Asus UX32vd owners lounge.

wifi reception is really bad what can i do to fix? I did update the drivers already.

 

So I tried again removing and reinstalling every bit of driver... Still no option in regulating the cpu speeds.. How did u guys got this feature back after a new windows install? Anybody?

 

Does anyone else have a problem with the display screen constantly changing the contrast battery even with ambient light sensor disabled?

 

Sounds like a hardware problem. You may need to rma it. :'(

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Turn off the power saving feature under power alternatives in the Intel control panel. It should solve the problem

 

Thanks ragwo, but the power saving features were not enabled, plus I uninstalled all that intel GUI and it's still having the same problem.

 

Hi all! Long time reader, first time poster.

I've finally joined the UX32VD club - I've been eyeing this laptop for months ever since it came out, but the price was always a huge turnoff. After reading the poor reviews and QC regarding the upper tier IPS display, I decided to drop $1k for the lower tier, i5-3317U CPU, TN-display UX32VD-BHI5N57 (BB link here: Asus 13.3" Laptop 4GB Memory 500GB Hard Drive UX32VD-BHI5N57 - Best Buy). Coming from a two year old HP DM4, this laptop is almost perfect. I did install a new 8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM stick, as well as swapped the 500GB HDD with a Samsung Pro 840 SSD - the laptop is now truly an ULTRAbook. The SSD has a fresh install of Windows 8, as well as the proper drivers installed and none of that extra ASUS crapware on it.

As for the display, even for a TN display it is gorgeous. 1366x768 I think is a perfectly fine resolution for a laptop this size, and it should be less demanding for the GPU for gaming (have yet to try it but I will later tonight). It is indeed matte and not glossy, which is a huge plus; ASUS's so-called EWV works, as the viewing angles are much better than my old HP screen.

If anyone would like me to do a very quick picture review (mainly for the screen I guess), I can do so.

 

I just did this and it worked! I can boot Windows 8 from my integrated SSD or my other SSD (Samsung 840) without any problems.

 

Hi,

Think I might buy this on Xotic this week. Going to upgrade the ram to 10g and probably swap out for a SSD there. Any advice on which would like to do a 512 but will probably do a 256 to save some money. Anything else you would upgrade or suggest over this around $1500?

Thanks

 

Hi,

Everywhere i read that this machine should have 1gb GDDR5, but my box only has 1gb GDDR3 according to GPU-Z.
Anyone else?

 

Don't know where you got the GDDR5 part from...

It has 1Gb DDR3 GPU memory.

 

this youtube review says GDDR5 Asus Zenbook Prime UX32VD Teardown, SSD Upgrade, Ram Upgrade, Gaming Benchmark, and Review - YouTube

some websites/reviews also mention GDDR5, but nowhere can i find a screenshot with a GPU-Z showing gddr5 - maybe a marketing hoax?

 

I had the ICD thermal paste done also at XoticPC.

 

Ya so far going to do paste, ram upgrade, and the m4 512 SSD. Thinking about doing the remove bloat ware for $15. Looking to order it early next week.

 

Hi, can anybody tell me how to disable SATA port on UX32VD? I can't find it in BIOS... Am I just blind or it's not there? If not, is there some different way to disable it? My iSSD is not working and BIOS is trying to communicate with it for about 40 seconds on every boot. I'm going to buy SSD very soon, so I don't plan to send it for repair - it would take too long.

And BTW: I bought Amazon.com: Patriot Memory for Ultrabook 4GB DDR3 1600MHz PC3-12800 CL11 SODIMM Memory PSD34G1600L2S: Computers & Accessories recently and it works just fine, no problems after changing memory modules and my UX32VD is a way faster now.

 

Better thermal paste.

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after upgrading the ram, what the partition of the 4GB on the iSSD is used for?
By mistake I bought G.Skill CL9 1600 ram, what is the total speed now of my ram? Should i have the CL11 1600 or the difference is not big?
thanks

 

Not sure what you are asking? 4GB on the SSD?

On the RAM if you buy CL11 and the other is slower CL, it will clock the CL9 to CL11 so no concern there. CL9 is better than CL11.

