Posts by Asr

I bear good news on the redesigned battery: it actually works!!! I fell asleep last night with my laptop on (somehow it just happened while doing some Web surfing, all of a sudden I got sleepy and just completely forgot about the...

Well I went ahead and installed my new battery. Charged up, light went off. Yay!

What kind of batteries has everyone been getting from Asus? I just got my replacement today, but I'm leery of putting it in my laptop. I clearly told them I had a Z71V, but the specs on the battery describe it as a...

I've been having the exact same battery problem. I thought it was the heat (I did leave my laptop in my hot car one day back in July) but now I see it isn't. I got my Z71V from Xmeld Computers (xmeld.com), back in April, not too long...

Quote: Originally Posted by Djembe_Rob Good luck with that! I did the same thing, and only got a few minutes into the second disk. If you can get it to work, though, I want to know how! Well I finally got...

Is this a generic thread anyone can use to write about their new Z71Vs? Received my unit the other day. I have to admit, at first the size of it was more than what I was expecting so it scared me a little. (My previous laptop had...

Quote: Originally Posted by Steele Johnson I don't want another ABS, and I'm going to give my girlfriend my zForce 2. Uh, why don't you want another ABS? I ask because I'm considering buying their Mayhem G2...

Thanks, I'll check those out. On another subject, is it ok to install a retail Windows CD on a laptop with a blank HDD? I remember like 10 years ago, with all the unique parts and oddities laptops had, you had to use the...

Sorry, there are probably lots of these kinds of threads all the time, but I had to ask anyway. I'm looking for a laptop. My current desktop is 5-6 years old, plays Half-Life 2 at 0.5 fps (literally), not that it matters much but...