Asus G53SW Owners' Lounge

Hi,

Here are a few links related to my problem with the crucial m4 ssd :

Problem with boot on SSD crucial M4 256Go on ASUS ... - Crucial Community

Newegg.com - Product Review

These are reports of the same problem but with different asus laptop models. N53, N73 etc. I couldn't find any report with a G53SW but there aren't many out there yet (and probably even less with custom ssds installed) and I suspect Asus reuses its bios across its product line.

Cheers,

J.

 

I've been playing City of Heroes at max settings off of ASUS's image, and I haven't experienced any stuttering or freezing that was mentioned earlier in the thread, and I'm getting a pretty smooth 35-40fps in it (which is impressive given how taxing CoH is). Maybe I'll just uninstall some of the bloatware and not bother with a fresh install.

I remember seeing a thread which went over each of the applications pre-installed with the laptop and it said if the application was necessary or not. Does anyone have the link to that thread? I can't seem to find it any more.

 

Here you go: Asus Utility and Bloatware Guide

 

I'm using a C300 in my 53SW, and had the ''freezing'' problems at boot-up, and also randomly. Installing the registry tweak to disable Intel LPM solved my problem totally. No more freezing.

But I never had any problems with the C300 not booting with the good partition. Scary.

 

Ok so I had an Intel Ultimate-N 6300 card and I decided to install it in this puppy and see what happens. My variety of G53SW only has two antennae, so I cannibalized my broken Packard Bell for a third antenna. I taped the third antenna down in the second hard drive bay and coiled it up in there since the antenna's about 2 feet long and the wireless card is only about 8 inches from the second hard drive bay. (I would mount the antenna high in the back of the screen, but I'm not ambitious enough to try to dismantle the screen of my one-day-old laptop )

Installed the latest drivers straight from Intel, and it works perfectly. However, the main advantage of the tri-antenna 6300 - speed - is nowhere to be found. Sitting next to the router, I only get 144Mbps. (No before-and-after comparison available... like an idiot, I neglected to check the speed of the AzureWave wireless card before I swapped it out.) I don't think the router is the problem; it's a Netgear WNR3500L, which is supposedly 300Mbps capable. Perhaps the third antenna is not of the correct GHz and therefore is not being utilized by the wireless card?

I don't think that theory holds any water, however, because I do see one significant improvement: signal quality. I now get 5 bars (not a very scientific measurement, I know) at the farthest corner of my backyard from my router, and pick up half the neighborhood's routers

If anyone knows what I can do to maximize the speed, please share.

P.S. Bluetooth is integrated into the original AzureWave card on these things. With my upgrade I lose Bluetooth capability, but it's a feature I never use anyway.

 

You rock for confirming this. I'm ordering the Intel 6230 right now to replace the Atheros WiFi card and maintain my bluetooth. Rep +1

 

Hey Guys! I was wondering if anyone else here has overclocked their G53SW-XN1, if so, what clocks are you using and what temps are you getting? I have my GTX 460M @ 800/1600/1480 and it is crazy fast, getting 15500 on 3DMARK06, and 9700 on 3DMARK Vantage. I was running around 80-81C @ load on stock clocks, getting around 85-86C @ load on OC clocks. If i remember correctly, my Asus G51VX ran around 10C higher overclocked, and that was a GTX 260. I am not too worried, just wondering what temps you guys were experiencing.
Thanks!

 

How long can this laptop last? Its durability? I am hoping like around 10 years. I am wondering because the keyboard doesn't look sturdy. And Scared brickless that I'll drop it.

 

Hey everyone, just got my G53sw today and am typing on it now. First impressions: Amazing. It's absolutely great and is running flawlessly at the moment. Since I've read this thread from beginning to end, asking a few questions along the way I wanted to thank everyone who contributed to this thread and help persuade me into buying this amazing piece of technology. Completely worth it!

