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Asus G74 screen flicker (dark backgrounds and low brightness)

380mcn
Level 9
Hello everybody.
I have an asus g74 and it seems that the screen flickers with a dark background.
If i put the maximum brightness it won't be visible but as it goes down to the minimum the screen starts to flickers. It is a little annoying since i paid 1600eur (2200$).
I have seen other 3 with the same problem. The place where i got it told me it was the inverter. Is yours the same?:confused:

Regarding this issue i don't have any complaint so far (1week of use)

Best wishes

(i don't know the model in question but mine is the one with the i7 2870, 16gb ram, 2hd 500gb, gtx560m 3gb ddr5, no 3D, full hd)
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Yeah, I've seen few similar reports of no response.

Did you try to PM him over on the NBR forum? Obviously, you shouldn't have to, since he posted the contact request here, but.....oh well.

Please respond Chastity. Thanks.

Looking4Answers wrote:
Starting to wonder what is going on as I PM'd Chastity 6 days ago to set an RMA and have not heard a thing back.

I think we all want to know what this fix consist of.

Please let us know how the flicker can be fixed.


Did you ever got a reply back on your PM to Chastity? apparently, threads don't get responses on here.

chrsplmr
Level 18
Chastity, as I understand it has been training and other duties.

EIB.. do you have an issue.. did you start a thread?

patience is all that is usually required for a response.c.

dstrakele
Level 14
See this post in this very thread - http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?5536-Asus-G74-screen-flicker-(dark-backgrounds-and-low-brig...
G74SX-A1 - stock hardware - BIOS 202 - 2nd Monitor VISIO VF551XVT

380mcn
Level 9
1.chastity wen away.
2. problem is present. (i try to ignore because it only happens in certain conditions)

the end of story

So there is an obvious problem which asus doesn't want to solve? Seems like a "FU customers" to me:((

kouotsu
Level 7
I got approved for RMA for this issue, and Asus was replacing my screen when they called me today. So you should not have an issue getting RMA approval for it, I think. Just make sure you set your desktop background to something that intensifies the flickering so it will be obvious.

Unfortunately, the reason they called me was to tell me my speaker rattling is not a hardware issue, but a "plugin" I had installed. Ugh! They didn't have an answer for what the supposed plugin was, so it seems like they just put a hard drive in it with the stock image and didn't notice any rattling. It's true that it doesn't happen as often with stock settings, but it definitely DOES happen... I told him about the sticky in this forum which shows the rattling speaker is a common issue. Also told him I'm pretty sure you can hear the rattling slightly during BIOS startup, which rules out any Windows "plugin". He said he'd tell them to take another look at it. Would be nice if they were able to fix that.
G74SX-XT1 / OCZ Agility 3 120GB / 16GB RAM
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Thanks for your answer:) Little bit sad it's a hardware issue i really hoped for it to be soft... but now i finally know what to do with it. Thanks again.

This is the exact same issue I faced with my G73Sw!

Refunded the laptop immediately!

My ASUS G73Sw Horror Story!