Asus UX32vd owners lounge.

Yea that seems very high for "loading". I do an Intel "burn" stress test and my CPU stays under 76c (170F). Are your fans working? I do have ICD but I won't give it that much credit.

What is your ambient temperature? Mine is 70F (21c).

 

This is now, 30 minutes after shutting down Minecraft: Currently running VLC (720p), Chrome (6 tabs, no flash), Skype and some background stuff like Dropbox etc.

 

I don't have VLC so I opened WMP and am looping a 720p video I shot, I have dropbox open IE10 with 6 tabs. Using core temp my highs are core 0 129F (54c)/core1 141F (61c). but really hovering under 130F (54c). You do have your CPU to dynamically downclock?

 

Thats System cooling policy set to "Passive" in power options? It's set to "Active" here.

 

Your temperatures do seem a bit high. My CPU gets into high 80s / low 90s Celsius when playing GTAIV. If the GPU isn't active, even under stress (Prime95 4 core torture) my CPU stays below 80C. Ambient temp is 20C. Keep in mind the CPU and GPU share the same cooling pipe so they will heat each other under stress.

I applied MX-2 paste to my CPU and GPU, but that only seems to have helped 2C or so. BTW the factory paste job was terrible, they applied way too much and it was smeared all around the CPU.

P.s. is speedfan working to control the fans by your own policies? I'm currently using NoteBook FanControl

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What am I not seeing in that screen shot regarding cooling?

That said it shows you clock speed at 2.8GHz. Mine goes up to 2.8GHz when I need but as I type right now goes from 1.2GHz to 2.2GHz. That must help cooling I would think?

I would not set cooling to passive, I think that means no fans. It would very much explain your thermal issues. I might set passive if I set for battery and also downclock CPU. This would be to maximize battery life. Currently I don't do it.

 

Its always running on max even tho I have set minimum CPU to 5%. If I set maximum on 50% for example it goes down.

Like now, I only got one Chrome tab up and CPU is running on max. How can I make the CPU automatically adjust correctly according to use?

 

Do you still have "Power4Gear" on your system?

I have 7 tabs open in IE 10 and when not typing I am rocking .8GHz CPU clocks. Helps keep me cool.

 

The CPU score is the same, which I would think would mean my scores aren't the result of new TDP/clock speed settings? There doesn't seem to be an Aero sub-category in WEI in Windows 8, which would make sense. WEI is in fact using the Intel 4000 -- how do I force it to use the Nvidia card?

 

Yes, tried without now and no difference. Running at max all the time.

 

Right (context) click any desktop icon. Drop down menu, third down "change default processor" click it. Now a screen with two tabs. Click on the "global" there is a drop down (#2) select high performance Nvidia. Give it a second then in the bottom right corner click apply. Then close. This should force the WIE to use Nvidia. If you don't get a 6.6 OK. I think I might of OC to get.

There are many other ways to get to the global settings I just picked the way I do so easy for me to explain.

I want you to use the Poer4Gear. Click on it. When it opens you will see "advanced settings' on the lower right. A drop down will show up. Forget that just click "advanced settings" again. Now a window shows up. Go through that. So many adjustments I can't tell you right know. Go through, any questions just ask.

There is one for the CPU TDP, has two 17w TDP's, I pick the 2.4GHz not the 1.9GHz. Gives me an oh so slight bench improvement in wPrime.

Have a go and like I said come back and ask.

 

Hi, I just got got my UX32VD and have a question about the fans.. Even during higher temperatures I can only hear one of them. Is that a sign of a broken fan or is it intended?

 

Hmm, I changed that setting to default to Nvidia, but WEI is still using the Intel 4000 (even after a restart).

 

You did do all the steps I said? Not just some simple click at your first drop down?

You need to make sure you are in/at the "Global" settings not anywhere short you think might do it. Arestart should not be needed and for all I know created your issue.

I myself had trouble and still do trying to force Nvidia, not on WIE but on others.

Make sure you do all I said as I said.

 

Yeah, I did exactly that. Not a big deal of course.

 

Damn well you have me stumped. But like you said not that big of a deal. As long as on the apps you want the Nvidia you have.

WEI can be frustrating. But just for kicks here's mine.

CPU-7.1
RAM-7.5
Graphics-6.6
Gaming graphics-6.7
Hard disk-7.9

How's yours?

