close the hw monitor then the flashing will stop

then something else must be monitoring his GPU

hey guys today i was in college and my laptop was plying music in the class the whole time
My laptop was using Winamp + DFX audio enhancer, volume 70%, wireless off, windows CPU(temps also included) & HDD monitoring gadgets running and in battery saving mode. Guess what......the battery lasted for 5 hours 15 min and only 8% was left after that. Dam it broke my record of only lasting for 5 hours
Seriously i love this laptop. I never would expect a 15.6 laptop with SB i7 quad core proc and 2GB NV GPU to last this long. Guess Asus really did live up to its hardware quality.

This post has been edited by Trance4eva: Apr 26 2011, 08:45 PM

Slow boot times???? can be solved. Now my boot up time is 43 sec. 60sec is still consider normal btw. Above that then got some prob
Heat issues??? when playing games its normal to reach 90C
And my HDMI is working fine

If u wan get a full review go to 1st page and read my post. To get the latest battery time.....go to previous page and see my last post, u will be surprise

i only leave recovery, e-driver, e-manual, lifeframe, splendid, winflash, fast boot, power4gear hybrind, ATK and wireless console. The rest i deleted. The most important software to delete is Asus Live Update. From what i read on other website, its completely useless as it eats up resources and it act as a worm without u knowing

For me, without the Sonic Master, the internal speakers somehow becomes a mono speaker so the DFX only helps abit.
But Sonic Master + DFX audio enhancer = Legendary
If off any one of them, can hear really really big diff.
I recommend Sonic Master + Winamp +DFX audio enhancer "ahem" version(plugin for winmap) for everyone

Old winamp got better enhancer does it work with the latest

This post has been edited by Trance4eva: Apr 26 2011, 11:29 PM

for bass, theres is but not much. Still u can set the DFX audio enhancer settings. If u wan more bass can put the HyperBass to MAX! but i think it will spoil ur speaker.
But seriously the DFX really helps for me. It somehow add 3D sound/better surround sound.
If u connect the laptop to an external 2.1 chnl speakers, its gonna be really awesome with DFX + Sonic Master

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Added on April 26, 2011, 11:38 pmyea i also nvr thought it will reach that long. 1st time i got it i told myself having 3 hours 30 min battery life is ok for me (since i had a crappy Lenovo Y560P b4 ) but it shock me out of this world when it reach more than 5 hours
Anyway, the advantage we have over the DV6 i think would be the battery life as i heard the owners cant go more than 5 hours

This post has been edited by Trance4eva: Apr 26 2011, 11:38 PM

DFX audio enhancer is a plugin for many media players. Got for windows media player and also got for winmap.
I personally prefer winmap because u can customize ur own interface and they have a better equalizer than WMP IMO

oh yea is better if u get the ***** version cause it really makes alot of diff than the free i wan. I mean ALOT of different. Im sure u can find that version somewhr. Dun ask me whr i got it cause i seriously forgot

trust me la with an awesome 2.1 external speakers + DFX + Sonic Master......even ur windows is gonna shatter

4 x SO-DIMM socket for expansion up to 16 GB SDRAM
So yea guarantee can go up to 16 GB....but why ur friend need that much of memory????

Trust me the full version has even more improvement. You get even more bass and better yet.....a better 3D surround sound

The DFX works for many media players like Winamp, Windows Media Player, Real Player etc. Unfortunately it does not work with Media Player Classic....anyway who uses it to listen to music. I only use MPC to watch videos

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Added on April 27, 2011, 8:29 pm
I think when u get it back, u better stress the laptop in front of the tech person specially the HDMI, Screen, Speaker and USB 3.0 (as there are reported prob that it transfer at speed of USB 2.0)
And when u stress the speaker, im sure there will be distortion. So, ask the tech person "eh why my speaker still got prob. I thought N series has premium speakers" i wanna know the fellow reaction

This post has been edited by Trance4eva: Apr 27 2011, 08:30 PM

up to you...

Guys i have some bad news.....i just had my first BSOD

really wtf!! i ran BlueScreenView and nothing came up.

This post has been edited by Trance4eva: Apr 27 2011, 09:57 PM

i dun think it got anything to do with the mobo...does it???

watching video and dling
few secs after i start the video then got BSOD

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Added on April 27, 2011, 10:33 pmi am still replying here am i?? jkjk
Luckily still can la. But one thing i find weird....why BlueScreenView cant detect the prob

This post has been edited by Trance4eva: Apr 27 2011, 10:33 PM

weird, when i watch the same video...nothing went wrong
i have no idea how to recreate the prob

This post has been edited by Trance4eva: Apr 27 2011, 10:49 PM

dam i couldn't rmb the error code

why la u wanna sell

what do u mean enable FastBoot in BIOS. I just click on the program and set some program to delay and FastBoot do its job......

How can FastBoot slow down bootup time, thats impossible. It shorted my bootup time by 10-15 secs.

BSOD = Blue Screen Of Death. Don't be frighten by the name, its just a name for some "crash"