 

You guys won't believe in it. I was using the Internal iSSD as a temp driver to boost memory and cache.. Today is just died on me. Win 7 (and also the Bios) won't find or even detect it. Any clues? Any Ideas? I'm using the last bios I've got from ASUS (remember, this is a UX32VD-DH71). I was looking in the forum and it seems that a lot of 24GB iSSD is getting down. Is anyone experienced a Notebook exchange with Asus or something? I refuse to stay with a dead iSSD on my PC.. ANy news? How Long Asus may take to replace the Notebook? Or this is just a matter of downgrading the BIOS? Tks in advance.

 

1. 4GB on the iSSD (the sandisk 24GB cache).
2. the built-in RAM is CL11 right? so if the addition slot have CL9 and not CL11 will this slower the external slot to CL11 and the whole ram will work slower?

 

You should have the same latency and speed on your soldered memory as the one you put in, using a CL9 ram will downclock both memory and i think you ahve at most 1330 now instead of 1600, on both memory

See post #9
http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/678748-asus-ux32vd-replacement-ram.html

 

ATTENTION !!! VERY IMPORTANTE MESSAGE !!

UX32VD owners and future .. after a feel research, I realized that the internal DDS (iSSD) are failing a lot (iSSD not detected or completely dead).
I've found this thread http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/679687-ux32vd-issd-not-detected-3.html where a lot of users are complaining about their iSSD failures. Also did a extensive search on the internet and other users from others forums are experiencing the same issue..
I think this is a major issue on the laptop and it must be exposed to everyone (at least until Asus figure out a way to fixed it and to replace the dead iSSD&motherboards).

Cheers,

fabiodt

 

where can I download the windows 8 x64 (non-pro/enterprise) english iso? I'll have no activation problems as long as it installs in UEFI mode right?

 

Does anyone know if the UX32VD screen is brighter than the bestbuy UX31A-BHI5T11? I tried it out at the store and the max brightness wasn't that bright. It seemed to top out around 300nits or less. My sister has a macbook 13 from 2010 i believe which has around 400 nits max brightness and it definitely shows (blinding at max brightness).

 

I was having brightness problems until I completely disabled the adaptive brightness sensor, so that's probably why the ux32vd in the store was acting up.
It bothers me to no end that 100% brightness on an asus monitor isn't truly 100% unless you force it

 

How?

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Hey guys whats the best resolutions to set it at?

Im running windows 7 and everything is looking great but all my icons are so small and font is insanely small on chrome etc, i always have to zoom in.

I think I'm set at like 1990xsomething I'm not on the laptop its at home.

 

installed with a borrowed copy of win8 x64 and no issue, installed and booted perfect, finally... just need to install other drivers and software. also, i ordered a secondary power supply:

Amazon.com: iTEKIRO Ultrabook AC Adapter Charger for Asus Zenbook Prime UX32V UX32Vd UX32Vd-Db71 UX32Vd-R3001v UX32Vd-R4002x UX32Vd-R4002v (NOT FOR Asus UX21E, UX31E) + iTEKIRO 10-in-1 USB Charging Cable: Computers & Accessories

it was cheap but im not to impressed with it, the tip was very hard to plug into the laptop, i had to push a paper clip into it first, then it was easier. I verified that its output voltages are the same as my oem w/ multimeter but it does not have the nice dual color charge LED indicator, though the tip has 2 bands so it does output 2 voltages like oem.

 

No it does not downclock the speed to "match" the CL. Trust me no way. Anyone who wants to know just download CPUID and check. If the speed is different the lower is what it runs at. If the CL is different it runs at the higher. It does not adjust speed to get CL same.

Edit: And that link you picked? Sorry just wrong. The info is incorrect.

 

it says 800Mhz and CL11, am I right?
so it does downclocked me?

 

Has anyone's charger broken? Mine has stopped working twice now.

 

Mine works fine, twice? Does not sound good.

 

Hey folks. I bought this laptop used in mint shape a couple weeks ago. The screen hinge was a little loose on one side and so I opened it up and tightened it. I probably tightened it too much because the next day I heard a crack, and the 2 (plastic!???) mounting points where the screws go into had cracked. I sent it in for repair, and it looks like they just glued up the mounting points somehow. It's tight now but I wonder how long it will last. Has anyone else had problems with these mounting points for the hinge cracking?

 

How come the size of this package is much smaller than the asus or the latest from Samsung Series 9? (40mB vs 140mB).

