Hello,
I bought the G74SX from Amazon a little while ago. I ended up formatting the drive and installing a fresh WIN7 SP1 64-bit install on it. I also installed the ASUS drivers from the ASUS webpage and a few other items from the G74 thread here on ASUS ROG.
These are not terrible show stoppers for me, but it would be nice if they worked. I can probably format/install Windows 7 again but as of right now that would be too much of a hassle for me.
I have everything installed from the ASUS site (driver wise)
- The keyboard lights do not function, but they did a while ago, maybe before I did a clean-install. Is there anything I can re-install re-enable to gain access to the keyboard lights?
- The keyboard hotfix/KB has almost fixed all of the stuck keys (I would have a really bad time with 1 key getting stuck, it would sometimes result in 111111111111111111111111 being typed indefinately...) It now happens very seldom, maybe one time a month.
- Also the "ROG key" next to the power key doesnt do anything. Same with the function keys - I guess they are not enabled?
The ROG key works for system boot only to enable the "quick boot" mode? I try to use that but after hitting "accept" it tells me the system needs to restart. Upon restarting it does the same thing. Tells me to accept and it needs to restart. How can I use the quick boot? Is there a way to re-install it?
- The touchpad is too sensitive? I don't know if I am hitting it too often. I use an external USB mouse. But there are still times when I loose focus of the active input/box, happens mostly when I am typing. Stupid question but is there slight foil/cover on the trackpad out of the factory that needs to be removed/peeled off?
- Maybe 1 time every 1-2 months the system gets a blue screen, right now I don't find that to be a show stopper, but it would be better if there was none!
That's it for now... I still like this system, the design/cooling is simply awesome!
