Asus UX32vd owners lounge.

how frequently should i charge it?

I was always told to charge it and let it fall around 20% then start charging again

what is good for the battery and what is bad?

thanks!

 

As far as I know the battery is specified to handle a certain amount of charging cycles. One charge cycle is from fully charged to empty. If you discharge the battery 20% 5 times or 100% one time the result is 1 cycle, so to keep the battery healthy as long as possible you should charge the laptop whenever you can.

 

Where do I find the product key? Its not on the back, I am trying take advantage of the $15 upgrade but it asks for the product key, which I can't find.

 

Have you checked out if it's on the power adapter's body?

 

Can I anyone help with disabling "secure boot"? I cannot find it in the BIOS, I looked under "Boot" and "Security" tabs, can some one point me in the right direction?
I was originally on 213 then downgraded to 212. I am now on 212 version of the BIOS.

 

I also experienced these problems after reinstallation of Windows 8, so I installed all drivers and then uninstalled the crappy ones. Although it helped with freezing after waking up from sleep, BIOS still boots about 20 sec (on previous install of W8 it was about 3.5 sec) and iSSD still doesn't work.

 

If you can't find the key on the power adaptor you can download Belarc advisor which will extract it from your Windows installation.

 

Guys, was any of you experiencing similar issues as I had with my UX32VD-R4002V?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/671587-asus-zenbook-prime-ux32vd-defects-5.html#post9053442

 

I haven't had this issue with mine. I have had mine since August (zo close too 6 months).

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

 

I'm thinking about getting an replacement from Asus. I'm not sure if it's an issue with Windows 8 or hardware, and don't have the installation files/discs for Windows 7. What bios are you using, have you tried going back to Windows 7?

 

If there is any slowdown in boot times. issd may be an issue. Do get it check out.

 

I just got back my ux32vd. They replaced a win8 version for me.

issd is working well.for now....

Suprisingly they have a driver package software. You can select which bloatware you want out too.

Installed 512gb samsung 830 and 8gb stick of ram. Works great.

 

I have newest 213 BIOS version. iSSD shouldn't decrease BIOS boot time, but Windows 8 boot time, which is OK.

 

Although, I tried to get iSSD working and when I installed Rapid Storage, BIOS still boots 20 seconds, but Windows 8 boot time increased to about 5 minutes! Well, I don't really understant it...

 

Hello my fellow Asus ux32vd users,
I would simply like to know the different versions/generations of ux32vd as there are so many such as db71, r4003h, r3014h, r4013h...ect and wanted to know which one is the best performance wise. (Mostly for gaming and school related activities)
I currently live in Hong Kong and the r4013h is out of stock (i7) and i wanted to get it.
Does anyone know if there will be newer/better models anytime soon? Since I heard the battery life and gpu will increase in further generations.

I too want to get a Samsung ssd 250gb and 10gb ram but not sure which brand is best for the ram and will be running windows 7 ultimate.
Thanks a lot

 

@EeSK Hello, I see you purchased the r4013h in Hong Kong, I would like to know where because currently it is out of stock according to fortress and Broadway.
Also how is the ultrabook? Any problems or is it good?
I absolutely love the ux32vd r4013h, however, seems many people are having problems.
Thanks in advance

 

I was wondering where I could buy new screws for my UX32VD-DH71. I stripped a couple of them replacing the hard drive & memory and am not familiar with what type of screw this is. Can anyone suggest a place where I could order a few of these to replace the ones I stripped, and if so, what item # or description I should be looking for?

Thanks!

 

Hi, My UX32VD is also very strange when it's cold.
(it doesent have to be freezing cold).

I have had this problem before and it got worse, then I opened it up and the keyboard cable had come loose.
My laptop is brought on planes, I think I will have to reopen it now and check if the cable yet has become loose.

Indication of loose cable:

If your keys dont all work, but they work if you hold the laptop by one of the corners..
On mine, holding the right corner makes the keys work

 

So... Hello all..

Unfortunately I also bought the Asus ux32vd

Now i have this problem since i got it out og the box where the computer wont always resume from hibernate and after kicking in the Nvidia Gforce card - computer is still on, but the screen is black. Now, I have read in some forum that you have to install the latest intel HD 4000. i did that ( even tough it went black on me couple of times - eventually did that from the F8 safe mode)

The machine now comes back from hibernate a larger % of the times - but still not all the times.

This is the second machine i get from Asus after Two months of service center hassle. Do you think this is a hardware issue? or just a driver/known problem??

Thank you very much!

