Djdouglas

I just upgraded my Asus G75 with 2 Samsung Evo 1TB SSD's. Best upgrade I ever made. Windows 7 installed in about 5 to 10 minutes and the system boots in about 4 seconds. I am learning how to overclock now. Will probably break it...

I had a ton of issues when I bought my G75 last year. It took almost a full year before most of the problems were fully worked out. For instance my touchpad has finally started working this past week reliably. I had major sound issues which required a couple new versions of drivers before most of the problems were resolved. Now I have an issue with the speakers and headphones working together or not working at all after a fresh install of Windows 7. My recommendation is to update your bios to the latest version. This will fix the issue with booting from sleep mode if you are running an older bios. Install a fresh copy of Windows and install drivers and utilities from scratch. Be sure to check the official ROG asus forum for the latest working audio driver. The Via chipset they used in this model was not the best but the latest driver seems to have fixed most of the sound issues. Other than the problems I had to sift through and fix I have been satisfied with Asus and even this model. I will be sticking with it for another year before I upgrade. I am hoping for a more advanced processor in the next one. Maybe someday we will get the hexacore without having to get a tombstone sized box.

I just happened onto this thread when doing some research on optimizing my new SSD setup. I have to say that this is the coolest thread by far that I have come by. I have been an Asus ROG owner for several years. I usually upgrade yearly when the new models come out however with my experience in the G75 this past year I have opted to wait on upgrading. My alternative was to upgrade my HD's with dual SSDs and to try and optimize my performance through tweaks and overclocks. This thread had provided me with a lot of valuable information. Thank you so much for posting these items and information!