 

I've got:

CPU - 7.1
RAM - 7.2
Graphics - 4.8
Gaming Graphics - 6.4
Hard disk - 8.1

 

What SSD do you have or is it just OS? What RAM? And how much? I can't get above 6.6/6.7 on graphics even with OC.

 

Hi, Sorry for my poor english.. I have got a problem with a notebook Asus UX32VD. During big storm when laptop was charging something happened. Right now I can not charge battery common way anymore, but adapter is working well . When I called Asus service ,they told me it is your fault , this issue not under a warranty, so we have to change motherboard for new one,. But it cost a lot of money So I found a man who is good for repair laptops. He checked and said without electrical schematic i can't fix it. Electric power going from adapter through fuses(is ok), to some chip onboard . He is able fix it but needs el.schematic. How can I get this scheme? Any help will be will be appreciated? Regards Dug

 

I've got a Samsung 840 (500 GB) and 10 GB RAM -- the 8 GB stick I installed is a Corsair ValueSelect 1600 (CMSO8GX3M1A1600C11).

 

Well it looks like Windows likes the 840 over the 830? I guess that makes sense. On your RAM while I would never worry in real world why does WEI not like yours?

Poster to poster with decked out UX32VD's are you going to get 840 Pro? This is my 1st SSD so I am already so blown away with the speed. Who knows give me a year.

 

I got to play around with a UX31A on the weekend and loved it - I know the VD is a little thicker and heavier, but I'm really thinking of picking up a UX32VD-DH71 shortly, I have a feeling any new model will have a touchscreen with its worse visual qualities and glossy finish. Even with Haswell, the HD4600 can't be as powerful as the nVidia 620M in this with the clocks it's running - comparing the GT3 variant with a 650M was marketing/hype on Intel's part imho.

I personally wouldn't want the UX32VD-DS72 model, I'm guessing it'll have the same type of nonstandard dual mSata SSDs as the UX51 and the fun of this model is being able to upgrade the RAM and SSD easily (along with having the dedicated graphics of course) - the DS71 probably loses half of that (if it even still has the 620M which isn't mentioned anywhere).

It'd be great if the Express Cache onboard SSD were one of those 128GB drives (since you don't need it if you no longer have a mechanical spinning disk) - if ASUS really did that and kept the rest the same and include a good standard 7mm SSD along with it - would they do that? Probably not...

If I knew for certain there was a new UX32VD model coming out with Haswell, a next gen geForce card, same awesome 1080p matte display and upgradable SSD and RAM then I'd wait - but as it is I have a feeling ASUS is going to mess this great mix up somehow...

Please someone correct me - I want to be wrong...

Thanks,
Peter

 

Hey Peter you seem to be on top of. I got's no comments. Other than Haswell chips will run slower.

 

Wow, this laptop is such an disappointment to me. I bought an UX32VD-R4013H and using it 4 days now. I'm a programmer and I'm working on this laptop full time in my day job.

First, I'm also suffering from some common issues:

* Random fan speeds and overheating.
* Keyboard flex. It's obvious in the center of keyboard.

Also, touchpad is annoying, it's so big that it's impossible to type anything without touching it, and touching it means a click to a random place. I'm disabling it while coding on my editor, and then enabling when surfing etc. (I never use USB mouse)

Don't know about you, but keyboard flex is also a huge problem for me. I'm typing full speed for hours in every day, and this flex is just too annoying.

My laptop before this was a Thinkpad T510, it was also my first laptop. And only now I realize how great that laptop was it. Yes it was big and heavy, but it was pleasure to work on it. I never connected a USB mouse to it, it's TrackPoint and TouchPad were both great. And that three mouse buttons just above the touchpad .. it was so useful and I don't understand how can they remove that in that newer T4xx model.

Unfortunately, now it's gone and I'm stuck with this lousy UX32VD.

This sucks.

(another problem for me is that I'm working on Linux and some of the fn keys are not working, but that's not a UX32VD related problem, I think)

 

Not much to say on that?

I guess all I can say is "bullets" are cheap. You decide if it's you or the notebook. But clearly the horrible situation you are in cannot go on. Man up and make a choice.

Edit: Oh and nice first post, I am currently thinking don't waste the bullet on the notebook.

 

I'm not a native speaker and your "bullet" talk didn't make much sense to me, but still ..

I can understand that I may be too picky about keyboard/touchpad stuff. But even if I ignore that, fan/heat issues are still unacceptable. I'm stuck with this laptop without any other options/alternatives, so I have to learn living with it.

