Asus U81A-RX05 or dell S1555-018B ????????

I am looking for a laptop for me and me wife. I cannot decide on the Dell or the Asus. I will be web surfing, light gaming and some word processing. I want something to replace my desktop. Does Best Buy do warranty service for Dell or Asus. I have read some people think Asus product support is better than Asus offers a 2 year warranty. Any advice would be appreciated.

I would go with the Asus and Best Buy does offer a service plan on both brands.
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When ASUS U81A-RX05 laptop will be available at bestbuy?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9366562&type=product&id=1218092151327
As I really like the size, weight, battery life, webcam...
Here someone can tell me when this laptop will be available again???
Thanks a lot...

we have the Model: UX50V-RX05 in store where i am and you can order it online at bestbuy.com.
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Has the Asus G71GX-RX05 GPU problem been fixed?

Has the Asus G71GX-RX05 GPU problem been fixed? And if so what do you have to do to fix it.

hi vanhelsing.
i know that asus was working on an updated BIOS to fix the GPU issue, and according to the last post in this thread on the asus support forums (http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20090627114124765&board_id=3&model=G71Gx(BestBuy)&SLanguage=e...), rev. 1201 seems to have done the trick.
i checked the asus support website (http://support.asus.com), and i found that there is an even new version of the BIOS - rev. 1302. i would recommend moving to this BIOS upon unboxing your G71GX.
i have updated the BIOS on both notebooks and desktops before, and the process is fairly painless. i found this link off the asus support site (http://support.asus.com/technicaldocuments/technicaldocuments.aspx?root=198&SLanguage=en-us), and it describes how to update the BIOS. i would recommend having a conversation with your local geek squad if you're not comfortable doing the process yourself.

ASUS U81A Power Supply- Extra Adapter

Just ordered an extra U81A Power Adapter from http://jacobsparts.com/
We'll see if they are legit (only $18.00)

kimdt27 wrote:
Hi Everyone
So i just ordered a W540 as my work PC too swap out my old Dell latitude.
My company is trasferring from Dell to lenovo setups in all the offices.
We move arround with our laptops so we have a lot of extra power supplys from Dell (19.5 V 3.34A with round plugs).
My question is, will we be able to use an adapter like this one (http://www.ebay.com/itm/2PCS-New-Power-converter-Cable-Adapter-For-Lenovo-ThinkPad-Carbon-0B47046-/3...) to power our laptops instead of buying loads of new power supplies?
Best Regards
Kim
No. That power supply will supply 65 W at the most, which is nowhere near the amount of power required for the W540. You could try to rig it to work on an X240, which takes about that much power, but a W540 requires a 170 W supply due to its power hungry CPU and GPU.
W540: i7-4700mq, K2100m, 8 GB DDR3L, 512 GB SSD
T510: i7-620m, NVS 3100m, 8 GB DDR3, 512 GB SSD

Dell S1555-2817MBU resolution

I purchased this dell last night for in store pick up but havent went to pick it up yet because people are saying the spec's on your website are wrong.
15.6" LED-backlit high-definition plus widescreen display
With TrueLife technology and 1600 x 900 resolution delivers intense detail and clarity.
can someone tell me what the resolution actually is and if it does have a led-backlit high-def display.
thanks

Caddywompas wrote:
So whats the deal? Is this thing worth the $549.00? Is it being advertised with incorrect resolution? I am trying to find a solid affordable laptop t for my daughters school work. Any help appreciated. Thank you, Paul. I was also considering Sony Vaio, any thoughts?
It's an average entertainment notebook with average specs so it is worth the price, comparatively speaking, but the resolution is indeed incorrect as nobody makes a 1600 x 900 panel in that size anymore as far as I know. That's something you'd occasionally find in the 17-inch and larger notebooks a while back though many of them are currently using the regular 1366 x 768 panels or 1920 x 1080 "FULL HD" LCD panels.

