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    Just bought a G51

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Templesa, Sep 9, 2009.

  1. Templesa

    Templesa Notebook Deity

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    I just got a G51 from Best Buy. I'm having some weird issues so far, and wonder if there's any fixes. I went into the BIOS to turn up the volume, and ever since, I've been getting a double-post, if you will. It turns on, displays the Republic of Gamers logo, goes to boot Windows, turns black again, then displays the RoG logo again, then finally boots into windows. In addition, I get many random crashes from things I'm running- upon exiting, Winamp crashes immediately, as well as my second internal HDD I added will not show up. It is already formatted and works perfectly fine inside the G50 sitting next to it. I have reformatted Vista itself already using the supplied Asus DVD, does not fix the issue, and I also reset the BIOS to manufacturer settings, does not fix the issue. Any suggestions, and thanks in advance!
     
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  2. GenTechPC

    GenTechPC Company Representative

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    BIOS glitch and it has something to do with system restore:

    1: Press F2 to enter BIOS
    2: Go to exit and load user default
    3: Press F10 to save the BIOS and exit
    4: Press F2 to enter BIOS again
    5: Go to exit and load user default
    6: Press F10 to save the BIOS and exit
     
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  3. Templesa

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    Excellent, Ken, thanks!
     
    Templesa, Sep 9, 2009
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  4. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    I swear he has that copied to notepad.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Sep 9, 2009
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  5. Templesa

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    Normally, I search far more than what I did this time, but the issue seemed a little ... long to put into a search? lol, so I read through the first 20 pages of the G51 thread, looked 3 pages back and said forget it, it's like, 3 AM, I'm irritable, and he came and saved me haha. I'm sorry that it must be a huge repeat all the time.
     
    Templesa, Sep 9, 2009
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  6. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    A better question is why Ken is on the forums at 12:45a local time when he has a business to run in the morning? Luv ya, Ken :)
     
    ClearSkies, Sep 9, 2009
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