I'm not saying this laptop is a piece of garbage, it has the best screen I've ever seen and some other great stuff, keyboard is nice(except flexing parts) etc. I'm just saying why I'm not happy with it.

Let's see how it ends ..

 

I have not heard that Haswell chips will run slower, the GPU though won't match the 620m imho. It may be closer, but the 620 is actually double the speed of the HD4000. Looks great here: Asus Zenbook Prime UX32VD Teardown, SSD Upgrade, Ram Upgrade, Gaming Benchmark, and Review - YouTube

Sorry to hear you are experiencing the trampoline - I have only played with UX31A myself in person, I type a lot and quickly (also a programmer) so if it is as bad as you say... this is why I would buy from Costco.ca with the 90 day return policy.

You can try Fan Notebook Control as mentioned previously in this thread - but if it is hot then you wouldn't want to lower the amount. Maybe yours has a bad paste job.

I use a bluetooth mouse whenever I am sitting for a long time and a lot of my programming would be over RDP to my main desktop at work, which would reduce CPU usage and heat.

At home when I would do light gaming on it, I would use my bluetooth keyboard and mouse and an external monitor. I guess I'd need to keep the screen up or it would overheat because of the vent placement.

Have to say I love the size and weight, if it performs well with my 7mm SSD - but ya, all these comments are useful, thanks.

Peter

 

Hey all. I've had my UX32VD for about 6mo now running on Win7. I have most of the same quirks (Track pad sensitivity and key flex), but overall it can handle what I throw at it. I do a lot of graphics intense work and I remember readying a while ago that when you updated the GPU drivers (which I've been getting a notification to do), it would essentially fry the screen. Is this still a problem? Are there any major driver updates I should be doing since last October?

 

Sorry, where did you hear that? That would literally be shocking.

Thanks,
Peter

 

Some people did report that the screen stopped after updating the Intel drivers. However I have done it two or three times without incident. I started on win 7 but upgraded to win 8. I have updated the Nvidia drivers more often than that. I personally think your safe to do it but can't guarantee that they of course. I got my computer in September if that is useful at all.

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are anyone else's ux32vd not even when on a flat surface? when I put my laptop on a flat surface it wobbles a bit.

Ive tried playing around with all the settings and cant seem to fix the issue with the fan going on every 20 seconds then off while not even doing anything intensive. Anyone have a fix to this?

 

I had the worry about some bend in the ultrabook and wobbling at first. But when I get on a truly flat surface (glass) is not warped. I carry in a backpack so while now I am very careful there have been times when I was less so.

I do not have the fan issue so I am of absolutely no help on that. My fan really never runs. It does run for no reason when I start up say about a few minutes in and same on wake up. But that just lets me know it works. It shuts off after a minute or so and never restarts after that. When it does this though it is full force and makes a hell of a lot of noise. When I stress test either the CPU or GPU I don't even get that kind of fan activity.

I know the fan issue is a big one. I don't have time to read this entire thread but..... I assume you guys monitor temps and that is not what is doing it? Like I said I stress test and don't get fan noise I can really even hear.

Someone on this thread said they re-pasted the thermal compound and thought Asus did a very bad job. Is it possible that that is the root cause? I mean if temps are higher than they should at least we have a direction to head. I am surfing no fans my temps are from 105F to 120F.

 

Yea that was me. But even with their "bad" paste job vs my hopefully better job (and well researched compound) it didn't make much of a difference in peak temperatures.

I take control over what my fans are doing using NoteBook FanControl. I believe I linked to it earlier. I set up some custom thresholds, turned on the control and it worked.

P.s. the program comes with a bunch of different "profiles" for different laptops. These control how the program talks to the fan controller. It does not have to do with the temperature thresholds you set up.

I only changed one thing in the UX32VD profile that it comes with: how often the fan controller is polled. It was 150ms and that had the CPU usage at 1-2% for the program at times. I was only able to increase it to 300ms (CPU usage dropped to 0-1%). Any higher value and the fans would come on for half a second every few seconds. Sometimes so quick they just barely started up so you couldn't hear them unless you put your ear on the laptop body. Looks like at least on the UX32VD, this program needs to read/write to the controller very frequently to maintain control over the fan controller.

Therefore a BIOS solution for the people with "random quick spin ups" would still be preferred.

