installing, laptop will power on for a few seconds and then power off. Any advice on what memory is compatible?

Thanks

 

As long as all SODIMM modules are DDR3 1333Mhz, I don't think you have problem with different memory brand modules.

BTW make sure you connect those modules correctly, sounds like incorrectly fitted module cause laptop to turn off.

 

hey guys just got my g53, any important drivers i should update? Also how can i set f10,11 and 12 as function keys for volume?

 

Google for a custom hotkey program of some sort. I'm sure there's one out there. When you find it, could you report back?

 

haha well i didn't really have to google anything, theres a key called Fn to the right of the ctrl key, you just press that and the desired key.

 

Oh, do you mean that your laptop already had various icons printed onto the keys?? I'm confused.

 

yeah i was idiotic and didnt notice the fn key, so i assumed i had to somehow hot key it, my bad for not providing enough details/ carefully looking haha.

 

Haha. That's pretty funny.

I can't remember which brand, but their newer laptops, you have to hold Ctrl+FN in order to access those keys. I think it's either HP or Dell. Prolly the HP's at Bestbuy that I was testing out. = BS. What's wrong with these manufacturers? Jeez.

 

Is there anyway to undervolt the GPU then?

 

I'm pretty sure someone has most likely answered this already, but does the g53 come with a media player that can play blu ray videos? Not a drive that can burn blu rays but just a program that can play blu ray video files?

 

The ASUS G53JW-3DE does, and the ASUS G53JW-A1 and ASUS G53JW-SSD can be upgraded to the Blu-ray player.

 

Just wanted to post an update. A month ago, I posted a sob story on here about the power pin in my G53 cracking off into my power adapter and having to send it off for RMA.

Yesterday I finally got it back and everything is in working order. Apparently they had to replace the entire motherboard to fix the power port. Minus the Travel time to and from the Indiana facility, it took the estimate 14-15 business days the claimed. Overall I'm just happy to have it back and I can start to plow through all the games I acquired through the steam holiday sale

On a seperate note, has anyone in here figured the right color calibration settings for the screen? What combination of screen brightness, asus video settings, and Nvida color calibration works best?

 

Got another question, every time i use the key on the upper left of the keyboard to turn off or on all lights, my keyboard doesn't light up anymore on the upper keys for lights, switching modes, the screen and power key. Also what state are you guys running your laptop on, i assume high performance is when your doing tasks which need lots of power like gaming, and battery saving or quiet office when just browsing?

 

For the lights issue, you might want to try to reinstall the drivers (I believe it's the ATK package - someone correct for I might be wrong).
I am usually running mine in quiet office and switch to high performance when I play games (very rare during the last week as I changed jobs )

 

Quick question regarding the OEM Backback. How is it? when i receive my G53 or G73. I'll be using it for gaming and for school and i want to know how the backpack holds up.

Minimum I'll be putting the laptop, charger, and 3-4 books in the bag. But i would prefer if i was able to put 7-8 books because I'm too lazy to check what classes i have and to prepare the books.

Oh and what model is the mouse that comes with the laptop? Thanks.

 

i reinstalled the at drivers from the website but its still not turning on all they keyboard lights, i guess ill have to use the fn and f4 keys then. As for the backpack if your talking about text books youll probably be able to fit 3 to 4 max with the laptop depending on how thick.

 

Hi there. Proud owner of a Asus G53JW. I just read the bloatware guide, and I wonder, where can I download Direct Console? It's not on the Asus support page. Or does my model not support this feature?

 

The backpack I think holds up fine, I use it to carry my laptop and clothes / books depending on where I'm going.

It doesn't fit as much as I would want to, and even without adding anything else to the load of the laptop + charger it's fairly heavy.

The mouse is a Razer Abyss. It's too small for my hands.

 

anyone know how i can set my keyboard back to default, the top 3 keys on the left side do not work anymore.

 

@nil7
Reinstall the ATK driver. Be sure to uninstall the last driver or use Ccleaner

 

@Darksieg
sorry I'm not too savvy with computers, so i installed the ATK package from the asus website and assumed it installed all the new drivers necessary, so would i just remove the whole ATK and then reinstall?

