Asus UL30VT FAQ / Official Owners Lounge redux

i dunno if anyone has seen this, but there is a way to install optimus on the ul30vt (among other laptops). it is still experimental though. hopefully it will develop:

Optimus Drivers on the Vaio Z (and other newer Hybrid Graphics notebooks?) - LaptopVideo2Go Forums

 

Anyone try out Power4Gear 1.1.35 which is out now? Any problems?

 

Wow those are quite some speeds for the intel SSD . I was looking into the 80GB X25-M when i got my SSD but the 60GB OCZ was on sale for $130 and the deal was too good to pass on. I only get 230/120 for my read and write speed which is still pretty fast. I used the SSD on my mac before transplanted it to my ul30vt and so i wanted to clean it out before putting win 7 on it.

As for my issue, I have 1.125 of P4G installed. I've also tried reinstalling the hot key and keyboard utilities to fix the issue. All the keyboard shortcuts work (i.e. Fn + key). For some unknown reason, the graphix button random stops responding after entering sleep-mode. The ONLY way i can get it to respond again is to boot into express gate. Even rebooting doesn't get the button to respond. I also have the modified nvidia drivers running.

I've installed "switcher" recently and that's when the problem started. Any known issues with P4G and switcher?

 

This has happened a few times with P4G 1.25 as well. I'm guessing I had opposite recommended GPU running before sleep so ended up with Chop Sui after restart.

I do hope Asus gets us Optimus drivers in the future but not holding my breath, I'm not sure our MB are compatible. Someone tell me I'm wrong?

 

I've had numerous problem with GPU switching. In the end I got it working with P4G Hybrid 1.34 and modified nVidia drivers. I'm not sure why that combination helped because everything seemed completely random.
I even tried switching "Language for non-Unicode programs" to English in Windows. Default setting made drivers install in my native language although my Windows are completely English. After that everything works like it should. I wouldn't bet that non-Unicode language switched helped tho. It shouldn't, but hey, who knows.

Our MB are not compatible. Asus, Sony and possibly others enabled switching on their own, with some clever tricks. There was no official switching solution before.
Optimus is a name for hardware+software switching technology from nVidia. What special hardware more or less does, is make sure that screen doesn't go blank when switching. Software on the other hand can be ported, according to some brainiac on forum. It takes care of switching, so users don't have to.
I don't care about that tho because I'm quite capable of my own switching. You'll probably have to tell Optimus when not to switch if you'll be after max battery life (example: internet site with 10.1+ flash).

Here's excellent article on Optimus.

 

Yes, I don't mind switching on my own. I'm still using old DVD based P4G 1.25 since clean install with stock drivers.

I've only had two instances, back to back, in switching where I think I had switched from recomended GPU to other, so left switch/software in gray state? No problems in over ten days with 20 before that.

My point was that Optimus should help cure the gliches and provide users to use normal video drivers, not the flacky hybrid stuff?

 

To be honest I know nothing about "switcher" application, but if it's giving you trouble I'd get rid of it and go back to your known, good configuration, right? That only is using common sense, no brainiac fingers in the pie at all...so why don't you do that instead of being frustrated by the lack of GraphiX Button working correctly?

Optimus is motherboard-centric unfortunately, ie it only works on the hardware level with the appropriate software drivers, so our "old" motherboards are not compatible with it, unfortunately. Even if they were compatible I don't necessarily think that is a better system than we have now...at least with this present system *(when it works right)* we can choose when to switch graphiX engines, while the Optimus system does it "for you"...I actually prefer doing it myself, how about you hydra?

As to the OP's issue, I have no idea how to go about "curing it" because with v1.25 installed and up to date ATK Hot Key and Keyboard Drivers my system seems to work 100% of the time, so I dunno about recommending this or that to "fix" the system he's got. I'd uninstall the culprit "switcher" if I were him, but I can't tell him what to do only suggest things, and that is an obvious move to do.