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Here's an interesting observation about my UX32VD's overheat problem: it gets hot ONLY WHEN I plug it to power, when it's running on battery it's not getting hot(of course it's not under heavy load). That's strange, has anyone else observed this behavior too?

That's really strange. I just tried a few more times, it gets hot very quick when plug it, and gets cool when I unplug.

 

Yes the machine will throttle its speed down on battery to lower consumption so your performance will go down and the machine will run cooler.

 

It isn't strange. You probably have different CPU profiles set up for plugged in vs battery. Also, charging the battery heats up the battery as well.

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All systems have different profiles built into the EC too, regardless of your windows settings.

 

Good question re: the RAM -- I'll probably never know. Re: the SSD, while it seems pretty clear that the 840 Pro is superior, I think the 840 will serve me very well for the foreseeable future (and I'm sure your 830 will too).

 

They are all way faster than any standard drive,that's for sure

 

On the issue of overheat when plugged in but not on battery? I know this is grasping for straws and all but...... With the "Power for Gear" Open. Click the advanced, then click it again. A little window opens. Make sure something "crazy" like not set to "passive" cooling when plugged in and "active" on battery. I know I am grasping but free to try.

I could ask if the fans are active when it gets hot and likely cut to the chase, or you could of already told us and I missed/forgot. If so my apologies.

 

Hi i am a proud owner of the ux32vd in the windows 8 version since november 2012. And i am really satisfied with it besides the normal issues like the nervous fan and other named things like that which arent a problem for me...
But yesterday i made a huge mistake:
I drank a cup of coke while working on my laptop and unfortunately spilt it over my zenbook. But obviosly i am a verrrry lucky person which means that that laptop isnt harmed at all tecnically. The most of the coke went on the display and i was quite fast wiping it off. But a few drops landed on the keyboard and the problem is now that 4 keys are a bit sticky. They can't be pressed that easy than it was before, which is quite annoying. So my question is now:
Can I remove a single key by just "putting them" out or do i have to do a teardown...
What would you guys recommend? Does anybody has experiences?
Thanks

By the way. pls don't write things like: Why did you drink coke beside your laptop? Or funny things like: Spill fanta over it to neutralise it.
I know it was a big mistake but i happed so it's sensless to write such things...

 

Well I brought it into the shop. they confirmed the issue and replaced the motherboard. Turn around was pretty good at just under 10 days. They ordered a replaced the motherboard themselves. Got it back and replaced my Corsair Vengeance 8GB stick and Samsung 840 PRO SSD and all is good again. Idle temps seem a little @ 38C. I even started using Targus active laptop cooler. the bottom is nice a cool.

 

My Asus Zenbook UX32A (this is the closest owners lounge for my model) has taken a fall and now the hinge(s) of the screen have become loose so that when using it the screen will fall/tilt backwards all on its own.

ASUS Zenbook UX31 - Loose hinge - YouTube

Above: obviously the laptop is not supposed to be used vertically, but that video demonstrates the fault which causes it to tilt backwards even when horizontal on a table or my lap.

ASUS ZENBOOK PROBLEM - YouTube

Above: this is what could happen over time if not repaired.

Below two pictures of the of a dent in the casing of the hinge, and two pictures of what the other side looks like which is undamaged.

http://i.imgur.com/Cfh2sAg.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/ErDcIa1.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/ZsKH2uf.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/S22DFq4.jpg?1

The speaker which between the hinges horizontally and between the screen and the rest of the laptop also moves slightly when pressed, just on one side, the side without the dent.

On the same size the power lead is plugged in, and now does not charge properly unless moved around in a certain way - this of course could just be a faulty cable, but with everything else going on I suspect it is all related.

When just the dent was the problem I had planned to open it up myself and try to hammer it out with a small rubber jeweller's hammer, but now with the power issue, and the speaker moving when touched I think I am better taking it to a professional - either back to ASUS in the UK or a local laptop repair place in Dublin.

This Zenbook cost me around €900, Asus will probably keep it longer and charge more, but I believe they will fix it perfectly because after all they built it. They will probably also opt to replace the entire lower aluminium panel which is the entire bottom of the laptop rather than repair the small dent in it - this will also add to the price.

Going local I fear not as good a job will be done, I do not think ASUS have any authorised repair partners, I will not have as much redress if something goes wrong, they may never have repaired an ASUS Zenbook, or a UX32A with these specific problems, I might end up dealing with a cowboy, and they will probably void my ASUS warranty etc.

