just got l33 new laptop

[Knuckle]

My desktop computer (RIP), finally gave out after 4 1/2 years of me building and frankensteining parts when a lightning bolt struck my cable line and fried the motherboard through the ethernet port. Well it was a sad and ragey day, I had left work early cuz I felt like shit with the flu. Needless to say I drove my ass out to CompUSA and bought a bad ass desktop replacement.

Asus G73 series bau5mode. Anyway, there's a point to this thread, since the laptop comes with Windows 7 Home Premium on it, does anyone have a short walkthrough on how I could make a DVD back up of my windows OS without all the bloatware that comes on this thing. I just want a clean install of Windows 7 with none of this shit asus put on it. I'm trying to search online but I'm just seeing hard drive image copy stuff and this flu medicine is numbing my thinking powers so i was hoping some kind saint in seeking karma may help me out!


new boss mode
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh4/estrang87/2011-08-09213118.jpg



rip old fella
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh4/estrang87/2011-08-09195238.jpg

[Doors]

Is it built for red99 compatibility fully built and ready to go? I hope you asked the salesman.

[Knuckle]

It's fucking everquest 5 garagebox ready for 2045

[Fourthmeal]

It's fucking everquest 5 garagebox ready for 2045

hahaha

[eastadam55]

Bury your desktop in your back yard and give it a 21 gun salute by playing cs source and shooting the awp.

[Prince]

didnt compusa go out of business like 5 years ago

[Salty]

lol @ one monitor

[xshayla701]

didnt compusa go out of business like 5 years ago

he meant microcenter

[Doors]

lol @ one monitor

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/file.php?40,file=31771,filename=southpark.jpg

[Knuckle]

he meant microcenter

no it's compUSA signage and everything, it's TIger Directs storefront now.

http://www.compusa.com/retailstores/compusaStores/jacksonville.asp

[Deadmantis]

That is a sweet laptop. I don't have the answer on how to do a clean install without all the bloatware, but I would also like to know.

Here is something I found on Tom's Hardware:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/61095-35-asus-reinstall-windows-bloatware

I bought an Asus G50V-X1 laptop about 3 or 4 years ago and it's still going strong. Mine also came with a bit of bloatware but I had no problem uninstalling most of it. From the reviews I have read on the G73 series is they have a ridiculous amount of bloatware, more than most "best buy" laptops. It's a shame because Asus kicks ass.

[xshayla701]

no it's compUSA signage and everything, it's TIger Directs storefront now.

http://www.compusa.com/retailstores/compusaStores/jacksonville.asp

dont u dare sass me

[naez]

i hate win7 its got like child proof locks on everything. like dummer than builds of linux tho


win2k still best wind0ze


also i totally checked 64 bit when installing but its not so cant even use all my memory 2 lazy 2 reformat atm tho

[Doors]

Still using XP, might even put it on something new I build down the road. 7 sux.

[naez]

LOL @ knuckle reading L. Ron Hubbard

[Knuckle]

good eye, i bought the entire series like 5 years ago, it was a weird series what did he call it.. DECALOGY...lol

[Knuckle]

i cant figure out for the life of me why LoL is running choppier than my old desktop which was running an allendale intel core 2 duo (1.8 ghz OC"d to 2.5ghz), sapphire radeon HD4850 GPU, and 2gb ram...i tried lowering my graphics setting on league from 1920x1080 to 1600x1050 but saw no improvement. same internet and all that shit...seems like the game may even be loading slightly slower... w t f

[naez]

yea i got a wayyyy better laptop and LoL runs like shit on it in comparison idk why

[Knuckle]

just tweaked a ton of windows 7 settings disabled stuff i dont need and adjusted performance mode to never set hard drive to sleep. slight improvement, and i am running it at 1980x1024 again, i may have resolved the issue. It seems like these newer intel processors with turbo boost only kick in the horsepower when its not in idle. I watched my CPUZ and it jumped from 800mhz to 2500mhz...if I can find a way to keep my cpu running at 2500mhz consistantly I might do that. A little weary of overclocking my laptop..this aint a desktop where I can put different cooling and stuff on it, and I don't know too much about these virtual cores and stuff, time to do some reading to get this fucker performing like my old allendale.

[Zadrian]

Knuckle, go to your local Korean over priced PC fix-up place and see if they will get you a Windows 7 OEM.

I got it for $5 on a burned disc - Windows xp home edition.

Works like a charm as long as you have the proper product code to put in when you install.


EDIT: But then again, I'm not well versed with windows 7 - I hear there are a lot of stupid administrative rights issues. So I'd be wary.

[Doors]

Its a sign you two nerds need to ditch that shit and get DotA 2 when it comes out.

[Troy]

If you haven't already tried it, you can go into advanced power options and set the minimum processor state to 100% when plugged in. That might do it.

[naez]

If you haven't already tried it, you can go into advanced power options and set the minimum processor state to 100% when plugged in. That might do it.

v nice


the "high performance" option was hidden by default, so I was running "balanced" which had a shittastic minimum of 5% :eek: noticed a difference right away