I wish I knew a "magic trick" to fix this issue for everyone who has it, but I don't, just my own experience with V1.25 P4G and the right updated keyboard and ATK utilities. Sigghhh...it's an imperfect world I am afraid, and I don't have a fix for everything that goes wrong with people's computers.

 

What does the Asus wireless console do? And do you need to install it? Don't have it installed right now.

 

It's not a Control Panel, but it's part of the Asus driver system for the various WiFi devices that the notebook is capable of using. I have always installed it with a Clean Installs, on this notebook and other Asus notebooks. I don't recall where or when, but I remember reading that it was necessary to install the Wireless Console before you install the WiFi drivers...it may have been with another Asus notebook... can't remember right now.

I assume it is lacking from a Clean Install? Are you using the stock WiFi system, or different network adapter? I'd install it if I were you and you haven't yet, just to be safe...I don't think it's going to hurt your Clean Install if you've done one.

 

Hello all
I write in old thread, but with no response.
I have very big problem with my ul30vt. I have it without OS, so I try to install Win7prof x64.

I have got problem with VGA drivers on Windows 7 (I try to install 4 compiltation from different sources). I try to install drivers manually and executing "Install.exe" from CD with drivers (developed with 30vt). I try download drivers from ASUS site (i found it on another site and try too), and I try install drivers 197.16 compilated with oryginall drivers.
Every time effect is the same. Driver damaged or missing (Code 39)
Rest of drivers (LAN, bluetooth, wireless LAN etc) looks like OK

I upgrade BIOS to v210 without effect.
I connect laptop to internet, and windows download upgrades - without effect.

Laptop was in ASUS service, but they don't see any problem (service write to me that everything was ok)
Maybe something with my OS (but with four)?

Maybe some of You have got backup of system (where system see and works with both card) and can share it. I don't have idea what is wrong.


I put screenshots from device manages.

 

I need it to toggle ON/OFF Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. If you only have Wi-Fi it might work w/o it.

Since you installed all of your drivers I guess you could somehow forget to switch GFX card to nVidia. When you first switch over from integrated to discrete drivers get completely integrated.
So if you didn't already, push that switch button.

 

To Mrrudzin:

Try cleaning your system from all graphic drivers you already installed:
1.Uninstall the NVIDIA Driver and the NVIDIA Control Panel.
2. Restart.
(if you do not have them installed, continue to next step)
3.Run the silent.bat which is included in ASUS VGA PATCH. (it's on ASUS DVD)
4.Restart.
5.use DriverSweeper and Ccleaner to clear your registers from NVIDIA drivers.
6.Restart.
7.now try to install official hybrid driver (either form ASUS DVD or ASUS site), with install.exe or setup.exe in hybrid folder (don't remember which is there)

 

Search is your friend

http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/380681-asus-utility-bloatware-guide.html

 

I did not catch if your doing a clean install. I reformatted drive, used W7P image. When booted I think I only installed nVidia driver, not the VGA patch, not needed, from the Asus Driver DVD. Windows installed the Intel driver. No problems.

If you did not do a full drive format, you may still have your restore partition intact. Check to see if you have one. Also read and search through the original UL30VT thread where this question is repeated many times.

Good Luck

 

Stupid question but did you install Power4Gear first? You have to do that in order to turn on your nVidia GPU before you install the driver for it. Just in case...

 

Hi everyone!

So I've been looking for a new primary laptop. I've been following the UL series' like a hawk for prices. Today I saw a seller on amazon had the UL30Vt-A1 $600...REFURBISHED.

Should I take the bait? Will this mean that it definitely won't have any of the awesome warranties? Could I purchase these separately?

Amazon.com: ASUS UL30Vt-A1 Thin and Light 13.3-Inch Silver Laptop (12 Hours of Battery Life): WarehouseCentral

Thanks again

 

Take the refurb, as long as the warranty is the same (it should be). You're just saving money and you might get a little scratch here and there which you would have got sooner or later anyway.

 

Now, you got me. I do not remember trying to switch until everything was installed. Dumb luck or could there be a hardware flag on the modified nvidia driver? I did check hardware manager several times looking for any missed drivers.