I'm not sure if any laptop is expected to last 10 years, simply because technology evolves so fast and there are many accidents that could happen along the way. I would think this particular laptop will last at least 2-3 years though; 5 or more if you take extra good care of it.

 

I too have had the 3-5 second freezes under load.
I've tried throttlestop, the core registry tweak, a completely fresh install of windows, upgraded graphics drivers (a couple of different iterations of them).

The only thing I can figure at this point is that it's potentially a heat issue.
The GPU tends to get up to 85C *very* quickly but does stay there as the fan spins up fairly high.
I managed to see it crack 90C with furmark, though furmark didn't actually freeze.

I'm kind of at a loss at this point. I like the idea of this laptop, but considering I got it for gaming, the fact it makes games unplayable means it's probably getting returned very soon.

 

80-85 C while gaming is not a problem and 90+ with Furmark is expected, in my estimation, as well. So I don't think heat is your problem.

Are you running an SSD, if so which one?

 

The power brick on my g53sw just died... I was playing Civ V for a few hours and the laptop suddenly went into battery mode. The power brick was so hot I could barely touch it.

It was on my sofa so maybe it picked up a little more heat that it would have on the floor but still, the thing is 2 weeks old... Anyway, be careful where you put your power brick, it runs quite hot while gaming.

 

I don't have occasional 2-3 seconds freezes, but instead my laptop locks up completely at times forcing me to hold down the power button till it powers off to reset it. If i shake my whole laptop then it comes out of its frozen state for a couple seconds. Anyone have any ideas what could be the cause of this?

 

Sooo, after some reading around this forum, I decided to buy a SSD to my soon to arrive G53SW.

I have the Intel 510 120GB in mind, has anyone tried it with the G53SW yet? Did it work? ^^

Intel 510 @ newegg

 

What options do I need to choose on Throttlestop to stop the throttling native to the G53?

 

I'm a little curious about this myself. Although, I'm feeling like the Intel 510, much as I may want it, is just over my price range. I mean, it almost makes a lot more sense to get, like a 160GB Intel 320 for the same approximate price. I know, it would seem to make a little more sense to opt for a SATA III drive, given that the G53SW is capable of SATA III, but based on what I've read the difference in real world performance is fairly negligible. And the difference between an HDD and any type of SSD is so unbelievably enormous that it's worth it either way. I'm pretty broken up on this, but ultimately I think paying ~$300 for a 120GB SSD is just way, way too much.

If I were to get a SATA III I would either get the Crucial M4, or maybe the OCZ Agility 3. I know, a previous user here mentioned issues with his G53SW and the M4, but to be honest I'm not completely convinced that everyone would run into the same problem. It's really frustrating, because the M4 is absolutely the best bargain when it comes to reliability, performance, and price out of all the available SATA III SSDs. And the Agility 3 is the only other decent SATA III SSD that you can buy for 120GB/~$220. But that's got a less-then-stellar reliability rate, sooo.... Ugh.

Anyway, I'd like to know more about the Intel 510. Sorry about the rambling there

Basically, you just want to select "2" in the top left, which is the gaming profile - meaning options on TS are specifically set up for gaming. Then you just want to make the button on the bottom left is set to "On". You can see TS running in the system tray, and the icon will be green if it is off, and red if it is on.

 

TailGunner came up with a solution to the power brick problem. Basically, the brick that comes with the G53SW is only rated at 150 watts, which is not really sufficient for this notebook. TailGunner's solution is to get a 180 watt supply. See the link for details.

I actually ordered one last week and it got here today, and it's working great so far!

 

Yeah - supposedly that power brick is considerably less prone to failure (and won't heat up as intensely) while running throttlestop, as well.

 

Unfortunately, I can't find a shop, online or not, that carries this power supply in Europe. I might go for a fortron nb-150 that seems the fit the bill, although it's 150W, not 180 like the lite-on.

cheers,

J.

 

I just received an email from Asus stating that the M4 SSDs are not compatible with the GS53SW.

