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Yeah... that is my concern as well which is why I had to cancel. Does anyone know about how long it takes to get a refund?... They are already closed for the day (so wont be able to call). I am really cutting this close...hehe.


Edit: Forgot to mention that I paid via Paypal e-check.

 

I'd like to add for E.B.E. i think it was that i added my old hard drive from my old laptop, and it works just fine i just popped it into the second slot didn't change a single thing in bios or anything and it works, windows recognizes it and all, im just reformatting it to clean it up.

just to add its a
80GB 5400rpm SATA

 

Alright, then the other user reporting problems with 2nd HDD on the g50v-x was an isolated case.

Thanks for the info.

(I deleted your other post on the G50Vm-X1 BB thread, no need to post twice).

 

Oh sorry i forgot i had already posted, lol doing a little too much multi-tasking
but yeah i didn't even enter the bios to change anything at all

i did go in just to find out what the settings were and i'm pretty much its not on Raid, or Compatible, It says it's on "Enhanced"
sooo oh well it works =]
i now have, about 251 GB of total storage, not taking into account what i already have filled up.

 

I am in the exact same position. Do you guys think I should take the risk of ordering another computer before I get my refund? Basically should I feel safe that Xotic will refund my order hassle free?

 

Well I am in the process of getting my refund from XoticPC for the Sager NP8660. They said it was mailed out Monday evening, and I should have it by the end of this week or the first of next week. Haven't gotten it yet so I'm guessing I'll get my check back Monday or Tuesday of next week.

 

I paid with a debit card so I'm not sure how long it will take, but you don't think I will have any issues with the refund? I would just hate to order another computer and then run into trouble getting my money back.

 

You shouldn't have any issues whatsoever. A credit card refund takes about 3-5 business days, plus you're dealing with XoticPC so rest assured they'll take care of you as soon as possible.

 

Well, I'm loving this thing so far. It overclocks very easy, stable, and cool through setfsb 2.1.70.0 with pll code ICS9LPR363DGLF. I have my T9400 set at 3223.9mhz with an idle temp of 34 degrees celsius.

Man I'm gonna go to town when the X9100 arrives. I am shooting for 3.6 ghz stable and cool, we'll see when that time comes.

Well back to installing things. I'll be setting it up as a triple dual boot so it may be awhile.

 

I just ordered a G50VA-1 from xotic...can't wait till it arrives.

 

Hey guys, I just ordered a G50V-A1 from gentech which is due to arrive Monday.....What is all this talk about RAID? I haven't ventured too far into hard drives and such....

 

RAID is using identical harddrives to boost efficiency there are a couple of types, the most common type is RAID-0 if you have two drives, basically it splits the data into parts and distributes them to each hdd, but if one HDD fails all your data is lost... RAID-1 is basically just using one hdd to backup the first hdd so if one fails, the other still has all the data. There are more types than that but they all require more than 2 identical hdd's. Thats raid in a can I guess, except this stuff doesnt kill bugs lol

 

So which one comes preinstalled on the G50?

 

Raid is disabled from the factory and the hard drives are independent of each other. You can choose to enable it manually.

Also I canceled with Xotic. Not their fault but they couldn't give me an eta so I couldn't risk the wait.

 

You can do RAID 0 (1 big 500GB HD) or RAID 1 (Appears as 1x250GB but mirrors and protects your data).

 

Check here for a comprehensive explanation of RAID:
http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/perf/raid/index.html

 

On the top of the G50-A1, there are the three blue lights and the Logo that lights up. Can you turn them all off?

 

All except the logo.

 

maybe this has been answered already, but if I order a G50V from GenTechPC tomorrow afternoon sometime (when my deposit finally clears) when would they ship it? Next Day? I would pretty much be getting the standard loadout + another battery and adapter cable.

 

Have any of you lucky G50 owners tried gaming using wifi? If so, did you experience the infamous Vista wifi lag spikes?

 

i play online all the time everything runs perfect on my G50Vm-X1
literally perfect

i downloaded the Crysis demo and it runs soooo nicely on all High settings
sure maybe a tinyyyyy bit of like a choppy weird first 2-5 seconds bu then its alll fine haha

i played stuff like wolfenstein for old times sake an just to try and flyff and even gave rf online a spin and i had no lag no problems or anything with my wifi.

 

All high was too slow for my taste the benchmark did not give me numbers that I was happy with (like 22fps average). All Medium ran very well nearly twice as fast (40fps).

In the end I actually ended up installing the Triple C pack and using the 2nd lowest setting the one that said "low-mid end" its a custom config that puts me right at 30fps average so just between what medium & high would have and the visual effects so far seem like high or better. Plus it comes with the TOD mod that you can install (time of day) and I choose to install it too so playing thru the game a 2nd time now and its like a different game since the time has been shifted, the whole start mission for instance is in the dead of night. Maybe I will take a few screen shots for you here in a sec.