Odd that Asus did not include a "which driver must be installed first" list in the DVD.

Wish I had a test drive available to test and post such a list Or, did I miss the post?

 

hydra wrote-'Odd that Asus did not include a "which driver must be installed first" list in the DVD.

Wish I had a test drive available to test and post such a list!'...

Hmmm, OK, I'll volunteer that information after I get home tonight...in a couple hours. I think I have a pretty bulletproof install "tactic" and order to things, so why not? If it will help people....no problem, I'll do it. It's really just common sense, not a bunch of special treatment for this or that driver, especially the video, my gosh! That is easy...

I don't understand the poster back a few's problem to be honest, other than the key words were "got asus UL30Vt without OS"...but so what? All my installs are on bare HD's, I start out fresh every time, and I don't seem to be having any trouble keeping things "lit" with my UL30Vt-X1.

Enough writing, I have to get back to LA (in Pasadena right now), and finish the day...but I promise I'll do that tonight, will do!

 

As promised, I'm going to walk the nice people through a Clean Install's Driver Installation Order, and there's really not too much to say other than list the drivers to install in their respective 'groups' as I call them, apart from the main drivers which have to be installed first because the laptop doesn't function well without them.

Of course we are beginning after the Windows installer has exited the scene, right? Windows is installed, and some base drivers get installed with the OS but don't worry about them, it doesn't matter...

One caveat (disclaimer, general rule of thumb in my installs) is that I do NOT install the WiFi driver until the end of the session. Why is that? Simple: if the WiFi driver is installed Windows wants to do its thing if you haven't defeated the GUI, and it will randomly try to install its own drivers from various sources, along with Windows Updates, and I do NOT want Windows Updates or Windows driver installs to complicate my own driver installation...OK enough said...leave the WiFi out until the very last step, that's my recommendation.

Here we go:

1) First thing to install are the nVidia video drivers, because this computer is unmanageable without them, as is virtually any computer you Clean Install. So take out your USB Flash Drive, or CD ROM/DVD ROM and optical drive and install the nVidia drivers, which also installs the nVidia HD Audio Drivers...if you got a complete driver package from Asus, or the Driver CD ROM, or your own CD ROM or Flash Drive (recommended, so that the installer doesn't try and "take over" the install process, which it *can* do if you use the Asus disc).

RESTART the computer. I am going to repeat this over and over, so don't mind me, it's important to restart between 'groups' of drivers or individual drivers if you will...the more restarts the better.

After installing the nVidia drivers you'll have the nVidia Control Panel available by Right--Clicking on the desktop (anywhere). Get some basic settings dialed in, nothing fancy yet, just make sure scaling is correct, and the base controls are configured, and let's move on but you've got a nice 'looking' computer with nVidia drivers installed, a good start.

2) RealTek HD Audio Drivers - assuming you don't have any sound drivers except the Windows drivers that the OS installed, let's get sound configured next, so these drivers are next because sounds are important during installs, and you want this panel working 100%, install it next.

RESTART the computer - adjust sound HD panel (System Tray area) after the restart, make sure it works

3) Keyboard functionality and touchpad is important also, so that is next, let's do the ATK Hot Key drivers, the Keyboard driver and the ELAN Touchpad drivers, in a group so you then gain control over the keyboard and touchpad...so those drivers are:

ATK Hotkey Utility; ATK Media Utility; ATKACPI Driver; ATKOSD2 Utility; Keyboard Device Filter, + I like to install Atheros LAN Driver here also.

RESTART the computer - check functionality of Hot Keys after restart +check Ethernet RJ-45 port for functionality

4) P4G is Next, v1.25 is recommended, but that's the one to use unless someone has re-written Asus Code! Install Power4Gear Hybrid v1.25 then

RESTART the computer - check function of P4G and switches at this point, and you should have 100% control of the GraphiX Boost switch, Turbo should work (after another restart, of course), it all should click right now...if it does NOT click and work correctly, go back, do it again until it does work.

