Discussing Asus - Issues, bad QC, ROG, etc

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Wish I read this before paying the 5000 USD for my ASUS ROG Strix Scar 18 RTX 5090 G835LX, I have had nothing but issues with it while trying to game with their inbuilt MUX switch AKA Ultimate Mode where the laptop screen is routed directly to the RTX 5090 Laptop version dGPU.

I am handicapped by using it in Optimus mode only - (not even Advanced Optimus) - been like this for the past 2 months.

ASUS's Top -Tier Flagship 18 inch RTX 5090 Laptop (G835LX) - Plagued with Black Screen and dGPU Crashing issues

Hi Just Josh Community! We are hoping Josh can raise some awareness and publicise this issue so ASUS can take it seriously and work on fixing it for us! Help us! Please help us (me) in exposing and bringing attention to this issue, countless customers who have bought this laptop are now facing - and ASUS don’t seem to be doing anything about it. Please see the posts and troubleshooting that I (and others who have the issue) are doing in place of ASUS, who you would expect to be doing the troub…

https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/gaming-notebooks/rog-strix-scar-18-2025-g835lx-dgpu-display-crashing-when-playing/td-p/1139971