G60VX Owners Lounge

Got my G60VX today from Best Buy for $979.99 without taxes. I am extremely satisfied. The only ones BB had were ones with Norton pre-installed and ones with their so called "optimization" which is a total scam btw for $40 more. All they do is remove bloatware and say they sped up your pc by 50%.
Felt great as it was my first purchase over $1000 paid for in neatly stacked $100 dollar bills.

 

just got mine today. i was in line at best buy since 8am launch day. i was the only one their. i was expecting thousands of people in line and people camping out over night....

 

doesnt best buy open at 10?

 

i wish the res on these werent so lame

 

Screen res might be low for some people but at least it's a very good quality screen.
So all is not lost.

 

has anyone updated the drivers? should i update to the new 191.07 drivers

 

i went to the 186.81 drivers off the nvida website and those seem fine. I dont know about any other drivers though.

 

Same here. Might try the 191.07 drivers later today.

 

Should i go with intels vesion 13 of the wifi card or stick with version 12 that it came with.

 

I just picked one up, tossed a T9900 in it. So far so good, I'll post up pics in a separate thread later.

 

I went to BB thinking there would be a line...

 

Well I did find some thing out If you go to extreme turbo moad It wil take you up to almost 2.3 ghz

 

Finally someone has tried it.
2.13 to 2.3 is not much of a "TURBO" boost.
Are there different levels you can set it at?
Do temps get much hotter on the CPU and GPU?

 

yeah theres turbo hen heres turbo extreme i only tried extreme I have really nothing to test it on to give it a challenge may get a game or two off of a friend but am pretty broke just by buying the thing. It did play the cryis demo good on high ill give it that

 

NIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCE!
Will be waiting for results bro!

 

ive done alot of experimenting with the street fighter 4 benchmark and different drivers.. the dox drivers ran the worst with extreme turbo on, the stock drivers were runner up with extreme turbo on and the newest nvidia driver 186.81 had the highest score. the 191 drivers ur talking about arent for the mobile gtx 260

 

about 35-25 fps range on the crysis demo from what i see.

 

I never knew Asus had onboard Overclocking...

I can run at 3.3ghz with no significant temp increase here with Extreme Turbo.

 

do these accept quads? I already know the best buy version of the g51 did not.

 

Wait what? How'd you get the Turbo so high?

 

He has a T9900? http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=428371


so its a 10% boost.

 

For some reason, I saw CPU-Z jump my multiplier to 12x (I'm fairly sure the T9900 only has 6x, 8x, and 11.5x) while doing the Windows Experience index (which boosted my CPU and memory while overclocked by 0.1 points - yay) which gave a reading of 3.4ghz. Not sure why though.

 

its just a glitch- it occasionally tells me my P8700 is running at a multiplier of 10.0 when it maxes at 9.0

 

Right, right. I was wondering if you had discovered Asus Uber Ultra Extreme Turbo Mode.

 

o.o that would be epic.

 

how do i get my powermizer to work

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=273276

 

thanks, my powermizer is working now and i hooked my laptop up to my 56 inch tv via hdmi to play my games. IT IS SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

huge plasma + xbox wireless reciever for windows + g60 =

 

Overclocking using setFSB @2.66ghz! Been running Vantage cpu/gpu tests and looking like a great overclock. Could go higher but I dont wanna push it. temps are around 65degrees playin Aion and 82degrees on the gpu overclocked at 575/975/1400 Loving this laptop! Coming from a Gateway 6860fx

 

What PLL number do you use?

 

Same as the G51.

 

Hey guys,

I just bought this laptop today, largely in part due to the positive reviews of it in these forums. Pricepoint was just right for my budget and thus far Im pretty happy. Anyhow I have some questions:

1) What software did you uninstall? Is any of the ASUS bloatware worth keeping?
2) What drivers are you using for the video card? I dont overclock or anything like that but I do want to try it at some point and just get more technically savvy in general.
3) I saw reference in another G60 thread to a "hole mod". I couldnt find anything via google that detailed this mod for this particular Asus model. Can someone point me in the right direction?
4) How hard is it going to be add the hard drive from my old laptop to this one?
5) Any Windows 7 tips while Im asking questions?

Please feel free to add anything you think I should know about this laptop or recommended accessories. Thanks and I look forward to chatting with you all.