Did you get rid of the error on startup? It has to do with fn+f9 not working I think:

 

Hi everyone.
I'm not very good at this...and I came across this forum so I was hoping someone could help me out.
Starting this morning, my ASUS UX32VD with a Windows 8 Pro installation would freeze and crash with an error Driver Power State Failure when I tried to continue using it after it goes to sleep. Also, I noticed that the ssd partition of my harddrive seems to have disappeared when I was checking it with the Intel Rapidshare technology software. Could anyone help me out and tell me how I could fix this? Thank you so much!

 

Start menu type "computer management" click on that and look at your drives. Are they there. I doubt but thought worth a shot.

 

Thank you so much. It really is better than ASUS SmartTouch except for zooming which is really laggy in Chrome. I hope this fixes the problem where my touchpad randomly freezes.

Because the download is compressed self-extracting archive. Extracted it's 160MB.

 

I have UX32VD BIOS 213. Entered BIOS, I don't see "Launch CSM" in "Boot" and neither "Secure Boot" in "Security". Are these options hidden and have to do something to see them?

 

What driver did you have before the upgrade to the driver you are using now?

I am having the following problems

The following problems continue despite installing driver v 1.1.3

When I move the cursor around with one finger and then hold my finger still on the pad the cursor quivers in place and is very unstable.

When I use two fingers to pinch to zoom in and out the trackpad becomes very unstable and is uncontrollable. It over or under zooms whether you are trying to zoom in or out.

While the trackpad is very unstable, the left and right click buttons work fine and when I use a mouse the system works fine. I see no other problems with the computer but the trackpad seems to be failing.

 

Check pages 60/61 in this thread. That's correct, the Windows key is coded into BIOS so a Windows 8 installation will just use the internal key to activate the Windows.

 

Yes, mine has, lucky I bought a spare from the estore: 65 Watt AC Adapter

I've already sent the broken one back a couple of weeks ago, but now I can't track the status of the RMA because now Asus has gotten rid of the vip.asus.com website, and I can't log into the new one. , ASUS!

 

Is there a way to output digital audio? HDMI works nicely but to get sound to my home theatre sound system I have to do.... laptop -> TV -> sound system, and the problem is that the TV only has analog audio output So to have surround sound I have to somehow send the audio separately directly to the sound system. With my old laptop I did DVI->HDMI cable to TV for video and SPDIF to Sound system for digital audio, but clearly this laptop does not have SPDIF.

 

Is there anyone here who uses their laptop for programming or computer science work? I'm mainly just wondering if the 1.9 ghz processor is enough to do that kind of work?

 

It's enough for most usages and will outpace most first gen quads in such tasks but a desktop will be noticeably faster at such tasks.

 

Doesn't your receiver have hdmi input? If it does, just connect the laptop to the receiver.

 

There are HDMI to just about anything you can think of converter cables available.

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No I don't think the receiver (sound system) does have HDMI in, and even if it did, I'd need a second HDMI cable for video to TV?

I'll look into HDMI converters. There should be some that split the sound, thanks!

Edit: This is the best thing I found from monoprice:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10110&cs_id=1011002&p_id=5557&seq=1&format=2

Kind of expensive but I guess that is what is required. Any other suggestions?

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hi guys had a few questions. i was looking at a toshiba portege r930 but this caught my eye due to the abundance in ports.

1. how is the performance on a ULV cpu? i always have had pc's with full fledged cpus.

2. would i be able to upgrade the drive to a 7200rpm 2.5" drive like a 750gb scorpio black/momentus xt without size issues?

3. also i have heard people complaining about the battery life, is this still an issue?

thats all i can think of for now, thanks in advance.

 

1. It seems to do everything thrown at it effortlessly. Then again my last laptop was a single core Pentium M.

2. As long as it's 7mm thick any 2.5" SATA HDD should fit just fine.

3. Battery life seems to be around 4 hours with WiFi on and a decent amount of screen brightness. I'm hoping this will go up with the replacement of the physical HDD with a low power consuming SSD like the Samsung 840 Pro.

I've actually wondered if we can throw in the UX31 battery which is a little bigger.

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The ULVs are great for everyday tasks or lighter versions of heavier tasks like a simple youtube video or some excell spreadsheet work.

7mm drives are a bit more restrictive than standard 9.5mm versions.