 

Hello guys,
stay away from the G53jw 210 bios since it will brick your pc. Just bricked mine.
Power won't turn on anymore, it's just dead.
I live in Italy and RMAing it to ASUS tech, hope I don't have to pay for repair.
Anyone know if there is a way to restore 209 without having to send it to ASUS?
Greets

 

g53sw is coming ...

 

I think it's isolated issue. There are others (Inc myself) who got zero problems with this BIOS. What update method you use?

 

Here comes a new challenger: m17xR3? It's got Optimus and a norwegian site doing a review on it said that it has switchable graphics between the ATI 6970 and the Intel GPU. Source: Google Oversetter

G53sw better have the same, since it'll also have the nvidia GTX 460M, right?

 

Does anyone know if a screen swap would work with the G53? If so I might try upgrading the quality of the display, to get the benefits of the g53 form factor (smaller than the G73) with a better screen to boot.

 

I used Easyflash from bios but I think that the thing that bricked it was updating the BIOS with my portable USB 3 drive inserted, bacuse also my new portable Iomega drive is bricked.
Damn

 

This laptop is awesome, i LOVE it. I just got it for college. The batter lasts 3 hours on battery saver, WHICH IS AWESOME. Most of the classrooms that i'll be in will have outlets too, if not all to plug in while i type.

Speakers are Loud!!! And i just love the over all feel of it. I'll try to review it some time.

But for now 10/10

 

It it complete the update process? Have you tried hard reset

 

Here is a video of my Asus G53
YouTube - Asus G53 15.6" gaming laptop

 

Guys please help me.. 1. How to create a recovery disc?
2. Is it safe to update bios? And is necessary to update it?
3. How do you OC your 460m?
4. How much gain in performance can we expect from sw compared with jw? Thanks guys.. Keep this thread alive

 

Yes it did complete the update process and verification.
How do you hard reset?

 

Remove Power Adapter & Battery. Press Power button for 30-45sec

plug adapter and battery. restart

 

Did yours ship with a 90 degree power adapter? I would like to buy one.

 

I can verify this because I also have this laptop and am planning to use it when I become a college freshman this fall. Asus I love you.

 

Hello! Please keep this thread alive.. Calling the most frequent posters - 3dking mettalic, no.1 g53 owner voodooi, rainbow animataurkao, vinyl modder wayxpencilx, ibraveheart, ikas v, etc etc.. Please spend some time with the forum-(though its tough to be here because of that beast in your hand).. the world needs you

 

Don't forget yours truly!

I'm still looking into doing a screen swap. Does anyone know the exact model of the screen? If possible I'd like to keep it simple and use a replacement that has the same pinout, rather than start getting into cable replacements/soldering.

I'm still loving the system, after playing a handful of games on it I would rate the cooling system as beyond excellent. Even when I push the laptop to its capacity the fans are extremely quiet - although I have to say most of my game time is less than intensive since it largely consists of super meat boy, finaly fantasy 3 (US), and Super Mario X.

 

It's going back today to support to get it repaired. Let's see what they say.

 

Anyone found out any way to override the hotkeys for the directional keys? I'd love to have them work for Winamp or Spotify.

 

I'd also love to find out if there is a way to do a screen swap. This machinge would be perfect if I could put an IPS display in here.

 

I was wondering what was the max battery life you guys can get on the Asus g53. I have a class that is 2 hrs and 50minutes and my laptop last about 2hrs 15min. Is there a way of increasing the maximum battery life? Thanks

 

Just use the power saving option and turn all lights off with minimum screen brightness. You can also try turning off blue tooth and wifi if you're not going to be using it.

Otherwise you might want to look into a netbook for like 400$ that gets 10+ hours of battery life

Or you could buy an extra battery for the laptop

 

That makes two of us. I wrote my retailer and they weren't sure on the exact model other than it was an AUO, but I'll follow up with some of the other sites on the message board to see if they have any further information. Worst case scenario I could disassemble the entire notebook and check for myself but I'd rather not go through the hastle if someone has the information on hand.