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    G50Vt-X5 Replacement malfunctioning

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Vlad_I, Aug 27, 2009.

  1. Vlad_I

    Vlad_I Notebook Evangelist

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    So i receive this G50Vt-X5 replacement instead of the G1S-B2 that i bought a year and a half ago. Received it on monday. Its thursday and the damn thing is broken. It took me a month and a half to get this replacement unit.
    Here is what happened: I left the laptop sitting on my desk playing music and went out with a friend for about 2 hours. I came back and discovered that the screen is black. So i think its asleep or whatever and try to wake it up. Realize that its not. Restart. Doesn't boot past POST. Hard drive makes weird sounds. So i grab my recovery DVD. F2 @ POST to switch to DVD boot - it works. Windows wont start, tells me some crucial file is missing... what??? Ok, so i then go on to reinstall windows, everything goes well until i insert the driver DVD in, the hard drive, which was making funky noises, goes berserk and begins producing really strange noises and beeps. The laptop restarts itself a couple seconds after the hard drive began acting weird. I now can not access BIOS 50% of the time, it wont boot from hard drive OR the recovery DVD at all.
    At which point did my harddrive fail four days into its magnetic life?
     
    Vlad_I, Aug 27, 2009
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  2. Vlad_I

    Vlad_I Notebook Evangelist

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    Hmmm a small follow up to my story.
    I drove to the Asus service centre in Markham, Ontario. My hard drive was replaced without question within half an hour of my arrival.
     
    Vlad_I, Aug 28, 2009
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  3. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    But does the computer work? That BIOS issue your having sounds all bad.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Aug 28, 2009
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  4. Vlad_I

    Vlad_I Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh yeah everything works fine now. Im not sure what the issue with the BIOS was but its all good now.
     
    Vlad_I, Aug 30, 2009
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  5. goggles

    goggles Notebook Geek

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    Yea I just got my G1S-A1 replaced with a G50vt-X5 and I'm not liking the Hard Drive on it too much. I'm just waiting for Windows 7 to come out so I can pick up a new WD Scorpio Black and replace it. The Seagate drive in the laptop seems to be always active doing stuff, and it's making more noise than the spare WD that I had in my G1S. This machine is clean, as I removed everything not needed, and installed only the essentials, yet the drive is still actively seeking stuff.

    Only 2 more months to go.
     
    goggles, Aug 31, 2009
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  6. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Thx for posting the followup - too many people around here just do complaints and then don't follow with info re: Asus' taking care of the problem.

    The Markham office continues to get good marks - and HDDs do sometimes fail (rats!).
     
    ClearSkies, Aug 31, 2009
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