Touchpad drivers are next.

RESTART the computer - check touchpad functions after restart

5) Bluetooth driver is next, important for many of us who use Bluetooth mice and/or trackpads with the UL30Vt-series, so install that, it's a larger file so important to allow it to finish installation (sometimes BT can hang a bit) then...

RESTART the computer - begin to use the Bluetooth mouse afterward if you have one to use, trackpad the same, check function of BT if you need to

6) Generic Function Service Utility, WebCam Driver, AlCor Card Reader Utility, and System Monitor Utility+LifeFrame+Virtual Camera (optional) are next - you don't *need* to install the latter three, but I like the photo program, it's optional, the WebCam will work w/out it if you don't want to install it... then

RESTART the computer - check function of Web Cam afterward, using Skype if you have that, MSN, whatever you use install that also at this time if you don't install LifeFrame

7) Intel Matrix Storage Driver, IP Switch, and the Intel 1000 WiFi and/or Atheros WiFi for you A1 owners are last to be installed, along with any other "optional" installs you'd care to throw in there at this time, we are basically done...!

RESTART the computer, and you're done with the drudgery of a Clean Install driver installation, ie wasn't that simple enough? You could then start up with the Windows Updates and let her RIP! One of those Windows installs will put the Intel video drivers and sound in place, so that's why I didn't mention the Intel video previously, it's not important!

I also highly recommend that you use some sort of Registry Cleaner during this process, and any time you feel like using the utility is a good time, when is not important, just do it! I use Registry Mechanic, and Glary Registry Cleaner (free, Google it) are two of the best at this task. You will have 100's and 100's of Registry errors during any Clean Install activity, so it's really important to use a Registry Cleaner to rid your system of dangerous bugs, traps, and kinks in the system's Registry files.

That's all I have to add. I hope this helps somebody get their installation down pat and good, as this is what works for me 100% of the time. There is no subsitute for a good clean installation of the OS and drivers, it's what makes the world go around, my world anyway.

 

Is the Intel wireless card in X1 much better than the Atheros wireless card in A1? If so, how much better?

I'm kind of stuck whether I should choose X1 or A1. I really would like the great wireless connection in X1, but at the same time I really would like the extra year warranty from A1.

 

^YMMV. There are plenty of posts regarding this. I have the A1 and find the wireless great. Fast, reliable, with good coverage. Some claim the intel card is much better. Again YMMV. The A1 has a bigger battery too.

 

Hello. I try switching card with no effect (no screen blinking and no change in device manager (seeable only g210m with error 39)

=> piedrox27
I do exactly what you wrote with no effect

=> belzebutt
Power4gear is installed

Guys, I mailled to Asus support, and they give me another sollution (simmilar but less complicated to piedrox27). I give screenshots (with drivers numbers etc) which I have done trying to do this sollution (with no effect - I have error code 39 after done it).

Right click on My computer->manager->device manager, find the display adapters from the rightside. Right click on the VGA adapters, uninstall the intel and nvidia graphic drivers. (its on uninstal 1 and 2 picture)
Picture 3 shows device manager after uninstal

Then please install in the driver 8.15.11.8688, this driver has integrated the Intel graphic driver (setup which I execute and version of drivers is shown on picture 4). When I execute it, I've got only audio drivers (picture 5), so I use patch from asus site (picture 6) and reboot system. Picture 7 shows device manager after reboot system. Now I execute setup from 8.15.11.8688 driver, and now I can instal VGA drivers and I do it.
Confirmation screen (picture 9) looks like everything is OK. But if I reboot system I see only G210M with error code 39 (picture 10).

What do I wrong?

 

Agree, I have both, no problems.

Depending on which "N" router you use, check specs on both cards before leaping..

ot,

I would love to ditch the shiny black bezel for a rubberized, guaranteed against road rash, coating

 

Well, OK, another way that works..thanks for your work!

I did none of the above order and all works fine. Not to argue but I was up on the Intel video before nVidia...straight from first boot.

