Pretty sure my drive is failing.. Started installing Windows and right at the extraction point I received an error stating window did not have all of its contents or something like that. None sense basically. Went through this FIFTEEEN times. Air dusting, cleaning etc on the drive. Finally a glimpse of hope. The extraction point didn't throw an error right of the bat. 20 minutes later still at 0% and no error code. Stuck or working? One way to find out. Ten minutes later.. 5%. Finally.. I made it. A few problems like drive mis match.. but I'm here. I almost had a pretty ugly old looking paper weight. :X. Realtek audio won't let me pick surrounding enhancements or pitch the audio :(. Works though. Probably a drive mis match... that was included on my asus cd.. HAH. Oh yeah. Been using atheros since I bought the machine. The CD installed azureware/wave or what ever. I didn't cancel it to interupt the whole installation. For obvious reasons.. I was treading lightly. Surprisingly enough though.. The wireless works. Speed tests and DPC latency result in those similar that I aquired with atheros. o.O *scratch head*. I feel as if I should throw some ice on my face because of this whole ordeal. Meh. What a hassle it is to be an ASUS laptop owner. First there's the excitement. Then there's the disappointment. Then there is the acceptance faze. Where you realize that REMANS most likely result in a worse off product then prior to sending it in. Acceptance in the little things that just annoy the **** out of you. Then there is the.. Whew* faze. Plenty of those. From what I've read the G75's aren't much better. Computers are so meticulous and annoying it drives me ape****. I feel like I couldn't trust the part if I was god and installed it myself. Whether it be a program/game that isn't in accordance to your specs, lackluster drivers or just all around ****ty quality.. It appears that PC's more often than not result in a head ache.