Vicious's G50V-A1 Review

Other people have this problem, I don't think anyone found a solution...

 

The only solution would be cut the wire to the button

 

I didn't try yet, but I have an idea.
Does it change anything if you have raid conf? Because express gate shouldn't work during raid configuration and maybe light just turn off.

 

I don't think that happens, but you can try. Vicious should be able to tell you, he runs in RAID0 if I remember correctly.

 

The light is always on even with raid. Its a direct connection to the motherboard to boot express gate. Its "always on" for that reason.

 

Help

I got today my G50V-A2. i wanted a fresh install of vista so i did excatly as mentioned in this review: I load the recovery cd, choose option 2 and then it start doing whatever he is doing... after this he asked mt for driver cd, so i put the driver cd. cmd screen was on while the driver cd was in (install stuff). then the laptop restart ans i got the boot screen on (as it after non stable restart)
after this he wat trying to load vista and i got a massage: "Install Windows error...." and something about unsucces restart and it told me to install vista again. i did it again and same error.

why? |: this is a bran new laptop, all cd's are new.

now i'm trying to install vista via the recovery hd partition.
but i want clean one (via cd).

help me guys ):

 

Maybe a bad hard drive? I had my Vista install fail on my new HTPC and it was due to the HDD.

But smart failures would probably populate at start so maybe its a bad cd... I dunno.

 

I did the recovery via the hdd but with all asus software and norton and office...
but i want clean vista ):

untill the part the ask me to insert the driver disk all fine, no errors. maybe i'll try to recover and when i get to the part that asking me to insert driver disk i will restart manualy. it can work? after this vista will start? or the driver disk as something to do with correct recovery?

i'm so dissapointed...

 

the driver disk does not do anything as far as i know

 

so can i force restart when the proccess ask for driver cd?
the recovery will be fine without it?

but maybe it's the recovery cd is not good.

can i contact asus to send me new recovery cd? how

 

I think it's something related with your own laptop. I don't know if they can provide you a new copy of your recovery cd.

 

so i won't be able to recover to fresh vista? ):

 

They should be able to provide you with a new copy of the recovery media, if what you have is not working properly.

Also, it's possible that you can get a clean install by simply not inserting the drivers disk, but forcing a reboot instead (although with recent computers there have been reports of this trick not working, and actually making the recovery fail).

 

Ehi.... New problem!!! I think it's just software one, at list I hope

On direct console, when I put CPU on performance and on extreme performance, after a few seconds CPU goes back to normal speed.

Any idea or suggestion? except formatting obviously...

 

Are you plugged in to your power adapter?

 

Yes, already checked!

Already uninstalled direct console and reinstalled.
Just updated power4gear with the new one found in asus website. Maybe that one is the problem. I don't know

 

This "Extreme performance" is not overclocking right? If right, then I believe the CPU is just speedstepping. So the "Extreme performance" is raising the cap up to which the CPU speed can go -- but on idle the CPU will still run on lower speeds to save power and heat. The speed is however there when needed.

This would be normal behavior.

 

Yup, following on what EBE said, try and open up a couple programs at the same time and monitor the speed of your CPU. It should jump to 2.8ghz and once you're back idling, your CPU should drop in speed.

 

No, it's different. Because direct console works on bus speed, and CPU IDLE works on multiplier.
Even when laptop is in extreme mode, FSB is at 1170MHz istead of 1066MHz and multiplier jump between 6x and 9.5x depending on cpu use.

Other ideas?

 

dewd on setting the g50 to raid... im on the bios and i cant find the "SATTA MODE" part... help pweez!!!

 

On another thread, people reported that Power4Gear Extreme needs to be installed for DirectConsole to work. This may be the problem in your case.

Look in all the tabs. It may be called "SATA Mode" or "AHCI Mode" or something similar. It's SATA btw, not SATTA.

Be aware setting to RAID wipes all the data off the HDDs.

 

Problem solved reseting to Factory default settings. works fine!!
Problem was probably due to Power4Gear update.

Thanks

 

Hey everyone, just wonderin if you could help me? I have a G50-A2 and would like to make use of the Tv-Antenna port..Could you tell me if they work well and if so, are they're any good ones peolpe recommend, I am from Ireland so i would need an antenna that works here, any guidence would be appreciated, Thanks

Hey guys, hoping ye could answer a question for me. I have a G50-A2 with Vista 64. everything works perfect but when i'm using it every so often it will "freeze" for 1/2 seconds and if there is music playing it will make a very loud noise will it "freezes". It happens in both battery/ AC mode and doesnt matter wat i'm doing i.e. just browsing or gaming. it would really help if you could tell me wat the problem is..Also the is a bit of keyboard lag to. any suggestions? thanks guys

 

I would suggest that you first look at the first post in the G50 owner's lounge, there are some common problems listed there linking to threads that discuss solutions. Lagging is perhaps the most important one.

