I understand the issue with regular laptops and laptop users. But ROG products are not under the regular laptop category, and most of the users are the same as well. They target to a specific user base, so at least cater to the user group with what they want. Yeah, service centre don't really work like how a service centre should be, hahaha.

I don't really mind if there is not yet a standard like how PCIe works on desktop (there is already a widely used format which is MXM though), but at least, make is standard between ROG laptops. Then users who spend RM4000 on their laptops can at least swap to a better GPU after 2 years or more (yeah I know about desktop, lol). I wonder why there is no standardization though.

And I do think even cheap ROG laptops should at least have 2 SATA slot and compartment to place 2 HDD/SSD or at least one M.2 and one SATA connection. This, plus at least 2 slots which are easy to access for RAM.

to a typical user, laptops are laptops; rog or not it's laptops lol (it's like telling them how good an expensive mechanical keyboard is, and the mods you have done to it. to them, come on it's just a keyboard )

yeah like i said, they even modify parts that have proper standards unnecessarily, and break such standards; so it's a dream for them to do standardization among their own products (mainly because of business side of things) i once expected rog to be like clevo. after observations for few generations of their products, forget it. imo they really should redefine what a true gaming laptop is.

i bet they can do all that for sata slots, and easily-accessible ram slots, or any other things. again, it's about business haha

i will wait until they put up something that i am satisfied with. until then, i just buy from brands that can do that.

u seems really knowledgeable at this. Do dongle WiFi naturally sucks compared to internal WiFi ?

im using TP-Link WN725N which is capable of getting 150Mbps. my internet plan is only 10Mbps at 2.4GHz. i know this dongle is small (antenna-wise), but compared to its capability vs my internet plan the difference is very noticable in terms of speed and latency vs my internal card. if i buy more expensive dongle (say, TP-Link archer T2U AC600) (also, does high gain vs standard gain matter?) will it at least be better than the internal, 5 years-old-Intel N2230 ?

This post has been edited by aimanace94: Oct 25 2017, 12:34 PM

for wifi dongles or wifi in general, sorry that i have very limited knowledge. (my main connections are still lan; wifi is just for backup) my wifi worked before and after the mod. i didn't get a wifi dongle for test. (the intel .ac can go around 700mbps consistently with .ac router at 5ghz)

usually this thing works in pairs. if you had a capable wifi dongle, you also need a capable wifi router. high gain is supposed to give you better signals. how good it can be still depends on other factors (e.g. walls in the way or not).

Well, to some people like me, we don't have the luxury to replace our laptops every now and then. So, sucks to be us. Hahaha

I do hope they will do something to revitalize the whole gaming laptop category. Nowadays, regular laptops are also carrying GPU such as GTX 1050 already.

The difference between internal and external wifi adapter would be that the external one will occupy 1 USB port, which can be used for other stuffs.

i understood. my main point is that flexibility to replace parts should be in place, so that when the user is ready, they can do something to make the laptop work better.

The 150Mbps wireless dongle should be sufficient for 10Mbps internet but do note on the Wifi strength that you can get on that dongle versus your internal wifi, this is given as the dongle has a small antenna versus the antenna that you have internally in your laptop. Laptop internal wifi might be better sometimes as most laptop will have 2 antenna place at different corner of the laptop so that your wifi card can see which antenna having a better signal from your router and it will automatically switch to the antenna with better signal strength.
As for the antenna gain, the higher it is means the better it is. The best solution for wifi strength transmitting over wall would be getting a router with high dB antenna which can transmit at higher power, more penetrating power when crossing the concrete wall. As for the TP-Link archer T2U AC600, it would be best for you to skip this and go with other models with high dB gain as this model is only better than your WN725N for having the 5GHz band support and also the AC support, which both of this is not of use if your router is not 5GHz and AC protocol capable. You can go with the TL-WN722N model which has the high gain antenna that is better at picking up weaker Wifi signal: http://www.tp-link.com/us/products/details..._TL-WN722N.html

This post has been edited by xyz_cityhunter: Nov 10 2017, 05:35 PM

Hey everyone, unsure if its the right place to ask, but does Asus official retailers accept trade in of old Asus laptops at all?

Thanks!

ya , they do,

anyone replace their g55vw battery? where can i order it?

Try aliexpress, I bought my G51JX's battery from over there previously. But the waiting can be quite long.

alright...

Damn, replaced my G751 screen last April from Taobao, now it's dead again...
Seems like it's the backlight that went out this time, still can see some shadow on the display...
Anyone know if Asus can repair the screen and does the repair comes with warranty?

Isn't the backlight integrated within the screen part? If you bought a new screen, it should come with the backlight together right? Anyway, you can try ask Hasoob Laptop Service if they could help with the issue.

I meant that the screen that i replace last time encountered the dead backlight this time as the last time was purple line appearing on the screen... I end up with an external monitor for now as i'm lazy to buy from China again...
Apart from that, any 2nd hand value for this unit with the screen spoiled? Might plan to let it go if I'm too lazy to fix it...

You can message the shop first and ask them the price, after you mentioned your issue. Maybe their answer could help you to make decision better to sell or keep and repair.

Ok, will try and see if they can help...

where to but g752 4k lcd?

Can check with seller in Lowyat Forums.

Does anyone know what hard drive type that G501J offers?