My point was that Asus must love the warm fuzzy emails from a lot of people, judging from the posts, having install problems.

I love dinking with this stuff but I'm sure more people just want to move on. So, I'm going to e-mail Asus for an official step by step CLEAN install.

This notebook is now or near EOL, I'm sure I will too if I ever get a reply

 

hi,

I am wondering how people are getting such long battery lives with their ul30vt. For example, on my p4g for battery savings, with max processor at 40%, brightness at 40%, i'm only getting 6 hours with no windows open and cpu idle.

Supposedly, this laptop is suppose to get upwards of 10+ hours. How is anyone getting this? Like..right now..battery is down to 89% at 6 hours. It's not even close to the 9+ hours that most people are getting.

Also...what's ODD under device power management?

Thanks

 

ODD=Optical Disk Drive..what were they thinking..

Is this estimated time or you just let it run for 6 hours? Sorry, I normally fall asleep after 4.5 hours

Anyway, estimated is just that.

 

Optical disk...damn you asus! damn you all to hell! And here I was thinking it was some kind of On Disk Detection or something...

I know it's estimated..but I don't care if your'e playing with hand grenades. Estimated should not be nearly HALF of what you're suppose to get.

 

Or you could install the WiFi driver whenever you want and just not connect to your access point.

FYI, I had no luck installing the nVidia drivers until after I installed P4G.

I think that's absolute overkill for nearly everyone. I've done dozens of Windows installs and never had any registry issues, or noticed any improvements from using registry cleaners.

 

First, be sure you are using Power4Gear v1.25 ONLY

Then you may want to try the following:

uninstalling both video drivers (via control panel is fine)

reboot into safe mode

run a driver cleaner (while in safe mode) to remove all nvidia entries

run the asus "vga patch" (while still in safe mode)

reboot the system into safe mode again

install the asus 8.15.11.8688 driver package (while still in safe mode).

After the drivers are installed, reboot into windows 7 normally.


Good luck!

 

Thought I might share my new skin with y'all

 

David wrote: "Thought I might share my new skin with y'all"--

Hmm Ok David, is that an insider deal with the A1 people or what?

That just looks like another silver notebook LCD cover to this X1 owner,
and if not, please edumacate us as to what the purrty picturer is all about!

Thanks...

 

That's just a skin cover for my UL30VT-A1

 

Here's the difference between the two cards: the Intel 1000BGN WiFi is optimized for both 2.4Ghz and 5.8Ghz signals from a double-band "N-Router" while Atheros 9285 (?) WiFi is optimized for only 2.4Ghz signals, and will ignore the higher frequency broadcast.

During normal use you'll never notice a difference, albeit the Intel is slightly more robust in terms of gathering signals (the number of bars that shows on your WiFi indicator is how most people perceive this), ie where Intel will show 4 bars Atheros will show 3 bars, etc. It's all subjective and depends mostly on what you want to get *out* of your WiFi system at home or work. Also the later builds of the A-1 came with two antennas as I recall, vs a single antenna in the early notebooks, so YMMV there also. Please correct me if I'm mistaken about that, but I seem to recall reading that in the old thread.

Where the Intel 1000BGN WiFi will shine over Atheros is during a dual band transmission of a network-wide broadband movie, concert, or music event, since the latter card will not render signals from the 5.xGhz band while the Intel WiFi takes both signals and supplies the computer with more data from the enhanced event.

I can't recall the source of that info above, but I read it recently on the 'Net and should have bookmarked it but I did not. You can read about the Intel WiFi cards, ie all of them from the Intel 1000 through the N-6300 at the Intel web site, which I have done and it's pretty enlightening as far as understanding the abilities of the Intel cards, especially the web site devoted to the N-6200 and 6300 Ultimate WiFi cards, which is here:

Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300 and Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200 Overview

And the PDF on the N-6300 Ultimate specifically is here:

http://download.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/prodbrf/323017.pdf

The N-6300 Ultimate WiFi card, when optimized with 3 antennas, is hands-down the most powerful WiFi card $$$ can buy these days, and the Intel 1000 WiFi card shares its dual band ability-- but it's just not as advanced or powerful as the 6300.