This will not address all your questions, but hopefully some of them.

 

Thanks very much. i'm new to all these forums stuff and never knew there was a "owners lounge" area.. just skimmed through it...but sounds lik i'll find the answers there...thanks again...

 

I have a little problem with my HDMI output:
When i pluged it to my sony bravia LCD it works fine
but when i plug it in to my samsung plasma in the living room it doesnt' work. like the t.v doesn't recognize the laptop...

how can i fix it?
maybe because of the v.card driver?

thanks!

 

You can try a new driver however the issue is probably due to the TV or its settings. Make sure you have it set to HDMI input.

Other than that maybe its a case of a rare issue with hardware ID's where a TV does no send its ID correctly and thus the HDMI does not come on. Something like that. My monitor is known to be one of the few that can suffer this issue though I never had any problems.

 

which driver to use you recommend me?

 

The stock driver if anything, the one on the disk with the machine.

 

But I saw in your review that the stock driver are not the best for gaming performance, i'm using the 176.68 from laptop2....

 

Yes, not the best for performance... but the best for compatibility and thats the issue you currently suffer.

I have seen after market drivers break blueray playback for instance, it was fixed by using the stock drivers, or self modding new drivers to include what was needed for bluray playback. The LTV2G drivers are general made by somebody and may not include specific features of your laptop that you need, thus why it is best to test with the stock drivers tailored to your system if you have problems to see if its a driver issue before you further pursue any other avenue.

 

The problem was the HDMI cabel...
So i buy new one, and today i saw the Dark Knight movie.
Bluray run on my laptop to the plasma kickass!

Again thank you guys.

 

so what raid does it come with default? And if I update raid will I lose all my data that's on the hardive? Is there a noteable difference between them? Or is it just a couple more fps? I'm mostly going to be playing fallout 3 and and ut3 on it and I'm not very computer savvy so would the quality suffer if I left it with the deafault raid?

 

hi, I installed windows xp successfuly with most drivers but I am having trouble enabling bluetooth. even tho the bluetooth driver is installed the system doesnt seem to see bluetooth? Wconsole shows both bluetooth and wlan turned off even tho wlan is on and the shortcut fn+f2 doesnt do anything.

 

If I remember correctly, the hard drives in the G50 are not set in RAID out of the box. You'll have to set it yourself in the BIOS. Doing so, will force your hard drive to be formatted, so make sure you back up all your data before messing with the RAID settings. RAID 1/0 does not help increase fps in gaming; it's purpose is to increase security or performance for your hard drives. Games are still pretty much GPU and to a certain extend, CPU dependent.

 

so do I have to mess with the raid at all?

 

Can anuone help me with Linux Instalation on this wonder???

 

I think you are a little bit out of topic, but giving you a quick reply:

The best Linux for dummies I found is WUBI. It's really easy and it works perfectly (at least, as far as I know).
http://wubi-installer.org

Enjoy :-D

 

Can anyone help me? (asus g50vt-a1)My monitor goes blury, than the system freeze! I downloaded the newest driver! And also the same in safe mode. The laptop is 3 weeks old, i didn't overlock it. I've don't even played games on it yet. Is the graphic card dead?

Product
Windows

Problem
Video hardware error

Date
2009.01.03. 1:47

Status
Not Reported

Description
A problem with your video hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1038

Files that help describe the problem
WD-20090103-0129.dmp
sysdata.xml
Version.txt

Extra information about the problem
BCCode: 117
BCP1: FFFFFA8005C2C4E0
BCP2: FFFFFA600261C860
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6_0_6001
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 768_1

 

@ mrzoom:
Did you try the newest drivers from laptopvideo2go? The drivers from the Asus website won't be the newest. Also try WHQL certified drivers - they're usually not the newest, but should be the most stable. If any of these drivers don't work, I would suspect a defective GPU. You'll need to contact Asus for a RMA if that's the case.

 

Yes, do also give the WHQL drivers from the nVidia website a try.

 

thanks for the great reviews ViciousXUSMC. I'm gona join the A1 club soon. Also what price tag did yah pay for this hot baby?