Asus G71GX-RX05 vs. Gateway p-7805u

I can't decide which is better don't worry about the gateway being an outlet item im buying it from another store but I just want to know which is the better buy.
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Most, if not all, computers are going to have some kind of issue. The Asus issue is a minor issue.
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Asus UX50V-RX05 and Microsoft Office Questions

I was thinking about getting this model for Law School. But I'm going to be depending on Onenote in Microsoft Office a lot for note taking. I just want to know if anybody has this computer and if they think it could handle a semesters worth of notes. When Finals roll around I want to be able to bring up a semesters worth of notes and flip between lessons without lag or hesitation and I noticed that this Asus comes with a 1.4cpu. I noticed as well that this computer will be eligible for a free windows 7 upgrade and wanted to know that if it couldn't handle a semesters worth of notes with vista if windows 7 would make the process easier?
According to Microsoft Office Homepage the specifications on this model should be more than enough but I was hoping that somebody had the model to tell from experience or just some more insights.

as nokia mentioned, microsoft onenote isn't all that demanding of a program, so the ux50 that you're considering should have no trouble with what you plan to be doing in school. for reference, i often used onenote in school over the past couple of years, and my thinkpad never hiccuped.
while i can understand you being somewhat hesitant about the 1.4GHz speed in the ux50, it's nothing to fear. the intel core solo processor does well for exactly the sort of workload you would be applying. the centrino chipset that the machine is based on will provide you with ample performance while being able to get upwards of 5.5 hours of battery life (a big plus when on campus for lectures).

Asus G71GX RX05 price raise

ive been looking into buying this laptop mainly because it was cheap and has been listed for 1149.99 dollers on best buy's website for a few weeks now. even on c nets review of this laptop it says that best buy is selling it for 1149.99. but when i went on to the website today i noticed the price is now 1299.99 a 150 doller raise. is this true? or is it a just a wrong price they messed up on.

I am not sure what the exact price is in-store because I am off today but I would check with your local store to see if the price is still $1149.99.
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What happened to the Asus G71GX-RX05 Laptop?

I still see this item listed on the best buy website at the link below but it does not allow shipping and is not available at any of my local Best Buy stores. I've done research on this laptop and would REALLY like to purchase. Is it still available?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9366615&type=product&id=1218092150740

Honestly no, I am not informed on incoming shipments. I would wait for the next model to be released and jump on that. You can also look at the G51 unit. It is a little less spec wise and has a 15inch screen.
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In need of a laptop

I am going to be going back to school and I was thinking about purchasing a laptop. I have been looking but don't know exactly what to look for. I'm not looking to spend a lot of money but I want a reliable computer. What would be a good laptop to get? I would also be using it for the internet and for my ipod. I don't know what to look for in terms of speed...thanks!!!!!!!
Diana

hi diana, and welcome to the forums.
from your post, it sounds like a lightweight notebook that allows you to take notes on campus as well as connect to the web would be ideal. it also sounds like you don't put too much of a focus on PC gaming or heavy video creating/editing, so that should help narrow down what machines you may want to consider.
understandable that you're trying to keep the cost low, but do you have any specific budget in mind?
here are a few machines to consider:
* asus U81A-RX05: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9366562&type=product&id=1218092151327
* hp dv4-1435dx: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9370548&type=product&id=1218093001786
both of the machines are very portable: they have 14" screens, good battery life, and they're no more than 5 pounds each. at the heart of each laptop, you'll find an intel core 2 processor accompanied by 4GB of RAM and a 320GB hard for storing all of your notes and homework as well as any music and pictures that you have.
you may also want to check out the next class line of PCs here: http://bit.ly/nextclass . these machines are built with students in mind - anti-virus protection, microsoft office, and good battery life.