I recently purchased the N-6300 Ultimate WiFi card for my new G51 laptop and its range and power is pretty spectacular if you try it with a broadband broadcast from a double-band N router, which I have at home. I use the network for streaming AppleTV and network music throughout the house and my studio, and the Intel 6300 card is able to pull in a clear signal even outside the house, which my other notebooks cannot do.

If anyone has data like the above about the Atheros WiFi card please share it with the group, because I have yet to read that much about the Atheros cards, while Intel is pretty easy to search out about their products.

 

Thanks The skin sticks on like cell phone protective screen films. I got it from spgstore and it's definitely a nice skin to protect the lcd cover from scratches. Though I bought it mainly for the looks rather than protection

 

belzebutt wrote: Quote:
(it's really important to use a Registry Cleaner to rid your system of dangerous bugs, traps, and kinks in the system's Registry files.)--I wrote

"I think that's absolute overkill for nearly everyone. I've done dozens of Windows installs and never had any registry issues, or noticed any improvements from using registry cleaners."

If you'd have *checked* your Registry after a Clean Install with any Registry cleaner/rebuilder you would find hundreds and hundreds of errors in the Registry, and it's not something to take so lightly as you apparently do.

I don't want this to turn into a P*ssing contest about whether to use Registry cleaners/rebuilders or not, and only offer the above as an addendum to doing a Clean Install because many folks apparently do not use the cleaners/rebuilders and suffer naught through a Windows install and use, over time. However sometimes this can "catch up to you" if there's a major problem of any kind with the OS, and a weak or corrupted Registry can lead to a complete System crash or worse.

Registry cleaners are something that I use to prevent corruption and degradation to my Registries (I use Glary Reg cleaner and Registry Mechanic in every Windows install that I have, and have done, even if it's not my computer, ie I'll install the free Glary cleaner/rebuilder every time and leave it up to the user to either continue using it or not). I simply got into the habit of using both those utilities a couple years ago and have not found a reason to stop using them, so it continues.

A brief explanation and analogy: The System Registry is where the OS stores its directory files, which sustain the OS and applications during normal use. Registry errors, "tears or corruption" is rampant in the Registry after a Clean Install or heavy program installation because Windows doesn't do a very good job of organizing the Registry when it's new, or after new files are imported into the OS. All that a Registry cleaner does is to re-arrange and/or clean/modify new or corrupted entries back into their natural order.

I like to think of the Registry as "clean oil" in an automobile, which some people change, while others do not, or do not do it very often or according to the manufacturer's recommended schedule. We all know that clean oil is good for your car, and some people make sure that their car has clean, or relatively clean oil throughout the car's lifetime while others could care less, and that's the same concept as Registry cleaners and the Windows OS.

You just might get by with never attending to organizing or cleaning your Registry while you "own" or use the OS, but it's widely believed that a system with an organized/clean Registry is a better system than one that has never been repaired, fixed, attended to properly, just like a car is a better off if its oil has been changed regularly.

If you believe in keeping your Registry clean and fixed most of the time you'll attend to the Registry, especially after doing a Clean Install or program installation/uninstallation, and that's the point that I want to make, no more, no less.

Belzebutt, why don't you, just for kix and general knowledge, download the free Glary Registry Cleaner (and I'll provide that link for you) install it, and simply use it to check your Registry since you write that you never use such programs, or don't recommend using them. I'll bet my socks that you have literally hundreds of Registry errors, orphaned files and entries, all types of corruption and potential problems developing, and you don't even know it. You can always uninstall, trash, and eliminate the program if you don't want to use it or continue using it, or any Registry fixer.

Here's the link for that *free download*:

Glary Registry Repair - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com

Here's what CNET says about this Registry program:

"True to its name, the utility scans your PC's registry, then fixes any errors it finds.