 

Thanks for the replies! I am sad , because I'll need to contact Asus for a RMA.

 

Hey everyone,
just wanna say I love the review but Im havin some problems with installing games on my G50. I ran the raid config and recovered to get rid of all the bloatware and now it runs like a million bucks, thanks Vicious. Only problem is when I install a game and try and run it I get an error message that says, "Directx encountered an unrecoverable error". It did this with both COD4 and Battlefield 2142. Anyone have any suggestions? Theres also a text file that shows up in the Activision file thats makin me worry a bit.

WIN_CONFIGURE_UPDATED_TITLE
"Recommended Settings Updated"



WIN_CONFIGURE_UPDATED_BODY
"The recommended settings have been updated since the last time you ran Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Would you like the game to configure itself optimally with these new settings?

This is recommended for most people. It will change your system settings but not your controls."



WIN_LOW_MEMORY_BODY
"It looks like you are low on virtual memory.
This can cause the game to run slowly and it may stop completely.
It is highly recommended that you close some programs before running Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Do you want to run Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare anyway?"



WIN_LOW_MEMORY_TITLE
"Low Memory"



WIN_COLORDEPTH_WARN_BODY
"It is highly unlikely that a correct windowed display can be
initialized with the current desktop display depth. Select
'OK' to try anyway. Press 'Cancel' if you wish to quit."



WIN_COLORDEPTH_WARN_TITLE
"Low Desktop Color Depth"



WIN_COMPUTER_CHANGE_BODY
"Your computer appears to have changed since the last time you ran Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Would you like the game to configure itself optimally for your new hardware?

This is recommended for most people.
It will change your system settings but not your controls."



WIN_COMPUTER_CHANGE_TITLE
"Set Optimal Settings?"



WIN_DISK_FULL_BODY
"Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare couldn't write a file. The hard drive is probably full."



WIN_DISK_FULL_TITLE
"File Write Error"



WIN_IMPROPER_QUIT_BODY
"It appears that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare did not quit properly the last time it ran.
Do you want to run the game in safe mode?

This is recommended for most people.
It will change your system settings but not your controls."



WIN_IMPROPER_QUIT_TITLE
"Run In Safe Mode?"


WIN_ERROR
"Fatal Error"


WIN_OUT_OF_MEM_BODY
"Out of memory error. You are probably low on hard disk space."


WIN_OUT_OF_MEM_TITLE
"Out of memory error"


WIN_UNABLE_LOAD_DLL_BODY
"Unable to load a DLL. Possibly due to low memory, insufficient hard drive space, or missing DLL files."


WIN_DIRECTX_INIT_TITLE
"DirectX Error"

WIN_DIRECTX_INIT_BODY
"DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error.

Check the readme for possible solutions."

WIN_MSS_INIT_FAILED
"Miles sound system initialization failed.
Make sure you have your sound card's latest drivers and DirectX installed."



I dunno what it means, any help would be awesome. Thanks guys.

 

Funny thing about CRYSIS benchmark.
Everything high excepted shadows and shaders at middle at 1024x768;
Works great!!!!

Only on the final boss, even at 800x600 the game goes a little bit slow, at least as soon as you just run away from him (or it?! "_" )
Enjoy!

 

Crysis final boss sucks, it made my quad core dual 4850 desktop slow down, also I died like 500x because I totally got swarmed and my save was right before I die.

Then there is the glitch where you cant kill him to make it that much better.

 

@ Warmouth. I would uninstall and update update every Dirext X protocol. You need DX10 and 9C

Sounds like DX is not installed or corrupted.

 

ViciousXUSMC,
Is it possible to put in Asus G50V two Seagate 7200.4 500GB ( ST9500420ASG) with G-Force technology, and configure to RAID0?

 

Sure why not

As long as they are standard 2.5" drive size.

I know the 500GB Western Digital fits in there.

 

G50V-A1 owner.
Just for fun this morning I updated my windows score with CPU-Z opened.
I am using just Direct Console 2.
As you can notice multiplier is set on 10x.
Moreover, multiplier switch between 6x, 9.5x and 10x during the benchmark.
If you want to try just take a look to direct console because benchmarking with windows apparently set back direct console to normal, you have to switch it to extreme during benchmarking.
Take a look to CPU score.
AMAZING LAPTOP




Edit: I don't know why but today Gaming Graphics drop from 5.6 to 5.5 ..... this is WEIRD "_"....

Edit2: It came back to 5.6 bye bye