Official S96S Owners Lounge

@MiSHAK Yep, the same here. All Oses, all drivers, many games. Widowed mode ok, bud full screen, crash or freeze until hold up power for 4s. Kinda irritating. I dont know whats the cause of this. Is the hardware ok and only drivers problem? or something else. Realy dont know Do u have any ideas what to do? What have u tried to do to get rid of it. What BIOS v u tired? What drivers versions? What oses? I'm really gettin pissed off with this problem:/

 

Tadzik81: i am guessing u already tried reformatting. Therefore, i can't think of anything else other than replacing the graphics card unit. time to use your warranty. If u want u can try the 602beta bios......wortha try.

For me and most others, the notebook run games well without those problems mentioned above. I am using 167.58 drivers from laptopvideo2go.com.. 602beta bios vista32sp1


Still no new drivers, i am getting pissed now BOOOO intel

 

Well all BIOSes aviable from 113 to 602b or what. GFX drivers from some editions were more stable than others but none of them was fail free Sadly the intel driver sux most...

But what is real pain in ass is turn off problem when OS shuts down and notebook keeps running. Guess it's time to complain, but i'm in middle of semester and I'm studing IT so it would'n be very cool since I have no second machine.

 

I have no problem with shutting down. Actually im thinkin about changing the gf8600mgs to 8800gtx :> Gonna phone to my seller in near future to know costs of such replacement. Maybe this will remove the crashing problem. I cant send my lap to service now:/ Im studying IT too, and its bad moment to have no laptop, many projects. After june ill try to fix all probs. Warranty 2 yrs, so, till july 2009, so plenty of time:> But rly annoing this problem is://

 

it seems like my laptop is using its fan more than it used to. I dont see an excess amount of dust in the back fan place... any ideas?

 

Anyone install Vista SP1? I get a blue screen core dump on the last stage of the install. If anyone has a fix, pass it along. I am thinking an install of XP is in my future.

 

why would you ever install vista when you can install XP.........

 

Usually the dust accumulates where the fan pushes the air into the heatsink grill. Can you see that directly from outside the notebook? If not, then it might still be dust.

Other ideas: maybe you updated your BIOS and the temperature thresholds were changed in the new version.

People have their reasons. The question was not asking for opinions on XP vs. Vista.

 

that is weired, i have been using sp1 for a month Zoyx. not a single problem. I was able to install it with no problems using Windows update. Anybody else have this problem?

 

I havent opened it up yet to check. is there a section in the bios that I can change the heat level at which the fans turn on? i dont mess with bios' much.

 

I just got my s96 barebones unit. I installed all of the parts and when I turn it on I get a power light and The drive spins up and the fan runs but the screen stays black. There is no sign of life from the screne. Because of this I can't install windows or anything for that matter. I tried resetting the memory and the cpu. I plan on calling asus but thought I'd try here first.

Sorry if this is posted else where I did a search and didn't find anything on this subject.

I build my desk top system w/o a hitch and figured a notebook might be fun too. Well it's not fun now ....

Any advise will be greatly appreciated

 

hey everyone, long time no see. I just stopped by to ask you if you've notice any increase in your GPU temps if you've gotten this notebook around 4-6 months ago. The 8600m GS use to idle at 65C for me and stay in the 80's whole gaming. I haven't been playing many games lately, but I went to check my GPU temps and it now idles at 73-75C after turning it on for 10 mins. It usually stays there most of the day and I'm a little concerned. I don't know if it's dust that's a affecting it, but I just want know if you guys have noticed something like this. I'm using the 169.09 driver btw. Thanks.

 

First thing you should do is clean your fan/radiators out with compressed air - your problem is probably obstructive.

 

hey, MD- good to hear from u after a long time. It sucks that we still don't have any driver/bios updates for this model from Intel, I have lost hope

Just checked by gpu temp using ntune, it says 65degrees idle. using 167.58 drivers. Ya like clearskies said, open up or blow compressed air to clean. May reapply Arctic Silver? that should fix the problem

 

thanks, I think I'll try doing the compressed air idea. I don't know how I'm suppose to apply arctic silver to the GPU, but that will have to be a last resort. I'm pretty sure that since my dorm room is very dusty, that's the issue. When I do get a bottle of compressed air, should I blast air into every vent in the notebook? Also, I'm just curious to know if a vacuum cleaner would help at all (with the notebook off of course).

