if you happened to have mcAfee on the list, it's better to uninstall it and use other alternatives, because it's one of the most common cause of many 'issues' here.Īlso, test everything you can before your return or one-to-one exchange window expired, particularly performing stress tests on GPU/CPU (pay attention to the temperature) dead pixels on display panel open and close the lid to see if the display is normal play DVDs to see the ODD is ok, etc. this is entirely depending on your personal preferences too.
Is there any recommended or really useful/nice software that come with the laptop that I should install? maybe you should dig around here to look for potential issues and solutions. if your machine works fine, it's ok not to update. What about the BIOS update, is it recommended to do it? Naked 3D Panel Driver - never used this before Nvidia PhysX Utility - latest nvidia installers should have this bundled Gaming Mouse Driver - if you used the gaming mouseĪI Recovery utility - one of the very first things you should do is to create a set of recovery DVDs with this if possible, create the DVD/BD ISOs for backup purposesĪSUS Instant Connect - never used this beforeĪSUS Splendid Video Enhancement Technology - never used this before Wireless - Atheros or Intel WiFi Wireless LAN Driver, depending on what you haveīlueTooth - Atheros or Intel BlueTooth driver, depending on what you haveĪTK ACPI driver and hotkey-related utilities - for fn keys to work Thanks for your precious help as I'm a little bit confused here. What about the BIOS update, is it recommended to do it? Does it worth it? Do I need to install any driver for the TurboBoost feature? I didn't see any Webcam driver in the list, should I get one and if yes, where? When I have choice (for BlueTooth and WiFi), should I use the Atheros or Intel driver? About the GPU driver, should I install the one from ROG's website or from NVidia's one? What about the "Utilities" and "Others" categories, is there any useful driver there?ĪSUS Wireless Switch (Wireless Console3) UtilityĪTKACPI driver and hotkey-related utilitiesĪSUS Splendid Video Enhancement Technology
Wireless - Intel WiFi Wireless LAN Driverįor me, all the drivers above HAVE to be installed in order to make the laptop work properly. I was wondering what are the optionals and non-optionals drivers in order to make the computer work properly (with sound, LAN, Wi-Fi, BlueTooth, Card-reader, TouchPad etc.).Ĭard Reader - Alcor Multi-Card Reader Driver
I'm about to receive my G55VW-S1129V tomorrow, and I'd like to install my Windows 7 64 bits on my SSD, so I will have to manually install the drivers.