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My Asus G750 gaming laptop is now officially dead ...! - m654321 - 01-25-2019
The other day, I was downloading videos on a G750 Asus laptop, without any issues as usual. I've had it for only 4 years. When I went to use it the following day, it refused to switch on, and the LED status lights on the front of the chassis didn't light up at all. I did the usual thing like check the power supply (it was fine). I took it to our local and very excellent computer repair shop and they checked everything but couldn't get it to work. They said they see this quite a lot with gaming laptops, often overheating and the motherboard then breaks down.
Wondered if you had a similar experience. Really disapointing as these laptops are really expensive - the 17" one I had was ~ £1200 - never again - I think I'll go for a Raspberry pi instead, LOL :
Re: My Asus G750 gaming laptop is now officially dead ...! - justme2 - 01-25-2019
Quote:Really disapointing as these laptops are really expensive - the 17" one I had was ~ £1200 - never again - I think I'll go for a Raspberry pi instead, LOL :Sorry to hear that, maybe the manufacturer would not like to have adverse publicity - understand?
Raspberry Pi is very versatile! I've had one running unfailing as a personal server since the B+ became available. May play with the Pi 3 soon!
Re: My Asus G750 gaming laptop is now officially dead ...! - m654321 - 01-26-2019
(01-25-2019, 09:08 PM)justme2 link Wrote:Quote:Really disapointing as these laptops are really expensive - the 17" one I had was ~ £1200 - never again - I think I'll go for a Raspberry pi instead, LOL :Sorry to hear that, maybe the manufacturer would not like to have adverse publicity - understand?
Raspberry Pi is very versatile! I've had one running unfailing as a personal server since the B+ became available. May play with the Pi 3 soon!
Yeh sure, I certainly do understand - yesterday I changed my 4-star rated review on Amazon to the minimum 1-star rating, with reasons. It's ironic that the 12 year-old Dell Lattitude D630, which I bought used for £70 (see [4] in signature), is still going strong and shows no sign of giving up! So I certainly have mileage with the Dell though, unlike the Asus, it's not suited for gaming, but it's great for all the usual admin, internet browsing and watching youtube videos.
You're right the Raspberry pi is very versatile! What do you use your B+ for?
I actually do have a pi, the 3B model, which has the 4 x 1.2GHz CPU, and used it to upgrade our telly to be internet accessible and access a large archive of videos on an external HDD attached to the pi. We use the excellent LibreElec open-source operating system for this. The pi was a superb investment for upgrading our TV - only £35 - certainly cheaper than buying a brand new shiny internet-ready TV! The more recent 3B+ model is 4 x 1.4GHz CPU, but I might wait and see if they up the CPU power for one of the future pi releases, before considering another pi purchase ...
The only other reservation is that Linux Lite wont run on a pi
, though some other Linux OSes will. Cheers
Mike
Re: My Asus G750 gaming laptop is now officially dead ...! - justme2 - 01-26-2019
Quote:You're right the Raspberry pi is very versatile! What do you use your B+ for?
My Pi runs 24/7 as a personal server for personal file storage, online monitoring of intruder alarm, webcam, online temp/humidity/air pressure monitoring via an ESP8266 (ESP12F) and remote switching of various devices. The latter is in conjunction with a UBW bitwacker device USB/serial connected to the Pi, simply because I never got round to moving connections directly to the Pi. Oh, it also has an analog port to measure battery voltage. The UBW was originally connected to a netbook server but I changed to the Pi for power saving purposes!
Re: My Asus G750 gaming laptop is now officially dead ...! - m654321 - 01-26-2019
(01-26-2019, 10:45 AM)justme2 link Wrote:Quote:You're right the Raspberry pi is very versatile! What do you use your B+ for?
My Pi runs 24/7 as a personal server for personal file storage, online monitoring of intruder alarm, webcam, online temp/humidity/air pressure monitoring via an ESP8266 (ESP12F) and remote switching of various devices. The latter is in conjunction with a UBW bitwacker device USB/serial connected to the Pi, simply because I never got round to moving connections directly to the Pi. Oh, it also has an analog port to measure battery voltage. The UBW was originally connected to a netbook server but I changed to the Pi for power saving purposes!
Wow - you certainly put the B+ to good use!
Is the B+ the one with a single 700 MHz processor & 512MB RAM?
Re: My Asus G750 gaming laptop is now officially dead ...! - trinidad - 01-26-2019
[member=458]m654321[/member]
Don't know exactly what model, CPU etc. you have, but if you can do the work yourself, new MOBO replacement for this era is around $150 US.
TC
Re: My Asus G750 gaming laptop is now officially dead ...! - m654321 - 01-26-2019
(01-26-2019, 04:06 PM)trinidad link Wrote: [member=458]m654321[/member]
Don't know exactly what model, CPU etc. you have, but if you can do the work yourself, new MOBO replacement for this era is around $150 US.
TC
Thanks TC, I'll check it out: it's an Asus G750JS laptop - are you familiar with this one?
Re: My Asus G750 gaming laptop is now officially dead ...! - justme2 - 01-26-2019
Quote:Wow - you certainly put the B+ to good use!
Is the B+ the one with a single 700 MHz processor & 512MB RAM?
Had to ssh login to find out as I had forgotten! Yes its 700MHz/512MB. You have now prompted me to look at upgrading to Pi3, for interest sake but the B+ is actually capable of fullfilling all its tasks and more.
Re: My Asus G750 gaming laptop is now officially dead ...! - Moltke - 01-26-2019
I don't like laptops that much so I don't know if this might sound a little biased but I think desktops are better suited for gaming; better cooling system, more room for improvement like a bigger screen, add more RAM, upgrade CPU, improve cooling system. And I think they're even a cheaper solution too. Like this one https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-ultra-desktop-amd-fx-series-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-560-1tb-hard-drive-black/6225212.p?skuId=6225212
Re: My Asus G750 gaming laptop is now officially dead ...! - kissbaby3 - 01-27-2019
(01-26-2019, 09:51 PM)Moltke link Wrote: I don't like laptops that much so I don't know if this might sound a little biased but I think desktops are better suited for gaming; better cooling system, more room for improvement like a bigger screen, add more RAM, upgrade CPU, improve cooling system. And I think they're even a cheaper solution too. Like this one https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-ultra-desktop-amd-fx-series-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-560-1tb-hard-drive-black/6225212.p?skuId=6225212
nice price tag