 

i posted a Arctic Silver guide w/ pics for this this model in this thread.. post#335

---The compressed Air----- just blow it on the vents
----Vaccum cleaner is a no go..... try it and you will see why

 

compressed air is very efficient at cleaning dust off vents and fans, all it takes is point and shoot, and the dust just comes off magically. vacuum cleaners can never work, the suction is just too little to do anything. the only thing about compressed air is the price.. i bought a big can of 10oz for around 10 bucks, only enough to dust 2 laptop+1 desktop, but the ease wins over price

satdog's guide is amazing, step by step pictures, thanks so much!
BTW this is the service manual i found on the net, it tells u how to open other components as well
http://www.westech.sk/inc/files/download/Intel_VBI_barebones/ASmobileS96S_assembly_guide.pdf

 

Well i cleaned the hell out of the laptop with the air... and yes! the fans seem much much quieter now.
So thanks!

Here is an off topic question. So i found my old desktop, and Im trying to re-vamp it to play Command and Conquer 3 for a friend. It is based off the Asus P4T-E Mother board. It has the Intel P4 1.6 ghz processor in it. 512 PC800 Ram. And Nvidia Geforce3 Ti200 (Yikes!). I know I need to upgrade the video card at least, but what card should I get? the problem is I dont think this motherboard has a PCI Express slot. and I am unsure of what kind of AGP slot it has. I have tried to find info online about it but I cant seem to find it. I was hoping you guys may have better resources? and based on what kinds of slots are available what kind of video card should I get?
I was thinking about buying an addition 1gb of pc800 ram today off craigslist. do you think its worth it?
Please please please!

 

Oh, I think this motherboard only has 4X AGP and I think only PCI slots...

 

Perhaps also SDRAM? Maybe it's easier to just buy a new MB, CPU and RAM...

Also, perhaps the the question is better asked in the Desktop forum?

 

Yeah, it prob would be better there, I just dont ever talk to those guys, and I talk to you guys quite frequently. I just got 1 gb of Rambus on craigslist for only 80$! it was a total steel and it improved everything about 100%!
so thats good, I think I'll just hold off on upgrading everything else.

 

hey do you guys know how physically large our hard drive space is? I was thinking about getting one of the new 500gb drives but they come in different mm sizes... 9.5mm and what not. do you guys know what size we can get?

 

wow $80 for an old ram? thats a lot . We can get new desktop rams 2gb corsair DDR2 800 for roughly 40bucks.. But i guess it is hard to find old rams and they are overpriced!

I have no Idea about the Hardrive size

 

9.5 mm is the standard and will fit. 12 (or is it 12.5?) is the thicker one, and that one is not sure to fit... you need to verify that.

You should also make sure the BIOS will properly recognize the HDD. Not to say that it won't, just a word of caution.

 

if you take a second and look at prices of Rambus ram you will see why I was excited.

 

okay, i thought it was the 9.5mm too. How do I go about checking if the Bios will recognize it.

 

I don't know... checking the model page on asus.com won't help you much, since that will list the largest capacity drive that was available then and with which they tested -- which will surely be smaller than 500 GB.

One way to be sure is if someone with the same model did the upgrade, and it worked for that person... the owner's lounge (which it this thread) is the best place to be for that.

You could also call ASUS service and ask.

 

Okay. thanks!
I think when I'm ready to spend the money I'll just call Asus.
Tom
Also - on a side note - has anyone figured out how to get the asus bios update utility to work for our notebooks? Also, can someone post the link to the site that has the updated bios' for our notebook seeing how asus doesnt?

 

I'd suggest against using that BIOS update utility. ASUS aren't good at writing utilities, they are quite buggy sometimes (quite often, actually)...

Instead, update BIOS manually. I have a guide for doing that (check signature) -- I hope it works for the S96S, as well.

 

I was wondering how to increase my screen resolution. Here is my information right now: GeForce 8600M GS (512 MB) - ForceWare version 169.09. Video BIOS version 60.86.38.00.32. and my directX version is 9.0c
Right now the highest resolution is 1280 by 800. Does anyone know how to increase that? or if there is a different driver I should use? and is there any reason to upgrade to directx 10?