Cheers,
Chris

 

1) There is no Asus bloatware. You can uninstall the other stuff.
2) 186.82
3) See "grab copper and drill" thread
4) Not
5) It's Vista Service Pack 3. No big whoop.

 

Ok how do you guys keep the finish looking nice, especially around the keyboard and touchpad? It seems to pick up the slightest hint of oil from fingertips. Recommendations?

 

Don't touch the Laptop...

Wear Gloves...

 

CP,

Very funny. As for the second hard drive, do you have to take the optical drive out or is there internal room for another chassis+HDD?

Also, for the driver updated, I couldnt find the one you recommended on the NVIDIA site. I was able to download a .cab file for the drivers. Im assuming you point Windows 7 at that .cab file when you upgrade the drivers via device management?

 

Big empty space for the 2nd HD when you open it up. No need for a cage, you can use some foam and mounting tape to keep the HD in place.

186.82 - http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/24999-v18682-windows-7vista-64bit-nvidia/

Uninstall old drivers, driver clean, install new drivers.

 

Thanks for the link. Does it matter whether you uninstall via the Control Panel > Uninstall path or through device manager? For cleaning the drivers do you use Driver Sweeper or Driver Cleaner Pro? These appear to be the two programs of choice. Thanks for all the answers to these basic questions.

 

Control Panel (Programs)- you need to uninstall all Nvidia drivers, inclduing PHysx. Device manager if the uninstall doesn't take.

Either cleaning program works.

 

CP,

Thanks for the assistance, new drivers are installed. I just got my hard drive out of my old laptop. Im pretty familiar with cracking open laptops since I disassembled my toshiba multiple times but how much "stuff" is going to have to come out to get my hard drive in there? Also, Im assuming you are talking about a certain type of mounting tape for the hard drive since I dont think your garden variety double sided tape is going to last too long in the innards of a hot running laptop. Also where would you put the foam? Thanks for the patience with all the pedestrian questions.

 

Don't forget to install the latest PHysX drivers.

The HD does not get hot. My HD has never gotten hotter than human body temperature (35C). Regular mounting tape works fine - the whole point is to use its thicker foam as physical pressure to press down on the HD (tape HD to inside plastic, and put enough foam mounting tape so it makes contact with the backplate when it put it back on) so it alleviates pressure from the HD connector. Stick some foam in the empty space to prevent the HD from moving horizontally at all (not likely, since the connector is not easy to budge).

 

WHen I clicked on the link to the PhysX drivers I got an error message. Thanks for the info on mounting the hard drive. IS there a disassembly guide somewhere?

 

Hi guys, I am new at this forum.
This is the only thread that is close to an answer to my question (that I have).

So I bought myself a G60V... and I want to install a SSD hd (prior starting the laptop for the first time).

Underneath what piece of cover do I have to stick the ssd?
And what should I do to get it to work?

Thanks

 

If you turn the laptop over, there is one massive panel that pretty much covers the majority of the bottom. That's the one you want to remove. You can put the SSD where the stock hard drive is already installed.

 

So I can unscrew all screws that I see (on the plate)? There are screws just beneath the surface but also a couple that are deeper. So all of them?

And, correct me if I am wrong, there is room for 2 hd's correct?
One stock HD and an empty spot that is about to be filled ?

 

Yes there is room but im not sure if you put them in raid

 

Yes to all of the above.

 

Okay.. did it.. it's installed.

Now how can I get the recovery dvd install windows 7 on my ssd?
I have changed the hd order in the bios.. my ssd is now hd 1.

Fingers crossed the recovery tool looks at that

 

Okay, the recovery dvd is not an option.
It's an image of the 320 gig hd, so it always looks for this drive.

 

What you need to do is boot from the Windows 7 DVD that came in the box with the G60. You can do that by repeatedly pressing the "ESC" key upon powering up the laptop. Eventually you will come to a menu asking which device you want to boot from. Select your CD/DVD drive. ( Make sure your Windows 7 disc in the drive )You will then get a prompt to "press any key" to install Windows. Do that.

After Windows finishes installing, pop in the drivers/apps disc that came in the box and install it. If you are unsure as to what you should install on the drivers/apps disc, it may be best to install everything. If you do install everything, the computer will be like it was after you first turned it on. (Software wise)