Well, will use it for the moment. If really having issue with it then guess I will have to get a better card to replace it... Time to hunt on eBay...

Normal times it works great but I observed some intermittent Wifi drop issue, which kind of went away after I tweak the Router transmit power to 25% and reboot router. Didn't use much of it this few days due to work but will be on holiday tomoro onward so will check if the Wifi drop issue will persist...

Anyone have suggestion for backpack which the G751 can fit in?
The free backpack given by Asus is kind of slim so can't put too much stuff inside...

Where and how much did you get that?

It's nice but DAT PRICE....

Hm, guess I will have to try hunt some at the Harvey Norman in PG which is the nearest... Thanks for the info...

Searching around the Lowyat gave me results that the Everki Titan priced around 369 while Rakuten selling at 329 and the AW Vindicator at 259... Can give some insights into the quality and comfort of both of the brand? I only used Targus b4 so not familiar with this 2...

This post has been edited by xyz_cityhunter: Jan 6 2015, 09:23 AM

Yeah, the Titan seems much more thicker compare with the Vindicator but I think it's a bit too big (Judging from the photos online...) Can you provide some details on how thick (in cm or inch) both the backpack is when stuffed? I don't really care about the design or looks of it, the only thing that I will avoid is bright colors which is easy to stain...

This post has been edited by xyz_cityhunter: Jan 6 2015, 10:19 AM

You're describing the Titan or the Vindicator?

Ah, ok... Guess i need to go Harvey Norman to check the Titan out first if there's any... For the moment, the Vindicator which i saw on Youtube seems large enough for my use...

Might have to wait for some time b4 seeing any USB3.1 devices/cables on the market...
Maybe you should get one with DDR4 RAM along with that...

This post has been edited by xyz_cityhunter: Jan 6 2015, 01:41 PM

Getting a caddy to put my 1TB 7200RPM HDD and my old Intel 520 SSD into the 2nd HDD bay, hopefully won't have any problem with the HDD using the caddy...

Hopefully, last time when i use the HDD using caddy, it was having intermittent issue where the HDD is not responding... maybe due to insufficient power issue, hope this G751 won't have such problem... And the HDD is 7200RPM so I also hope that the SATA1 for the ODD can cope with the throughput, tested the speed is like max out around 120MB/s Read/Write when it's on the 2nd HDD bay with SATA2...

This post has been edited by xyz_cityhunter: Jan 8 2015, 09:35 AM

I think the G751 primary bay is SATA3, secondary is SATA2 and ODD is SATA only...

Well, here's what i got from HWinfo...
Primary: SSD

Secondary: HDD

ODD

Just hope that the secondary bay can be tweak to SATA3 with custom/updated BIOS, else if the physical routing is using SATA2 channels then pretty much hopeless...

Will go try swap the HDD out with my SSD to see if will see SATA3 speed there, the 7200RPM HDD is the Travelstar 7K1000 and should be able to comply with SATA3 as it's listed in its' datasheet: http://www.hgst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techd...TS7K1000_ds.pdf

Will try when i get home, the one doubt that I'm having is that the Current Mode|Supported Mode, the Current Mode pretty much tells us that which SATA version that it is currently running, but the Supported Mode means the device (HDD/SSD) can support OR that particular port can support?

Well, this pretty much confirmed the 2nd bay is only SATA2...
Primary: HDD

Secondary: SSD


And one nerve wracking moment when i was swapping the SSD and HDD, the screw fell into the side hole and into the inside of the laptop which I was not able to shake it out...
End up need to remove all the bottom screws, take the ODD off as there were hidden screws there to take the top keyboard off to get that screw out...
Lucky that I manage to did that with just bare minimum tools...

And the Everki Titan, Harvey Norman is selling at RM369, guess you able to grab it during promo period...

It was mentioned somewhere in the ROG forum when one user is using a caddy to use 3 2.5 drives on G751, I found that out when i was trying to find out the caddy thickness for the G751...
And the Everki Titan RSP should be the RM369 as it is sold online around that price...

This is pretty much acknowledged flaws of the G751 in ROG forum, I think will either need to wait for Asus to update the BIOS for this or someone go customized the BIOS... But if the physical routing is via the SATA2 channel of the on-board SATA controller then it's pretty much stucked with SATA2. Nowadays laptop maker intended all this as they don't want you to over customize the laptop, that 2.5" bay was intended for the original 7200RPM HDD so it's enough to support the throughput of it. And like the m.2 port too, if you didn't get the original specs that came with the PCIE SSD then you will be missing a bracket if you're thinking of an upgrade from 3rd party... unless you go CNC and custom made one...

Even Lenovo go down this path, my previous Y580 got options to upgrade with mSATA SSD as the connector is available. But then came the next generation of Y500/510 which a lot of report of missing mSATA connector, which is only available for those who bought the unit with the original specs which includes original mSATA SSD. Some even resort to buying their own mSATA connector to solder it onto the board with heatgun...

What brand and model of wifi adapter?