 

Dear all user

I recently bought UX32VD with i5 and 32GB iSSD + 500GB Hitachi.
I planned to install win 7 home premium 64bit (same as activation sticker on charger) on the iSSD

I've read in the thread that a number of user have been doing it for the past 6-7 months, please share the experience regarding durability issue on the iSSD

many thanks before

 

I've seen a bunch of people saying the issd is not very reliable, so I would not put operating system on it. I don't even know if my issd works, and if it does I'll put uncritical stuff like movies and music there. Also not exchanging the hitachi drive with an ssd is doing yourself a misfavor. The laptop becomes a beast with an ssd installed, also add 8 GB of memory too for a almost nothing.

 

Have you upgraded all the drivers and the bios to the latest versions?
Nvidia driver you can find on World Leader in Visual Computing Technologies | NVIDIA

 

BTW people, I opened up my UX32VD.. Once again the keyboard cable had become loose!
This machine cant handle travel very good.. If your keyboard intermittently works, especially in cold weathers, open it up and look at the keyboard cable (coming from below the battery). If one or two of the white tabs are "open" this most likely is your issue.

Be carefull when refitting it.. Do not use metal tool, as it might damage the mainboard if you slip.

 

@olavxxx upgraded both the Nvidia driver and the Intel's (from their site, not asus's - due to a thread i read regarding this issue - even though its still happens with asus's intel drivers)

everything is upto date.

The only thing i didn't update is the bios - and that it because im afraid getting a black screen during flash which will prompt me to open and close the lid to get a display and might screw the bios upgrade. also, I know this is a known issue with the ux32vd and didnt find upgrading the bios a viable solution nowhere on the internet..
But I could be wrong..

anyone else had this???

Thanks!!!

 

You can always flash from the bios. I did it from windows though.
Ps. make sure you choose the correct BIOS, as there is a model without issd too

 

Yeah but will it solve the issue?? I dont want to flash it for nothing... Im not a vet like you guys
dont want to temper with it unless I have to

 

These days updating firmware is considered to be safe enough and straightforward process. There's so many devices around which sometimes benefit from/require a fix. I would give it a go, just use more safe updater such as EZFlash instead of one which works from within OS.

 

If you right click and take properties of each folder (Contacts, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Favorites, Links, My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, My Video, Saved Games, etc.), you find five tabs: General, Sharing, Security, Location and Customize. In the location tab, you have the option to move the folder from the default location. Just don't forget, you should already have a folder with the same name in the destination. So If my user name is 'raminux', I first create a folder named 'raminux' and then inside it, I create folders for all the home folder I already have and then I start moving the original folders to the new location.

I even rename the folders and remove 'My' from the name. I prefer the simpler names.

The driver installation order may not be the important. Usually I start with low level ones (chipsets, controllers) then the graphics, audio, etc. But I don't think changing the order would cause any serious problem.In any case, someone posted a specific order a few pages up in this forum which you can follow. Also make sure you download the drivers and software from Asus site not elsewhere?

If you are installing the OS on the iSSD, I suspect that can be the source of problems, since 24GB may be inadequate space for the OS to properly install. You certainly want to turn off the hibernation and reduce the size of paging files.

 

I have split the paging between the C drive and the iSSD: 800MB on the main C drive and about 4GB on the iSSD. I use the rest of the iSSD for saving a system image I have made so if I need to reinstall the system, I don't have to go through the OS installation, drivers, etc.

iSSD is significantly slower than Samsung 840 Pro series using CrystalDIskMark..

 

Thanks a lot for your help. So I'll be able to keep my W8 activation key if I install using the UEFI natively? Didnt know that.

Another question. Is there any difference between installing RAM & SSD in the DB71 model vs the newer DH71? I was kinda curious when i saw this post:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/694391-notes-ux32vd-db71-whp7-ux32vd-dh71-w8.html

 

Hi guys,

I got my UX32VD about 3 months ago.. awesome piece of machinery.
But, I decided to put windows 8...still wondering why.
I have problems with fn the keys controlling the keyboard back-light. Can anyone help? Actually, are there any good drivers for UX32VD for windows 8 or should I go back to windows 7?

Thanks

 

Anyone having this issue?
Seems like the magnets aren't powerful enough to keep the lid shut.

 

Does anyone have any problems running things like virtual machines or cpu intensive applications? I'm a little worried about being held back by the ULV cpu.

 

A page file is like extra memory for the system. Putting it on a slower device than necessary (issd) is making the system slower. Having a page file at all when you can buy 8GB of extra ram for a buck is not optimal either.

 

Running the OS without a swap file at all or moving it to a non-system disk is not what OS developers would recommend you to do. Swap file is needed to dump debugging info if something goes wrong or freeing some memory for some system processes when they actually need it.