I asked them which sata III drives are compatible, waiting for an answer.

 

I'm using Intel 510 and it working great so far.

 

The Crucial C300 64Gb is another good SSD. Good price (paid 95$ cdn for mine), and you can just put Win 7 on it, and put all your other things on the HDD.

Working fine for me with my G53SW. Blazingly fast boot, and all my programs are all opening instantly.

 

Hey, quuick question. I want to get rid of or atleast minimize the size of drive D. I dont know why they'd only leave 116gbs on C and 300+ on D. I have the G53SW-xn1. THanks!

 

It's just the way they partitioned the 500GB hard drive. Not exactly sure how you do it on Windows 7, but you can merge them into one partition, make one bigger and the other smaller, etc. Shouldn't be particularly difficult to do if you go into the control panel - search for "partition" in the help topics and there should be a guide on what to do. Or search on google, or the Windows 7 website, etc. Someone else can provide a detailed guide on what to do but you really ought to be able to find the info on your own, it's a pretty common sort of thing.

 

Yeah, I can delete my D drive and make it a giant C drive, but when you do that, you delete anything on the D drive. I guess my now informed question is there anything Asus on the D drive? I know nothing about hidden directories. I guess I am just asking if anyone had done it and if there were any side effects. I am leaving on a business trip and this rig is used for tethering to my camera so I could just open a folder on D, but then why do that?

 

Tom's Hardware US

Here's an review on the crucial m4. Looking pretty impressive.

 

I Recommend you download Best FREE Partition Manager Freeware for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 32 bit & 64 bit. EASEUS free Partition Manager Software Home Edition.


It's completely free if you get the basic version which has everything you will need. WIth this you just have to select drive D: and click resize and make it as small as you want. Afterwards you select your C: drive and click resize again but this time make it bigger. It's pretty intuitive.

If you want to completely get rid off your D: drive then you have to copy everything from your D: to your C: drive and then deklete the D: partition using the program I gave you.

Personally, I have my 300GB HDD partitioned (125GB on C: and 175 on D: ). I install everything on the C: but keep all my files including music, pictures, documents, downloads and other stuff on the D: that way if I ever have to do a clean install of Windows (which is often than you would think) it's way easier since I don't have to backup my data onto an external HDD.

And there are no side effects to deleting the D: partition WHen you get your brand new ASUS computer the D: partition is completely empty by default; Windows, drivers and bloatware are all installed in the C: drive. I don't really know why ASUS partitions its hard drives, it's annoying and confusing for most people

 

Yeah, I agree, but... Well, I believe Nid at this point, if (as he said) he's been e-mailed by Asus personally and told that the Crucial M4 is *not* compatible with the G53SW. Really, really sucks because I was on the verge of buying one, but I'm pretty glad I didn't, now.

Still, there are plenty of other options out there. Could be way worse. There's some good deals on Agility/Vertex 3s out there, even if the Intel 510 is unfortunately out of my price range, I might just roll the dice with OCZ. Sandforce can't be THAT risky, can it?

 

They partition it this way for a reason, one big drive takes forever to defrag and or virus scan. 120 GB is about right for a C: partition. You should only have your apps and OS there. Move the data folders under your user profile from c: to d: (there is a location tab in the folder's properties). This way you can image the c: partition and restore it without effecting your data. Data is a little safer when it is not on the same partation as the os, because most trojans, viruses and the like are somewhat contained on the os partition. They are usually in windows/system32 or the temp folder under appdata/local.

A good ssd like the Crucial c300 and a 500 GB drive split into two 250 GB partitions is what I did.