The app's main interface is easy to grasp at first sight, letting you check and uncheck boxes when deciding which portions of the Registry to scan. For instance, the program looks for such entries as obsolete software, invalid fonts, bad shortcuts, and even spyware. It's also nice that Registry Repair offers a brief explanation of why each key is no longer necessary, but it still automatically backs up the Registry before you remove anything.

In addition to its main job, the application also can manage which programs launch on start-up. You'll also find a disk-cleanup utility and an uninstaller; these features are not remarkably different from Windows' built-in tools, but it's still nice to be able to access them from the app's main window. Everyday users who want to keep their computers free of junk will find Registry Repair a very helpful download.

Publisher's description

From GlarySoft :
Glarysoft Registry Repair is an advanced registry cleaner for Windows that allows you to safely scan, clean, and repair registry problems. Problems with the Windows registry are a common cause of Windows crashes and error messages. Glarysoft Registry Repair allows you to fix your registry and optimize your PCs performance with a few simple mouse clicks."

Don't install the Toolbar thingie, just the application, and see what happens after that. The rest is up to you. Below is my general outlook on this topic:

If you find that Registry program interesting or valuable, Registry Mechanic is a shareware program that I subscribe to (annual dues $25). It's much more advanced than Glary's free program, and is generally thought of as the best Registry program available, free or otherwise. I use both programs in tandem, usually Glary before Mechanic, and I think that the "oil" or Registry is pretty much immaculate in all the Windows computer I own or use.

Here's the PC Tools web site for Registry Mechanic, and any number of other tools/utilities that they offer...I just use the one program from this company, and find it invaluable in maintaining Registries in all my computers with the Windows OS on them, even my Mac installs with Boot Camp.

Free Download Registry Mechanic - Windows XP Registry Cleaner Download

If people think I am being obsessive or over-cautious with my Registry cleaner/fixer use, sighh...it's simply something that you can do or ignore with your Windows installs and/or use, the choice is always the User's.

 

i got the carbon one on its way!!!

 

Hello everyone,

What are you guys getting for CPU and GPU temps under load for the UL30VT? When mine was new (5 months ago), I believe both the GPU and CPU stayed under 70C. I don't do anything super intensive, the only game I really play is CS:S, and the GPU now warms up to over 100C, while the CPU approaches 90C. Once the temps get around 100C, my framerate cuts in half and the game become virtually unplayable, which is extremely annoying.

I honestly don't know why temps would increase by 30C. There's no dust or anything blocking the heatsink. The fan works fine, and my ambients are and always have been ~70F.

I tried a clean windows install just for the heck of it and of course that didn't change anything. The only thing I've done to the laptop is install an Intel G2 SSD.

So, what temps are you guys getting, and those who have had the laptop since release, have you noticed an increase?

By the way, id you know the heatsink is PLASTIC? (and about a cubic inch big)

 

Nice I was actually debating on the carbon before settling with the white.

Did you disassemble your laptop to check for dust build up behind the radiator?

The heatsink assembly is actually made of copper and aluminum, not plastic. There is a black plastic covering over the radiator which you might have confused it with the actual aluminum radiator. The heatsink is made of copper.

 

I have to agree with David...did you disassemble your laptop to check for problems or excess dust and the like? The heatsink is COPPER all the way, with nothing between it and the CPU/VideoGPU, I mean it does cool these things down and needs direct contact...I don't know what you are referring to but it sure isn't plastic.

As far as noting any increase in the heat cycle of this laptop, the answer is negativo! If anything this runs cooler than when I first got it by a few degrees, so like I wrote above if you are having this 100-C issue, you need to call Asus and get another opinion about it...it's excessive any way you look at it, 100-C!

Good luck...

 

I did not disassemble it, because I didn't want to break the warranty sticker. However, if I was able to disassemble it (which I didn't), there wouldn't be any dust there.

As far as the heatsink goes, it has a copper heat pipe connecting the chipset, cpu, gpu, and gpu ram, and I did notice some aluminum on the top of the heatsink, but it looked mostly plastic to me. I could be wrong but at least half of it looked plastic to me, which is...lacking to say the least.

