10-29-2011
02:23 AM
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03-06-2024
02:01 AM
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ROGBot
11-08-2011 11:06 AM
Sadozai wrote:
So you are most probably right about that but grounding can be done effortlessly through the touch pad ribbon and that's why I doubt that this metal strip is working for grounding when all under and around it is plastic. Besides they don't need this big a metal strip that needs tightening screws for just grounding.
11-08-2011 02:57 PM
BrodyBoy wrote:
(This cage ground is a fairly common approach.) At first it seemed like "over-engineering," but now that I've seen how vulnerable the G74's "tape" ground system is, I appreciate its reliability. I replaced my G74's tape ground with a metal one.
BrodyBoy wrote:
Back to the point, though, if the metal bar in yours is the button assembly, and if the lid switch is in it, as suspected, do you think you'll try replacing the button assembly? Or just continue using the magnet fix when necessary? Either way, I hope Asus is following your discussion so they know exactly what to fix when other owners send their laptops in with this problem. (I don't mean to make Asus techs sound incompetent, but it's kind of amazing how many reports I've read of RMA'd laptops that came back with the exact same problem they left with!)
11-08-2011 03:10 PM
Sadozai wrote:
You have now idea how desperate I am to get to this lid switch and smother it, stifle it, strangle it with my bare hands. I wanna tighten the noose around its neck so that it never ever again raises it ugly head. You can feel my pain here...:D.
11-09-2011 01:35 AM
Sadozai wrote:
Yeah tape ground system doesn't sound much reliable. Where specifically did you replace your tape ground in your G74 and how? I'm curious because for one its interesting and I wanna know, for the other I have seen yellow tapes in my G53 I still wonder if they are for grounding, so if need arises I may replace them with metal grounding. There is a yellow tape over the TP ribbon connector in the G53, I wonder if it has got anything to do with grounding. I suspect this though because I dont see any grounding motive at that spot because the tape just sticks over the ribbon which is thoroughly insulated. But still its interesting and I have to find it. I'm smelling another hypothesis...:D
You have no idea how desperate I am to get to this lid switch and smother it, stifle it, strangle it with my bare hands. I wanna tighten the noose around its neck so that it never ever again raises it ugly head. You can feel my pain here...:D.Hey, I DO feel your pain! These kinds of issues that impact the everyday usability of your computer are absolutely infuriating. Especially when you start to realize that it's probably caused by a dumb design choice that could have easily been avoided. :mad:
The only apprehension I have right now is that if I am unable to fix this problem for good I'll have to live with this problem and its temporary solution, THE MAGNET. Although I am confident about rectifying this problem permanently yet there are certain uncertainties, which I think I have to deal with.Well, I wish you a good outcome with this. Although it goes without saying that you should not have to pay a penny to fix it, I strongly suspect that replacing the button assembly would resolve the problem. Fortunately, if you ever decide to go that route, I think that's an inexpensive component.
dstrakele wrote:
NOTE TO SELF: Keep an eye on Sadozai. Don't turn your back on him... ;>{)>
11-09-2011 08:06 AM
BrodyBoy wrote:
Hey, I DO feel your pain! These kinds of issues that impact the everyday usability of your computer are absolutely infuriating. Especially when you start to realize that it's probably caused by a dumb design choice that could have easily been avoided. :mad:
BrodyBoy wrote:
Well, I wish you a good outcome with this. Although it goes without saying that you should not have to pay a penny to fix it, I strongly suspect that replacing the button assembly would resolve the problem. Fortunately, if you ever decide to go that route, I think that's an inexpensive component.
dstrakele wrote:
NOTE TO SELF: Keep an eye on Sadozai. Don't turn your back on him... ;>{)>
BrodyBoy wrote:
LOL! ....be afraid....be very afraid.
01-04-2012 07:07 PM
01-12-2012 11:30 AM
wes wrote:
I'm thinking a small amount of magnetic shielding foil may help, just cover the area in question on the board and secure. Can be acquired by taking apart a coax or plenty of other means. Will try and report back... sorry to bump an old thread.
11-08-2011 04:38 AM
BrodyBoy wrote:
In the G74, the underside of the plastic palm-rest has a conductive coating. In this photo of a stripped down G74 TP, you see the metal backing of the keyboard at the top...it's the only metal component. Yet the area around the TP, which is all plastic, does provide continuity to the laptop's grounding system.
11-07-2011 01:09 AM
BrodyBoy wrote:
(In my N73, by the way, the magnet is at the bottom of the screen! Completely different implementation.)
11-07-2011 03:20 AM