digitard wrote:
Has anyone, yet, been able to ghetto rig the ASUS tools to work?
I, primary, don't wish to give out my fn keys and things like that. I'd like to swap over to 8, though, as it's grown on me using it on my desktop (wife wanted Metro... I wanted a reason to wipe out the PC and run a fresh install).
Haven't tried Win8 on the G74Sx, so hopefully someone else will chime in, but from what I remember running Win8 Release Preview before on some of our other notebooks, many Fn keys will still work with only Win8 installed and no other drivers, but you just don't see the onscreen indicator like the brightness level, volume level, etc.
Some functions like Power4 Gear or disabling the touchpad need additional software installed to work with the Fn keys though.
Anyway, if you do end up getting this far and can take the risk, just wanted to say you might try to grab the Win8 ATK driver from one of the newer models like the G75VW to see if it helps with the onscreen display etc. although I should tell you to be prepared in case it doesn't work out.
If you already have a copy of Win8 and a spare hard drive available, there probably isn't much reason not to give it a try at least.