ASUS GEFORCE GT640 not working with the latest M92p 2992-B3G BIOS

I've got a ThinkCentre M92p (2992B3G) that I bought over 6 months ago.
It's a pretty standard setup, and I haven't done anything to the hardware except upgrading it to 8GB of memory and adding a new SSD for my system drive. In addition I purchased an ASUS NVIDIA GT640 PCI-e video card as the default video card doesn't put out much performance for even the most casual of gamers. I'm running on Windows 8.1, with all updates installed. I've always been very tidy, so I've kept myself up-to-date with all the latest Windows Updates, and updates from the Lenovo System Update tool.
This setup worked great for several months, until one dreadful night where a new BIOS was presented by Lenovo System Update. I can't for the life of me remember the exact version number of that BIOS, but I do know it was released a week or two before the 14th February 2012. The change logs for Lenovo's BIOS updates doesn't include a release date, but I g
Either way; I download the BIOS update for Lenovo's websites, burned myself the ISO-image version, and went ahead with the flash as I've done many times before, even on this computer.
This is were my issues began; after the BIOS update I cannot for the life of me get any PCI-e video cards to work. Once the computer booted back up, the display was simply blank; not even a POST-message, and much less any display from the operating system itself.
With the PCI-e video card installed I can't the BIOS settings either. Therefore I have to remove the video card, make the necessary BIOS setting changes, and insert the video card again before booting.
Bottom line; my GEFORCE GT640 worked fine until the BIOS update, after which it doesn't work anymore.
Here's a few things I've tried so far;
I've tried both my GEFORCE GT640 and my RADEON HD640. No luck with either.
I've tried my GEFORCE GT640 in another rig. Runs just fine, so the video card isn't faulty.
I've tried my RADEON HD7750 in another rig. Runs just fine, so the video card isn't faulty.
I've tried four different monitors (two from BENQ, one from ASUS and one from DELL). It's not a monitor issue.
I've tried different video card settings in the BIOS (AUTO, PEG etc). No luck.
It's not a driver issue. I've tried booting both Windows 7 and Windows 8, and in both cases I've tried it with a variety of drivers installed (and not installed). Tried drivers both from Lenovo and NVIDIA's official driver packages. It's not a driver issue.
I've tried 3 different DVI-cables, a VGA cable and an HDMI cable. All work on other rigs, but not with the PCI-e card in the M92p.
Yes, I do upgrade my BIOS from a bootable CD, and no, I didn't brick the motherboard
The funny part to this story is .. when I contacted Lenovo Support, believing that my motherboard was fried.
They asked me to contact InfoCare, one of their sub-contractors, to help me replace the motherboard. On the 13th of February 2012 an on-site support technician from InfoCare came to replace the motherboard. After he replaced it, we tried it out my GEFORCE GT640 to see if the problem had been resolved; EUREKA! IT WORKED!.
However, the support technician insisted to update the BIOS before he left. At the time I didn't know the BIOS was the real issue, so i stupidly agreed. He did his job, and left. I didn't reboot the computer again before I brought it home that day; and what do you know? I got home, booted up the computer, and got the exact same problem I had earlier; black screen, as if the PCI-e video card wasn't even there.
That gave me the idea that the BIOS was to blame, so I began searching around on Google, Lenovo's Community Forum and so forth. That's when I found out that Lenovo had a reputation for white-listing certain WiFi extension cards, video cards and so forth. The only speculation as to why they did this was users saying that it was because only certain combinations of e.g. a motherboard and video card was not FCC-compliant.
What sucks with this is that it wasn't always this way; in the case of the M92p 2992-B3G that white-list was added with a BIOS update.
So why don't you just flash back to an older BIOS version?
Easier said than done; there is no earlier BIOS version.
Well, there are earlier versions, but they're no longer available to the public. I've dug around pretty much everywhere, and there's no downloads available anywhere, only the latest BIOS versions are available for download.
So unless you've got an old ISO-image lying around, or happen to have the .img files in your C:\SWTOOLS, then you're pretty much screwed.
Anyone got any ideas on how I can go further from here?
The only suggestion I've got so far is to replaced the motherboard with a new one, which likely has the factory BIOS. That's pretty much what I did when the on-site support technician helped me last, and that worked like a charm until he flashed the BIOS again.
Here's a few relevant posts you might want to review if you're up for it;
MP92p (2992-B3G) - Problems with GeForce GT640 after 24th January BIOS Update
Doesn't PCI-e video cards work anymore with the M92p?
No video during boot after video card upgrade
For the curious ones you'll find the BIOS change logs (up to 9SJ979USA) here;
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/thinkcentre_bios/9sj979usa.txt
UPDATE #1
If found an interesting reply to this post, where a user posted a link to a graphics card compatability matrix from July 2010, telling a M58p user that one of the video cards he wanted to purchase was not compatible with his machine type.
He also speculates that Lenovo only white-lists low-power graphics cards such as the Quadro NVS because of their low power consumption. Then again, he himself uses a card that's not on that compatability list (a GEFORCE 310) without any issues.
Is there an updated compatability matrix available, that also includes the M92p?
UPDATE #2
Could this problem been a result of LENOVO adding UEFI support to its M92p BIOS to comply with Microsoft's requirements for Windows 8?
If you check the specifications for the ASUS GEFORCE GT640, and scroll to the bottom of the page you'll see the following;
"* No native UEFI BIOS support, for UEFI BIOS, please download from ASUS technique support site. (The update tool only for ASUS MB.)"
Could this be the o'holy grail for my problem?
If this is the case, I am willing to purchase a new video card with native UEFI support (e.g. the SAPPHIRE RADEON R9 280), and see if that one might work.
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I can't seem to edit this post anymore, for some odd reason.
So here goes;
I found this post in NVIDIA's knowledge base;
When installing an after-market graphics card into a certified Windows 8 PC with UEFI enabled, the s...
The interesting parts in this post are as follows;
When an after-market graphics card is installed into a motherboard with UEFI enabled in the system BIOS, or if the system is a certified Windows 8 PC with Secure Boot enabled, the system may not boot.
UEFI is a new system BIOS feature that is provided on most new motherboards. A UEFI system BIOS is required in order for the Windows 8 Secure Boot feature to work. Secure boot is enabled by default on certified Windows 8 PCs.
In order to get the PC to boot with a graphics card that does not contain UEFI firmware, the end-user must first disable the secure boot feature in the system's SBIOS before installing the graphics card.
Note: Some system SBIOS's incorporate a feature called compatibility boot. These systems will detect a non-UEFI-enabled firmware VBIOS and allow the user to disable secure boot and then proceed with a compatibility boot. If the system contains a system SBIOS the supports compatibility boot, the user will need to disable secure boot when asked during boot process
This leads me to believe that the BIOS update that wrecked my setup was 9SKT58A/9SJT58A, which only contains one change;
"Adds support for updating BIOS from a WIN7 BIOS to a WIN8 BIOS".
I've just ordered a cheap UEFI-compatible GT640 from Gainward, so I hope I'll be able to try that out this weekend.

