i just happened to update my drivers very frequently. except for bios, the drivers are fine to play with. worst comes to worst we just revert the restore point, or perform a clean install.

stock 209. i cannot go up beyond that because when i installed the higher versions, i have frozen power button (meaning to say it will not shutdown properly; and it will not wake up after sleep)

good for you.

previously there were some people here had the same thing. additionally my laptop is 3d model.

well, to be frank, everything is working fine for me with a 209; i have no complaint for this haha

uh? it CAN be downgraded. however if it's working what for do you need to do that?

no. i am using stock bios all the times, even if i had the special versions

well, i did use the special versions for a week or two when i got it lol!

it's a fully unlocked bios, with vbios mod and voltage mod.

haha!

ah too bad this g55 cannot take 1866Mhz at full. if not i sapu your CV dy :/

Yeah.. I am getting another crucial ballistix sport 1.35V. Hopefully the g55 can take it. If not it will goto the next machine :/

about the picture quality, its the matter of display panels (glossy vs. matte). also, once you're used to the 3dscreen with 120Hz, it's hard to go back. that's one of the very reason why i didn't pick up the g75jx in the first place.

the noisy part is common for gaming laptops, especially with high-end cpu/gpu. 70c is not that bad for a 780m if it's at room temperature. if it's not.. well.. it's better to give it a good thermal paste, clean up the fans/vents regularly, and use a cooling pad.

haha a glossy screen does give us 'better' colors.

i have to stare at the screen for a long time during work. my eyes hurt fast and i get tired very soon when i used a 60Hz.

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no you do not need to do the cleanup every week lol! if the environment around your laptop is dusty, once a month. here i do the cleanup once every 3 to 6 months (3 months are too frequent for me but sometimes i am just itchy).

my own preferences are still tuniq tx-4, as5, and ic diamond. i am currently using ic diamond. er.. you got 2 units of what?

oh that one. now i remember.. you bought that previously yeah i am not careful enough so i pick those non-conductive hehehe.

there are a few sellers at garage sales who sell ic diamond.

as for the ram, it's safer to get the most compatible ones. i had a number of sales guys telling me that 1.5V is 'FINE', 'NO PROBLEM' to use in a laptop that should run 1.35V ram. well i know it will work fine initially. they didn't mention anything about long term effects when i asked because they started showing impatient expressions lol!

ya the problem is still how far can the imc in the cpu can stand the long term operations like this.

wo.. thanks for the head-up.

true; that's why it's time to get a desktop lol!

If you had the time, maybe you can go to lyp, there are some shops selling g46. You can also contact the sellers at garage sales. Some of them are selling it too.

It should be fine to run the software that you mentioned. As for gaming, just remember this is a laptop. Many highend settings in games are for highend desktop gpus only.

Whats your expected screen size? I think g46 is 1366x768; you can get a replacement lcd panel with 1600x900.

And its relatively difficult to take out the battery.

every brand has its own stories :/

i just hope the people in these service centers practice professionalism and work ethics, and be more responsible and fair to the people they serve.

a few dell technicians are good. others.. not so. i saw one dell tech dropped the screen of an aw in front of me while he disassembled it to access the internals. then he's like nothing happened putting all parts back, leaving some scratches on the lid. the owner was like and i was like . he left just like that.

true. it hurts more when you saw all that happen so you will most probably be very pissed off, up to the extent asking for a brand new unit or a full refund

as for asus or any other brands, well, good luck to them. i really don't know on what basis these foreign brands appointing the service center operators, until they can jeopardize the marketing efforts (maybe lack of proper communications internally, i don't know).

that's why when we get whatever electronics these days, don't get too excited yet. test and check them out inside and out first.

can you see your ssd in the bios menu?

have you initiated your ssd? if you haven't, right click on your computer icon in file explorer and choose manage. then from the computer management, select storage > disk management. a dialogue should pop up and ask you to initiate the new disk. it's best to make it mbr disk.

No problem

Yeah if you havent updated the firmware you should do that first. A simple volume is fine. Sorry im not familiar with m4. Maybe you should google and see what the latest firmware fixed.

Oh i didnt know that you wanna install w8 lol! The process should be more simple like holloway said.

Now you need to do this:
1. Convert it to gpt;
2. Clear all partitions;
3. Take out stock drive and put the ssd into hdd partition;
4. Install windows.

Haha!