@Jeffrey1987: care to explain more about your keyboard protector? is it a layer of rubber or somethin?

Yea, it was a layer of rubber just like the ordinary silicone keyboard protector.

However, the most apparent difference is the transparency degree of both types.

TPU = more transparent
Silicone = less transparent

Besides that, silicone type keyboard protector collects more dust on it compared to the TPU one.

TPU keyboard protector is more elastic compared to silicone one and it will not easily deform.

isn't that will disturb your cooling mechanism?

air will suck in from the space between the keyboard rite?

Nope, it will definitely not disturbing the cooling system of the notebook. I have double checked this matter with the NBR's Asus G73Jh members and they also told me that there are no any cooling mechanism under the keyboard as some of the discussion members have verified it via disassembling it. It was a misunderstanding at the 1st place.

They told me that there are some air intakes from the mesh above the keyboard but I'm not so sure about this.

This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Jun 11 2010, 06:23 AM

since you'd mentioned NBR, i can't argue more...

lulz then its just a hype about the cooling that have something to do with degree of steepness of keyboard?

The 5- degree ergonomic inclination is meant for comfortable gaming. That's all.

Actually the intake is right below the lcd if u remove the lcd u can see the 2 intakes. Actually comparing both the G73JH and M15x their cooling system is both very good. Just the G73JH if they took the intake from bottom it might be better for those with cooler pads. The rumour bout the keyboard intake i think is not correct coz some one used smoke test to confirm the intake is just below the lcd. I check the service manual and it seems like it's below the lcd and around the speaker mesh.

Asus G73JH Disassembly Guide

This post has been edited by EvilDevil118: Jun 11 2010, 12:49 PM

Hrmm..if u were to remove your keyboard protector after maybe an hour usage . . I am quite sure you will feel hot air coming from the keyboard. Or . . maybe that's just me lol

I whack on a keyboard protector since day 1, even the M15x I also whack one since day 1. My room got lots of dust and hair due to my pet. I rather the dust stick on the protector instead inside of the keyboard. I cleared those stuff on my older laptop which is a hp I almost got shocked of the dusts and fur collected inside. Since it's a black laptop it never seem to me that it might have been that much.

I have not tried that out it.

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Added on June 11, 2010, 2:44 pmAffirmative! I'm totally agree with you regarding on the dust. I'm rather cleaning up the dust collected on the keyboard protector than the one which fall inside the keyboard. Super hard to remove. Before this, I have tried to use the Cyber Clean cleaning compound on my previous notebook but it seemed like it was not that effective enough.

However, most of the Asus G73Jh users out there were worried about the cooling system of this machine will be affected by this keyboard protector.

This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Jun 11 2010, 02:44 PM

The CPU temps r quite good just the gpu is quite high for mine. Max hit around 93 but this is running furmark extreme burning. Other games max also 8x only also the 93'c is without aircon and cooler pad. Eversince I use cooler pad and in aircon room it never go above 87'c .

Mini Review Of TPU Keyboard Protector For My Asus G73Jh-A2. Hope you guys will enjoy it.



This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Jun 11 2010, 04:17 PM

I would also prefer to have a keyboard protector . . but the heat coming from the keyboard is giving me doubts. When the laptop is off . . then I will just put the protector that it came with on top, but if the laptop is on . . I rather not have anything ontop. . . and my room is blardee dusty as well.

nice, mate!

how much you bought? and pls share us the ebay url too.

Thanks!

I have to buy it via eBay as I can't find one in Germany. Below is the link:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...T#ht_2509wt_952

Hi everyone, been following not only this thread, but also several others regarding the same laptop, and i just wanna share my two cents.

I bought mine from eBay, seller was PortableOne, and was quite satisfied initially, except for a teeny dead pixel in the bottom right(in spite of their $45 all-round laptop check prior shipping). Price: er, well, better than our local offerings(at the time of purchase). my own personal opinion: get yours from the US, we have the stronger currency, singapore is the poorer choice imho. the thing arrived late May. Customs didn't bother me at all..no trips to Sepang etc. item sent straight to my front door.

My g73 is A2, with 1TB HDD and 8gb ram.

1. The video drivers are very tricky to update, for most laptops, using ATI 10.4 and above will crash every few minutes into a game. two solutions at hand: a) updating the videocard BIOS with a clevo/MSI/third-party one, risking a 'bricked' vcard, or b)updating to Asus' 10.1 drivers(not the latest by ATI though). I did the former, which disabled the HDMI and VGA(until the next legit vbios comes along).
2. for some, the main mother bios itself might be problematic(missing keyboard strokes anyone?), fortunately, a legit Asus update (BIOS 209) is already out. those of us who used bios 206 will experience disabled keyboard lights and a PowerPlay glitch which still maintains the underclock once you switch battery>plug. I upped mine with a 209 beta from a German asus site, too lazy to reupdate.
3.Only once i've browsed through the complaint sites do i realize, Asus software support is really poor...and there are many who RMA'd faulty g73jh units back, and of those who did RMA, some had to return their units twice(three times too!)..all i can say is, open your package with bated breath, friend.

The good aspects?

1.Most games are at least playable at 1920x1080.
2.Personally i like the radical design.

In spite of all that, I definitely enjoyed my new laptop(probably my last one - my pa is especially frustrated with me wasting my money on every curious gadget i come across), and hope you guys do as well. happy gaming!

Welcome to join us at the Asus G73Jh thread. You are new here? Anyway, thanks so much for your knowledgeable mini review or opinion of your Asus G73Jh-A2.

Hello guys, today I would like to share with you guys my Asus G73Jh-A2's gaming benchmarks. Below are some of the gaming benchmarks:

(i) Street Fighter IV Benchmark



(ii) Devil May Cry 4 Benchmark



(iii) Resident Evil 5 Benchmark




P/S: I have no idea why the gaming benchmark of Resident Evil 5 was only "B"?

I will try to update with you guys the synthetic benchmarks too.

This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Jun 12 2010, 06:03 AM

Actually I would suggest most buyers to avoid paying anything for their service like to create restortion disc, upgrade memory from 1066 to 1333, checking the laptop and so on. Most of the time the seller don't do much just whack in the box, duplicate their pre burn disc, send out the laptop and that's it. 1066 is already not being used in current batch of G73JH. Most of the people paying for the upgrade is just wasting their money.

I did encounter same issue as u, gsod n stuff once I upgrade to 10.5 drivers. But once i revert back I don't encounter probs edi. It's a known issue with ATI graphics card since the desktop version. If ur not the type of people who do mission critical 3d rendering or stuff then it should be ok, else like me, might be using another laptop for main while waiting for Asus to fix up their bugs.

well, i share some photo of internal G73JH-A1 and the GC between the M17x and G73JH


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