Dave

 

Hey all, I'm new to this forum so I figured I should register and ask questions.
I've read through all 53 pages of this thread (Lol I know -_-) and no doubt G53SW is really gettting great reviews.
Maybe a few slight little issues.
I was about to order G53SW till my friend told me about G53SX's release.
Do you think it's worth the wait?
I also read about GTX 560m runs only 128 while GTX 460m runs on 192.
Is it true?
It's really kind of weird/shocking to know this.
I've been having my Laptop with me for 7 years now.
I tend to keep my things pretty well cared >.<
As you see I'm a great Fan of Starcraft 2 and I just wish I can play games on great graphics.
And I'm waiting for Diablo 3's release too.
So I'm wondering if you guys can guide me to what I should get with a Laptop?
Many Thanks!



Celine

 

Yes the GTX 560m 2gb of G53SX is only 128-bit making it equal if not slower than the 192 bit GTX 460m.

I heard a lot of G53SW users are complaining on reviews about the notorious power button issue and not turning on even after pressing it for god knows how many. Did Asus address the issue yet or what?

 

Yeah I am wondering about that too. And does anyone has the faulty sandy bridge chipset problem? Or is that all cleared out by end of April like they said

 

The whole power button issue is really weird to me - I have had no issues whatsoever with mine, it's 100% responsive and has always worked perfectly. I guess it could just be something that a few people are running into, though, it does seem to come out up now and then.

 

Where did you find it's 128-bit? I check on notebookcheck.com and it's 192-bit. Is it wrong?

 

No issues with mine. Updated all the drivers and its working flawlessly, I'm consistently getting boot time of under 14 seconds with an Intel 510 SSD.

 

It says 192 to me too when I checked on notebookcheck.com
Anyone can clarify?
Many Thanks!


Celine

 

This post?

 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M - Notebookcheck.net Tech
This is the link.

 

I have a g53sw and i think its a great laptop, i can play sc2 on high and it looks very good. the screen is very good. its a pretty big laptop if sx version is 128 bit go with sw.. Good Luck

 

Thanks for the advice
That's why I'm deciding between SW or SX.
I'm not sure if it's true that 560 is 128 only because the website I linked says it's 192.
I'm also wondering if I should get Sager or Asus.
I have a lot of doubts as it's been a long long long time since I bought a laptop. (7 Years x_x)

 

@ Selendis the notebookcheck site is 192 bit because it is the 1.5gb ram. The 1gb or 2gb version of the gtx 560m are 128 bit and cannot be a 192 bit which was fully explained here http://forum.notebookreview.com/7558527-post23.html

 

So am I right to say that I should go for G53SW then to G53SX?

 

Up to you entirely. But that's what I did. And I'm not prepared to wait the month or two for it to be out. A ssd is all you need for a performance boost.

I'm not entirely sure it is incompetitable as quite a few authorized resellers offer it as an upgrade. Anyway, even if it is, they'll probably fixed it with a firmware update soon. You might wanner consider the intel 310. They are very reliable as well.

 

+1; no problems here. I just got it from Amazone.com last week, so their current stock is OK.

 

I'm not convinced yet to get mine, i'm worried about throttle

 

noob question, don't laugh lol, how do i switch back and forth from DX11 to DX10 on this this laptop?....

 

Why would you want to do that?

So far, from he things I've read apparently the G53SW is BETTER than the newer G53SX because of the lowered memory bus... But when making a purchase decision keep in mind that the G53SX has a glasses-free 3D display!

I have a question that's not related to computers in any way: How do you post links to other websites but you have them saying stuff other than the actual link? I didnt know how to explain m myself so here's an example posted earlier in this same thread:

The link redirects you to http://forum.notebookreview.com/7558527-post23.html but in the post it says "This post?", how do you do that?

 

Real simple use of vbb code. Take away the spaces in the brackets and you said it up like this: [ url=http://thisisanexample.test/blahblahblah]See? this text will show up as a link[ /url]. Pretty simple, and real slick, eh? I forget that not everyone has been posting on message boards for like over a decade and knows vbb code like the back of their hand, heh. Now I feel old *sigh*

 

Or instead just highlight some text and click the 'insert link' button. done.

 

I can't decide what to get ><