 

And on a further note if people think they need to free up that small of amount of storage they have bigger issues than "swap file" dare I say. Yea I said it and mean it!

 

My primary requirements for the new machine while I was choosing one were running VMs for self-educational purposes and watching movies in HD. I swapped the RAM in my UX32VD with 8GB stick, though haven't bought SSD yet. But even in this setting VirtualBox VMs run pretty smoothly. Thanks to the CPU beefed up with VT-x (click) and VT-d (click) technologies this machine can run 64-bit OSes with hardware acceleration.

I'm currently running one VM:

1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 64 bit
2. Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Enterprise Edition 11.2.0.3

The VM consumes 2.5 Gigs of RAM, all hardware acceleration features are on.

However my particular device has a few drawbacks, one being the fans (discussed in the other thread), and the other one is that the video is somewhat laggy: it just constantly freezes for 0.1-0.2 seconds all the way while watching it on my 47" LCD plugged with HDMI. No idea how to fix it.

As far as CPU(and GPU!)-intensive applications are concerned, I'm running Milkyway@Home on NVidia GPU, Folding@Home and the computing performance is pretty good.

 

Can you tell me, if the windows 08 64bit version can be install on the issd(24gb that came with the laptop).

I'm currently waiting for my UX32VD-DH71-CA and I also order the Samsung 830 ssd with a 8gb of ram.

My intentions are install the so on the issd in order to make swapping drives easier in the future.
Although I don't think 24gb is enough

If that's the case what do I do with the 24gb

 

No, there were issues with earlier windows running older programs and having no swapfile. I have run all my computers (about 15 of them) since early windows XP without pagefile with little issues early and no issues in the last 4-5 years. And that was not with 10GB of memory. Bluescreen dumps are written directly into the harddrive if available, and 99.99% of all dumps ever made are never analyzed anyway. And if you run out of memory, surprise surprise, stuff stops working. Just don't run out of memory.

 

Does your touchpad freeze sometimes? I currently have this problem with Windows 7 and I am hoping that it would go away.

 

I've installed Windows 8 on my 24GB iSSD for the same reason. It works, but with hibernation and swap file enabled I have only about 2GB of space left because the hibernation file is 8GB on my system. If you were to disable both, you'll probably have 10GB of free space left. Still not much to run many programs but definitely enough to do a little bit of work on it.

P.S.: One strange behavior of Windows 8 that I noticed is that after installing Windows 8 on the iSSD where it will create the proper partitions for UEFI, it won't create the same partitions on my HDD. So I would not be able to boot from my HDD if I wiped my iSSD in this configuration. This is the reason why I am going to remove Windows 8 on the iSSD next time I upgrade to Windows 8 on my HDD because I need those partitions.

 

For the fan issue, i updated to Bios 213, install thermal framework... and it didn't help.

Gave up and decided to use an external app. Notebook fan control. (Mentioned before in the thread). It works. Hopefully asus will fix it soon

 

Hello guys I just picked this ultrabook up and I have some experience in modding bios's

Is there people here who want the Thermal control and other hidden bios functions unlocked?

Also there is an update to the Intel 4000HD bios out that may be worth updating as well.

Odd i get an error, we may need newer bios editing tools to edit our bios

 

I want to know how you will go with that, I had same issue here, (with win 8 and now with win 7)..

 

What fan control app works on the UX32 and is it paid or free.

 

Try this one. Works for me. Also it's free.

 

Hi Guys. I just bought this wonderful Ultrabook 4 days ago and I found out that the WIFI is disconnecting or sometimes only have limited connection.. what do do you think I need to do? Thanks guys.

 

Yes, please. That would be great, if you can get it working.

Would it be possible to mod the 4000HD's bios, so that we could overclock it? I use the 4000HD to run madVR, which pretty much drains all the gpu power that is available.

So there currently isn't newer bios editing tools available?

 

I just recently had the idea of cloning the entire iSDD disk that has the correct UEFI partitions to the HDD. I haven't done it yet, but that should work.

It's definitely possible to have two different disks with correct UEFI partitions (that appear as "Windows Boot Manager" in the boot menu) because I've already done that by creating the UEFI partitions on the HDD manually. I just couldn't upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 because the recovery partition that was automatically created by diskpart during the manual creation of the partitions was too small for Windows 8.

 

Hello,

I really hope you can help me. Today I got my Asus UX32VD. Since I find Windows 8 quite annoying (at least for computers without touchscreen), I instantly deleted the preinstalled Windows 8 and installed my own Windows 7 Pro Sp1. Although I have installed -as far as I can see - every driver, the device manager still shows up eight unknown devices. What can I do?

Thank you for your help!

Best regards,

Moritz