 

1280*800 that is the max your laptop screen can support. If u need to increase the resolution, u have to connect to an external monitor(or HD tv via VGA)

For bios update try this ..... http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=204119&highlight=s96s+602+bios

 

haha my old dell dimension 8200 used rambus. It cost $45 for a 256mb stick for me.

satdog i think i want to update my bios, is that the best or latest update? Also, does it really fix the teetee noise?

 

that is the latest bios eventhough it is named beta(i have been using this bios for 5months and zero problems) and unfortunately the bios did not fix the tee noise(i use rmclock and rarely get the tee noise nowadays)

 

what are the benefits of this bios update?

 

u can try and see... personally i didn't see any improvements in performance and such. but it might fix issues if u have any ... who knows

 

Hi,

Has anyone tried to replace the fan in the cooling assembly with a quieter one?
I'm trying to make my s96s as silent as possible (I will be using as an audio recording rig). I replaced the hard disk with a samsung one that is really quiet, now only the fan is the bottleneck. Undervolting and stuff is not going to be usefull as I will be running some cpu intensive stuff.

The fan is a Sunon one, attached at three points.

Thanks,

tim

 

I haven't changed anything, but I have noticed my fan being louder or used more than it used to - I opened up my laptop and compressed air the hell out of it and its quieter. but i havent changed hard drives - im going to upgrade to the 500gb eventually so hopefully it is a bit quieter.

 

On the contrary, undervolting Core (2) Duos will help exactly where you need it, namely in cooling down the CPU when running CPU-intensive applications; therefore requiring less RPMs for active cooling, i.e. less fan noise.

 

Hello s96s owners. I want to know if anyone is running vista 64bit on their notebook. I just got a copy of vista ultimate 64bit , i am tempted to install but i don't know if it is stable for our notebook please drop in your comments... thanks

 

Hi satdog,

My friend has the same laptop and he uses Vista 64 bit. The drivers works. The only problem he has is hard to find programs with 64 bit. Its stable for him with no problems for about about 8 months.

 

GREAT. THANKS for the info simpleofmind.

 

Hi Guys.
I'm new in the forum and I have a problem with my S96S.
When it is turned on (it doesn't matter if it is OS already <Vista 32 in my case> or in BIOS) the screen become totally unreadable from time to time...
Exactly, the screen tend to flashing with milion colors I don't think it is a problem with the GPU temperature - it can start flashing just after 30 sec from powering on, as well it can do so after 2-3 hours up-time...
Of course, I tried many different nvidia drivers - those from intel website and from laptopvideo2go. But, to be honest, I don't believe it is driver issue - becouse it can start flashing even in BIOS, when the drivers aren't loaded...

I bought it 3 days ago and it have been doing it since the very beginning.
So, what are your advices? Should I try to do something by myself (if so, what?) or should I send it back to repair?

Here is also exact config of my S96S:
C2D T500
4GB RAM 667 mhz
GeForce 8600M GS
250GB Toshiba SATA HDD...
...and it is all that is important, I think

I'm waiting for any responses

Greets,
Gleniu

 

I had that same problem with my previous laptop. I called the makers and they said it was a faulty screen. So I sent it back and they swapped out screens and it worked 100% after that. Do that before your 10day free refund or whatever period ends!

 

wow, definetly a faulty screen. sorry to hear that...

 

I would return it for a replacement or repair.

 

About that Vista x64. Vista is running just fine and with SP1 even faster. All troubles I experienced were caused by hardware so after passing exams will pass mine S96S to reseller for replacement.

 

Gleniu , as suggested most likely problem is a faulty screen (or if you're lucky only a faulty coax signal cable for the screen).

It might also be the GPU. How to check: try to run the computer with an external monitor. If it does the same thing on the external it's the GPU. Otherwise it's the screen.

In both cases you should send it in for warranty repair.

 

Hi everyone,

I have a problem with my S96: my laptop doesn't boot anymore, I have a "can't detect TPM device" error and the laptop freezes when I try to enter BIOS

An idea, anyone?

PS : I hope my english is understandable ^^

 

Maybe useful to go thru the basic troubleshooting steps detailed in my guide Tips and Tricks, under "My notebook doesn't POST'.

It seems either malfunctioning hardware (TPM) or BIOS, though.

 

well it was a good start but didn't give results by the way what is this TPM device