Anyway I spoke with ASUS and they issued me an RMA#. Hopefully they'll fix something instead of just testing it and concluding nothing is wrong since it "works".

Edit:
Thanks for the replies, and just to clarify with the heatsink, I was talking about the actual part where the heat exchange takes place (the fins). Was there no plastic on yours? Maybe it's something they did for the early UL30VT's and changed? I bought mine the day it came out.

 

Hello, thanks for Your help. I done that you wrote:

Then you may want to try the following:

uninstalling both video drivers (via control panel is fine)

made it

reboot into safe mode

ok, in safe mode I see that have got win7 64 7600compilation (only for information)
I saw also that there was P4G v1.29, so I go to normal mode, uninstal, reboot and instal 1.25. Next I reboot once again and go to safe mode.

run a driver cleaner (while in safe mode) to remove all nvidia entries

Done.



run the asus "vga patch" (while still in safe mode)

Done.
runned using silent.bat

reboot the system into safe mode again

install the asus 8.15.11.8688 driver package (while still in safe mode).

Done.

After the drivers are installed, reboot into windows 7 normally.

Done.

But when I go to device manager I see only g210m with error code 39 AGAIN



Any ideas why?

 

You need to call Asus, again. Tell them your repeated error code. You may have a hardware error? Not sure at this time.

Ask Asus for a step by step install or just do a clean install and be done with it. Then again Asus may not know how to do an install? Some of the techs just read from scripts..but keep bugging them.

 

I have done a clean instal about 4-5 times. I use different Windows7 sources, install 32 and 64bit version.
Once I try to install driver separetly (first VGA, next others)
Every another time I launch setup.exe from DVD (DVD was downloaded to my pendrive) with drivers included with my 30VT.

Laptop was in ASUS service - and they told to me that they check hardware and it is OK. Maybe that also wa something like reading from script?

Last way that I see is to get from someone a image of hidden recovery partition. Mayby someone has it (it can be downloaded using AI recoery) and could lend a hand.

 

I noticed that piece of crap P4G changed my power plan to battery saving desktop automatically when I unplugged my computer. Is there any way to prevent this. I will definitely never buy an asus again since they are a bunch of chinese copycats who think they can make better software than microsoft. The hardware is good, but the software is absolutely the worst I have ever seen.

 

There's an option in P4G where you can change which profile you want on battery power or AC power.

 

I absolutely believe you when you say that a registry cleaner will find tons of invalid entries, no argument there. I simply disagree with the claim that these invalid entries are harmful, are likely to cause issues, or are even worth removing, especially when installing a clean system. Perhaps in a two-year-old system where lots of stuff was installed and uninstalled, but not in a clean system. There's a reason why so few people bother running registry cleaners, why Microsoft doesn't have this function built into Windows or why they don't tell everyone to do this. I've seen various IT environments and I've never seen a registry cleaner deployed. That's because they don't provide any noticeable benefit.

Where this analogy breaks down is that *every* car manufacturer tells you that you need to change your oil, or they may void your warranty. Microsoft does not tell you to periodically clean your registry. The performance benefits of a registry cleaner are disputed:
Registry cleaner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

By the way, this is not a "pissing match" as you suggest. You can clean your registry, I've done it before too. But keep in mind that it will almost certainly not speed up your system or fix any noticeable issues, or prevent any issues. It's not "important" to run it unless your goal is to feel good about an invisible part of your OS being slightly more tidy (some people like that, if you think that's worth $25/year that's your choice). But I would definitely not tell the average user to go do this, because there's always the chance they'll download the wrong program (especially if they're noobies) that's going to do something nefarious, that's going to lie to them and claim they have problems when they don't, or they'll spend money needlessly on pay-for registry cleaner that does not provide any noticeable benefits.

 

That's WAY too hot, I think my CPU and GPU stayed well under 70 when I played MW2 on it. You have to get this fixed ASAP, I'm sure the laptop is not designed to handle these temps continuously.