What do you think? Any idea what sort of fee I am looking at either way? I think ASUS want £25 just to examine it.

 

@Alex, sorry to hear I can't offer much help. If I did it I would to bite the bullet and get professional help. I don't see a proper clean other than disassembly. I think on this unit not for the faint of heart plus add warranty issues.

A few notebooks back a little beer spilled on my Keyboard. Beer dries much more like water than coke.

@koop I tend to agree with your thoughts and as above biting the bullet. For me the pain of being without would be short term. The worry if not done correct would stress me a bit for the entire life of the unit. So I would get it done by Asus/authorized.

 

The Zenbook cost me about €900 and I am worried ASUS might tell me the fee is going to be €400 or something, what do you think the chances of that are considering the damage I have outlined? I know you will be guessing here and cannot know for certain.

I found a local company here in Dublin with 30 years experience, they claim their techs repair 150 laptops a week, and I know they have a lot of business contracts, also they are authorized service centres for Sony and other big name brands - not ASUS, but as far as I know ASUS do not authorise anyone except their own technicians.

 

So I got my ASUS zenbook today from XoticPC and I can't say I'm too happy with it. I might return it before the 15 day trial is up.

1) Windows 8 sucks - how do you even close apps once they are open? how do you know what's open in the backgrond....grrrr i shoulda got windows 7.
2) I"m used to trackpoint devices on lenovos and dells. Using this touchpad is going to take some time.
3) the touchpad appears to not perform all of the functions that appear in the menu options. For instance some of the double finger click things don't work.
4) The keyboard sometimes fails to register key presses on me. I type really fast and sometimes I may not touch a key super hard. I dunno, it may just take some getting used to.
5) The bezel is rather large which is unfortunate but I guess it's a tradeoff for the awesome screen resolution and IPS which is really the best part of this machine.
6) My screen brightness keeps changing. It can be annoying when it goes from bright to not so bright.
7) The hinge on my screen doesn't appear that tight and I'm worried that it will loosen over time. Is there a way in the future to easily tighten it?
I am on the fence with this machine, it is really fast and powerful and the screen is awesome but I may goto a Dell or Lenovo with Windows 7 for the trackpoint and sacrifice the screen.

 

1. Windows 8 it's designed to have apps running in the back just like a tablet, but anyways you could just simply press ALT + F4. BTW you could install Win7 it's not that hard.

''You can take your pointer into the top left hand corner of the screen and access the list of actively running apps. On this list of apps, you can right click on any of the tiles and the close commend will pop up. Clicking close will end the program and remove the tile from the list. Additionally, if you hover your mouse at the top center of the screen you will see your mouse icon turn into an open hand. Click and hold as the hand grabs the top of the page and drag your mouse to the bottom of the page. The app will disappear from the app list on the left hand side, but in some cases it will take several minutes for the app to actually close.'' -Geek 101

4. Most laptops don't have a great keyboard, the only ones I know of are the Lenovo Thinkpads. If you don't mind the extra luggage, you should look for an external one with little travel when pressing the keys.

5. You can disable the brightness sensor.

7. Look for a torx screwdriver and tighten it. It uses Torx #5 ( you can confirm it in the iFixit review).

Good Luck :hi2:

 

What do I lose if I downgrade to windows 7? Does windows 8 handle memory and battery life better?

 

I hear that. No Aero so that reduces "Memory" footprint. And like all OS they try and improve usage of resources other than if they add some "Improvement" of course.

OK so those who have say startup is faster. I can't disagree I don't have W8 and might never.

I might stick with Windows 8 if it came installed already and just adjust to it. I have read enough to know at least for myself and my usage on the UX32VD the main enhancement/flaw of 8 is useless, yea "Touch".

Windows 7 being a more mature OS likely has a few compatibility advantages. Both in some apps and drivers. That advantage will likely not last as Windows 8 like all OS matures. Regardless of the "facts" of the Vista W7 transition the perception by many of just how bad Vista was made W7 look Golden. So if W7 is good it makes it harder for W8 to seem like leaps and bounds over W7.

If you like W7 and on this unit I say switch to it.

 

Dude, in my perspective yes! Win 7 does not have a better energy management than all pre-installed / pre-configured Win 8 crap. With 256GB 7mm SSD battery duration was almost 8 hours, with low brightness and no sound (in Win 8). The same setup in Win 7 it was at max around 6 hours.