Ichigo wrote:I tried re-installing the drive but the problem seems to exist! I have found that DVD-R's are the ones which has the problem in reading, CDs work fine! Any solution for this... There is no hardware problem since other CDs work fine! Damn...

Regarding the dust inside the computer. I disassembled my G74 first after ~8 months or so and I didn't really have the fine dust. I did find two dust bunnies though (R.I.P.)! My tip is to detach the monitor once every two months and just vacuum the v...

Hmm, I'm on ~44-46C idle on my G74 as well. And this with a cleaned computer (opened entire thing up and ripped mobo out). I thought 44ish was a normal idle temperature so I did not reapply thermal compound.As for you who clean without opening up, do...

1. Do I have to do a clean install in order to make, say, 2 larger partitions from the 3 outside of the main OS one?Depends on how the disk is partitioned right now. The G74 came with 2x 500GB in 3 partitions (iirc). 500 for asus recovery and windows...