Hmmm the gsob is still stuck with G73 even with Cat107 ? If revert to ori drivers everything is fine afaik. The real problem is with the ati gpu, it seems the core is not being powered up properly or sumthing, u guys can try to warm up ur gpu then play game sure no prob one. But if u suddenly play hard 3d games it will gsod or bsod. Somehow the gpu needs to warm up to a certain temp then only it will run smoothly.

I still miss my g73jh-a2

Ok... After hours playing FarCry 2 (using AMD GPU tools tweak) the graphics look very good (Graphics on High Settings)... kept me smiling and smiling...hahahaha..(my wife finds it odd, me playing the game with a BIG smile on my face) hahahahahaha...

First impression of this unit... It's freaking BIG... but with FULL HD, powered by Ati HD5870 and a blu-ray drive..it's all worth it... but Asus could or honestly speaking SHOULD atleast make the power adapter smaller..I mean, Look at it... you have to admit, the power adapter IS FREAKING BIG... what's up with that anyway?? That alone is 1.5kg/2kg...huhuhuhu...


Test playing several movies...pictures are great..heck, I even told my wife, no need for me to buy a Full HD LCD Tv...I have my G73..hahahahahaha.. Pictures a great, but the sound is only good.. still need to be connected to external speaker..(I like LOUD Sound or LOUD Music) hehehe...

Unit built is good, with rubberize external, the design is excellent..I really Love it...

All in all, worth every $$$.. really love this unit.. But with G53 with 3D coming out soon...hehehehehe I dunno if that Love could last....kekekekekekekekeke

Here's some unboxing pictures..




This post has been edited by Kaizoku: Aug 13 2010, 09:20 PM

Great mini review . . . short and exact!

Oh yea, do you think that the USB ports on your right hand side are kinda too close with each other? I can't plug 2 thumb drives at the same time.

true, but since I'm used to have 3 usb ports, so it is not really a problem with me..hehehe...but come to think of it, my previous laptop have firewire ports...but maybe it's not widely used, so Asus did not include it in this model...maybe.. i think...

Yea, the only downside of Asus G73Jh is having minimal port connectivities. e-SATA port is not included as well . . .

This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Aug 13 2010, 09:49 PM

Thanks viperion, no problem as i'm still not sure whether to try other vBios, i'm on Ziddy's right now, no GSOD but laptop freezes, but with the chance of getting to know whether the vBios is a successful flash or not maybe it's better to do it with Winflash, but if there isn't any error message, can we say that the flash WILL NOT brick your lappy?

Yes, but I cannot confirm as I have not attempted to flash my vbios yet. I'm still on the fence but I will decide after I replace my thermal compound to IC Diamond. I'm not really having issues with GSODs as I don't have much time to game but when I do it rarely GSODs on me. Even if it does, I turn on AMD GPU Clock tool, hit 705/1100 and set clock and all the GSOD vanishes

I reckon Asus will come out with an official vbios soon as NBR is heating up with replies from an official Asus Technical Manager acknowledging the issue and promising a solution from both ATI & Asus is in the works. After my TIM repaste and if I still get GSODs without an official solution from Asus I will flash my vbios as a last resort

Hey guys. I TT'd to Gentechpc earlier this week but seems there was an additional charge along the line because the amount received by Gentechpc's bank was USD21 short (I paid Maybank's RM25 separately). Anyone else had this problem..?

maybe due to USD rate?? mine last time, just as they wanted to key in my tt, the rate changed (I specifically requested for the amount for my laptop in USD)...lucky for me the rate went down a bit, so maybank return back to me rm11++ hehehehe

hmm... seems too much to be explained by a difference in exchange rate..

Ken says it happens sometimes due to 3rd party fees. I'll check with maybank on Monday.
Anyway I paypalled the remaining amount so my unit will ship on Monday

Let us wish for the best it's just a vBios issue, and not because of the low quality RAM module on the graphic card, btw ppl in NBR says that the clevo vBios solves the issue but leaving hdmi output out, Ziddy's vBios is tweaked from official hence doesn't really solve the problem.

@Kaizoku

Can u tell me what tweak that u did to make the graphic very good. I dont know what wrong with my screen or the laptop but the picture look very grainy. Been testing the screen with lots of blu-ray movies but each and every single one played with shitty quality. I played the same blu ray on my 50' tv and its great. Played using kmplayer with coreavc codec and cccp.

Please help. Been bugging me.

It's confirmed a vBios issue. The crappy RAM module is causing timing issues hence the reason why we are getting GSOD. If the clevo vBios resolves the issue that just show with a little tweaking of the timing/clocks/voltages we can get a stable 5870 GPU. The problem is ATI issued out a notice to all notebook manufacturers and ASUS was the last to heed the warning. They thought they could ignore the warning and it wouldn't happen to their flagship model. They thought wrong

This post has been edited by Viperion: Aug 14 2010, 08:16 PM

i guess, i can wait till later batches gpu then.

Uhmmm, there isn't any program to make the graphic look good. I adviced Kaizoku to download AMD GPU Clock Tool they make his 5870 GPU stable because he couldn't run a game and was getting GSODs. The graphic card in our systems in combination with the RAM is causing problems with the reference ATI drivers. If you update any of the latest ATI drivers your system will hang and you will get a Gray or Black screen. You will need to shut off the power to your notebook and then restart. The only way to improve graphic quality is to use the latest ATI drivers as it improves the drivers adding functionality and bug fixes. The trade off is your system will get unstable and it might hang. To resolve this check my previous posts on the solution when using latest ATI drivers

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Added on August 14, 2010, 8:24 pmI thought I would have escaped the problem but I was wrong. What's even scary is that's it evident on Kaizoku unit adI bet that was just manufactured last month. The only way this is going to be resolved is for a new stable vBios from Asus like the one for MSI & Clevo for this situation to be resolved. Even with a new batch unless they change the whole production floor you will still get the same batch as us

This post has been edited by Viperion: Aug 14 2010, 08:24 PM

@Viperion

Thank you. I think I will wait for stable driver first. Scared might brick the laptop if I update vbios, since I bricked my brother PSP when updating firmware.

After some reading and testing. Its seem the problems lies with the kmplayer. I tried playing blu-ray on window media player and the quality is acceptable. I should try to play movie with WMP earlier.

Amir: just like what viperion said...I downloaded the AMD GPU Clock tool..I only use that.. been thinking of flashing my vBios, but with the possibilities of bricking my unit, the AMD GPU tools is the only best option for me. I don't want a rm6k 17.3inch paper weight..huhuhuhu

Viperion: yups...i really2 hope Asus will somehow someday resolve this issue...for the time being, i am quite content with using the AMD GPU tool...

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Added on August 14, 2010, 10:24 pmYour unit does not come with Cyberlink PowerDVD player?? Mine has, so i've been playing my dvd's only using that software.

This post has been edited by Kaizoku: Aug 14 2010, 10:24 PM

@Kaizoku

Been playing ahem2 blu-ray. heheheheh

ahem ahem blu-ray must share share

No worries & you're welcome. I will post a solution once it is released You could also try VLC to play Blu-Ray. However you need the ATI 10.7 drivers to use UVD with VLC but that should make playback smoother and nicer The trade off is you need to use AMD GPU Tool to overclock for a stable GPU. Don't worry about GSODs, if your unit doesn't GSOD after running above 15 minutes from start up it shouldn't if you are running normal task. Just remember to overclock your GPU before running games to make it stable.

There is ahem2 blu-ray in the market? Man, I haven't bought any ahem2 for more than ten years, LMAO!

This post has been edited by Viperion: Aug 15 2010, 12:07 AM