Asus Notebook Problem

Good Morning to all,
My name is Renato, I'm Brazilian and I want to know if you could help me.
My sister lives in USA and in August/2009 she bought a Asus notebook model at Thousand Oaks Best Buy store, and brought it to me here in Brazil. When she arrived here and I turned on the notebook, I found one key of the keyboard broken.
I wanted to know if at your stores you could fix this problem, changing the notebook keyboard.
The notebook model is an Asus G71GX-RX05.
ps: Sorry about my bad English.
Thanks in advance,
Renato Carvalho.

In this case my experience is totally different.
6 mothns back i purchased ASUS Eee PC, I am very happy with its performance. The greatest quality of Asus Eeepc 1005 HA is it's design. This netbook follows Asus' new line of computers, all inspired by in "Seashells". This means that the system looks wider at the back than in the front with its thickest part measuring at 1.4 inches.The netbook has a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel glossy display. It’s bright and displays colors well indoors, but looks like a mirror when used in bright sunlight. So, you can have minor problems if you intend to use your Asus outdoors.
Thanks you ASUS.

HT5918 ASUS PA279Q display with MacPro 2014

Will MacPro 2014 interface to full 2560 x1440 resolution with an ASUS PA279Q true color monitor ? Connection will be via mini display port cable into Thunderbolt port, the other end is Display Port into the monitor.
I've read that MAC OS will not recognize this resolution and will treat the ASUS and also the DELL 2713H such that the high resolotion will not be achieved.

I may have not phrased my question properly. Perhaps the issue is more about unsuring thet RGB mode is output from a new Mac Pro, OS X. Seems people are running a script on other MAC models to achieve this.
See this link:
http://www.ireckon.net/2013/03/force-rgb-mode-in-mac-os-x-to-fix-the-picture-qua lity-of-an-external-monitor/comment-page-3#comment-9491

Asus quad core upgrade

Hi. Quick question here: I'm looking to buy the Asus G51VX-RX05 gamer but would like to upgrade the CPU from the currnet duo core to a quad core. Anyone know if this is possible and, if so, how much extra?
Many thanks in advance.

The Asus G71GX is an amazing laptop in my opinion.
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Looking for a Multipurpose Laptop

Mmkay, I have about four things that I would use a laptop for--that I use my desktop for now--that I would like to know what kind of qualitifications I'm looking for.
1: Writing(General word documents)
2: Playing music. Preferably in winamp, mp3s. Sometimes from youtube.
3: Playing World of Warcraft.
4: Surfing the web, most typically on webcomics and places like Deviantart.
Can anyone help me out, here? I know alot of laptops are leaning towards superaffordable so specs as well as price quotes would be an awesome thing to have.
and I fully plan to buy a USB mouse, I can't stand using a touchpad to play WoW.
So, any ideas, anyone? ^-^;;

$1100 is a decent PC budget. Let's set aside 10% for a wireless mouse and laptop bag.
I think these models should get the job done..,..
HP HDX 16-1375DX-- Plenty of power, at the expense of battery life. A handsome laptop, but you'll have to be on top of the fingerprints.
Asus G51VX-RX05-- Another heavy hitter, but the looks will take some getting used to.
Sony VGN-NW150J/S-- This bad boy is packin' Blu-Ray. If you like movies, it worth a look.
Dell X1340-024B-- I have a soft spot for this one. It's a little thing, that packs a punch.
Disclosure: Former BBY employee.

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