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    M70V Series Owners' Lounge

    Discussion in 'ASUS Reviews and Owners' Lounges' started by Agnostic, Dec 12, 2008.

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    Agnostic Notebook Enthusiast

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    Post your thoughts, ideas, problems. solutions, suggestions on these laptops here.
     
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    I just received mine today. I was wondering what would you suggest I change in it from the default settings/software. What to add and what to delete? Is there anything that I could do to make the sound louder?
     
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    I should be getting mine Tues. I will report back then Agnostic.
     
    BX_TECH_GOD, Dec 12, 2008
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    BX_TECH_GOD,
    Thank you.
     
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Have a look at my Vista optimization guide.

    Don't forget a good antivir and perhaps a 3rd party firewall (although I believe the Vista firewall is adequate).

    I'll be changing the title of the thread to M70V Series Owners' Lounge to clarify. Hope that's alright.
     
    E.B.E., Dec 14, 2008
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    Added to the Info Booth and to the Reviews and Owners' Lounges Index. Thanks!
     
    E.B.E., Dec 14, 2008
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    E.B.E.,
    Thank you.
     
    Agnostic, Dec 15, 2008
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    So, to make a sound louder, I pressed F2 during the system loading (the one before windows, almost as soon as you turn on the laptop) and there I searched around till I found volume settings. They were set for 4 and I changed them to 8. The bass is not nearly as good as I expected, but the volume did go up a little.
     
    Agnostic, Dec 16, 2008
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    My media function (on the top right corner of the touchpad) stopped working. Can anyone suggest a fix? Thank you.
     
    Agnostic, Dec 22, 2008
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    Does it light up when you double-click the top right corner?
     
    BX_TECH_GOD, Dec 27, 2008
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    Do you also hear the sound get muffled for a brief moment when the computer outputs audio randomly then the muffling disappears?
     
    BX_TECH_GOD, Dec 27, 2008
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    Nope.

    And about the touchpad, it doesn't light up when I double tap that "Mode" button. (It did work for about 4 days). Maybe I uninstalled the drivers for it. I dunno.
     
    Agnostic, Dec 27, 2008
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    Hi there, just wonder if anyone has done any upgrade to their M70 and which component have been upgraded?
     
    donotemailme, Mar 12, 2009
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    I can suggest topping up the RAM to 4GB as a first step, especially if you do a lot of multitasking.

    Next would be a HDD if you are running out of space on the old one (depending also on how old the computer is, it may be difficult to find a significantly larger hard drive).

    That's about as far as you can go without voiding warranty.
     
    E.B.E., Mar 15, 2009
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