It was darker than this, apparently the sun started to come up and it was daylight shortly after I took this pic as I entered a new part of the game.

 

According to UPS my G50V-B2 should be here tomorrow. Anyone get theirs yet?

 

Where did you order yours?

 

Argh I wish mine would go into phase 2 at Xotic I have been waiting forever I want my laptop

 

I canceled with Xotic because I had waited over two weeks in stage 1. I just ordered from Excaliber on the weekend and they called me today to let me know it's already shipping today!

 

I just ordered mine off of Newegg, I should be getting it today (hopefully). Newegg is based in California somewhere so they ship to San Diego (where I live) either the next day or the same day for the standard 3 day price depending on when you place your order. I'll most likely be writing a review (not that there is any shortage of reviews for this laptop ) but this is actually my first laptop, so I'm really excited!

 

My G50V-B2 is here. Its a little larger then I was expecting but doesn't seem to heavy. I'll have to run out at lunch and pick up a blu-ray disc and try it out since I don't own any. I did notice their initial partion of the drives seems quite dumb. I can understand the the OS on part of drive 1 and the 2nd partition empty. But the 2nd drive is split into two partitions also. Not sure why since they are both empty.

Also there doesn't seem to be a way to distinguish it from the A1 expect for the sticker on the front that says Blu-ray inside and that the HD's are 200 gigs each.

 

Awesome, mine will be shipping later today! Yeah let me know about the Blu-ray drive, I'm really curious what the quality is like.

 

Could you please test for the keyboard issue reported in this thread?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=287947

 

I pre-ordered my G50 1.5 weeks ago from Gentech. Im going to vacation on 21st so the time was tight. I have already accepted that i wont have my laptop before the vacation. But Gentech was so nice (Ken) they upgraded my ups postage to 2nd day air for FREE and if its not enough they also granted me a free external HDD So im going to have my g50 on 20th of august. Thats cool

I have done many online orders so far but I have not met any company where the customers important that much to them until now. Gentech is awesome

Gentech: five * out of five

 

Ok just an update on the Blu-Ray. This laptop comes with WinDVD 8 - Blu-Ray 2CH addition. I ran out during lunch and picked up Beowulf on Blu-Ray. Looks pretty dang good, though I guess without watching side by side with a DVD I can't really judge since I haven't even watched a normal DVD on this laptop yet.]

Edit* Also the resolution is lower then true Full HD on these laptops.

 

Thanks for that. Any chance you can connect it to an HDTV with an HDMI cable?

 

I will try when I get home from work tonight, haven't even gotten to connect it to the internet yet.

 

Sounds good. If you could comment on the wifi performance and the hard drive speeds that would be great. A few people have mentioned that the wifi card in the G50 is worse than the 4965 wifi card so I want to know if it's a significant decrease in performance.

 

What is the deal with the DVD Multi drives in the G50v-a1. Does it have Lightscribe?? Some pictures I have seen show it does some don't. Can anyone explain this?

 

Anyway to display the time on the OLED Screen?

 

The A2 came with lightscribe software and drivers installed but under system information it says no lightscribe drive detected. I'm not sure if ASUS just screwed up or this is software they just put on all versions of the G50.

I have a DIR(655) Wireless N router at home, I'll test how well it works tonight.

For the display the options it gives you are:

(Real-time messages)
MSN Message
Meeting
Mail

(Fixed Message)
Memory
CPU
Note

 

Can anyone else confirm if their G50v-a1 has lightscribe or doesn't. Not a huge deal but I thought it would have been a nice touch.

 

I'm curious about the email display. Can you any email service be used to display email notifications? For example, I have Gmail. Can I set up my gmail account to be displayed right there?

 

Im going to test lightscribe tonight. I swear I saw the lightscribe cotnrol panel and also saw it on the stats of the notebook but I have not actually done a lightscribe label yet.

So I will make sure 100% if it has it or not later.

I just started using it on my desktop so maybe I had them confused. Its a neat little thing but the disks cost so much more

 

So I just got charged for my notebook from xotic so that's good and means it should ship soon, but they refuse to answer my emails or chat requests, or are just to busy. I need to remove the external HDD from my order before it ships.

 

Ok It they removed it yay! BB has a sale on externals so I figure I could save a buck or 80. Hoping newegg gets some 9 cell batteries in stock soon though.

 

It will be shipping today so make sure you give them a call.

EDIT: lol just saw your post above. good job

 

Lightscribe is really cool, I have it on my desktop too, shame they don't make DL lightscribe DVD's yet.

 

Yeah I looked high and low for DL DVD before I finally decided that they do not exsist. They would be very very expensive tho I bet.

 

My Laptop is shipping HOORAH!

 

Grats jagg.

Tested Lightscribe. It does not work, I swear the thing had lightscribe somewhere ether a disk or in the stats but its not there.

 

I just found out it gets here tomorrow, free two day shipping because I so close to nebraska!

 

Ugh I gotta wait till Monday to get mine.