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    Asus G53SW Unable to Boot

    Ok guys, the solution for this is so silly that it's embarrassing. I reopened the laptop's bottom cover to now look at the connection between HDD & MB and noticed that it's a separate PCB connected to MB via flat cable. So, either the HDD Board, the cable between it MB, or MB connector. So, only...
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    Asus G53SW Unable to Boot

    Guys this PC is practically unbootable now, 8 out of 10 times it gives a "Disk Read Error..." or "Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device..." errors. This 2nd error was the original issue I thought I'd fixed by replacing HDD & installing clean Win7 Home premium. For background info please see this...
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    Asus G53SW Failure to Boot

    Ok guys I need your help with this one. Issue: 2 out of 5 times this laptop is booted I get these 2 messages when it fails to boot, "Disk Read Error Occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to Reboot" or "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in Selected Boot device and press a key" This...