V6V/V6Va/V6J/VX1 Owners' Lounge(Best EoL notebook ever)

Is there a way that i could read more faq ,advices or any related issues regarding a specific model,in this case V6V series instead of scrolling through pages? I see there are already owners lounges for different series:V1,V2,W7 and so on.As you could see i am new ,so any answers will be welcome.Thank You!

 

Hi, Matisse, and welcome to the forums!

The reason there isn't a V6V (or a V6) lounge is, I believe, that these models are not so popular as the V1, A8, G1 etc. V6V was out earlier when ASUS wasn't so well known (even now it's not very well known), so not many people have it. Some were however still buying it a few months ago with discounts. The V6J was not a popular model, I suspect it had to do with the price.

I don't think the V6V has any important issues, I've seen none discussed on the forums. That is a good thing, it means it's a very reliable notebook.

 

Indeed,V6V it's a very reliable noteboook,bad thing will not be produce anymore except for the Lamborghini series,which are more expensive and looks a bit different(VX2-hinges).Anyways, I am very happy with mine, it still amaze me after a year of intensive use -6 or 7 hours daily-no issues whatsoever .Thank You for reply.

 

The first Lamborghini series were based on the V6 chassis. The newer aren't they are more similar to the V1. The build quality on the V1 is very good, but not on par with the V6.

 

Glad to see another happy V6 user. I am very happy with mine, and might be even happier in about 2 weeks.

 

Did someone call for an exterminator?



I mean, V6 user?

Hi

 

Would it be an indiscretion if I asked why?

 

I am very happy with my 2 V6Va's, especially now that I have found out, thanks to E. B. E.'s help, that my backup one's only problem is one bad stick of RAM.

I am thinking of starting a thread titled:

V6/VX1 Series (V6V/V6Va/V6J/VX1) Owners' Lounge

Too complicated/confusing a title?

 

Perhaps so... I'm unsure how many people who are active on the forums have VX* of any kind. Perhaps you can simplify it to "V6 Series Owner's Lounge" or "V6V/V6Va/V6J Owner Lounge". Perhaps it's an even better idea to ask a moderator to rename this thread appropriately since it's already gone into this subject.

 

Yeah, hmmm ... OK, here is my vote for the renaming of this thread, since I am attached to having any VX1 user who may come by to join in (I may someday get a VX1 and transplant an IPS screen to it, so I want to keep track of issues that come up around the VX1--besides, it truly is part of the family, having the same chassis):

V6V/V6Va/V6J/VX1 Owners' Lounge

 

Bump, so that maybe the thread's title will be tweaked, to something like V6V/V6Va/V6J/VX1 Owners' Lounge.

 

Hey all.

Since this thread has just been named anew, I'll post here in celebration.

V6J: Has anyone noticed different thermal thresholds for the various speeds of the fan with the BIOS ver. 304? I think they increased them.

I also had an instance where after resuming from hibernation the fan did not start at all. I was running the CPU at full blast at that time. Since I was listening to music on my headphones I only noticed it when the CPU reached 105 degrees and RMClock started thermal throttling (!!). I shutdown immediately, booted up and the fan kicked in at max speed to cool down the CPU. For a while after my LAN connection wasn't working but after that (luckily) it started again.

So, a word of warning for those upgrading to BIOS 304 for the V6J: pay attention at your temps for a while especially when resuming for hibernation.

 

Yay! I like the new title. Does EoL mean End-of-Line?

 

End of Line, End of Life, whichever you prefer.

 

I prefer Line here--I hope for my two V6Va's to have long lives!

I still have two functioning Dell Inspiron 7500's. The production cycle for the Inspiron 7500 was from late 1999 through mid 2000.

The Inspiron 7500 alone was the industry's first notebook with an SXGA+ (1400x1050) screen, and the ASUS Lamborghini VX1, along with the Lenovo "IBM" Thinkpad T60 and maybe others, were probably the last, alas.

 

Lounge visitors, you can get some tidbits about the V6Va by clicking on my name and then looking up other posts by me. You will also be able to see how my knowledge of this computer has grown by using this forum.

 

Funny you mention BIOs, I haven't updated mines since I opened the box 18 months ago

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220076R


Still in stock eh...

 

Actually, back in stock, apparently from one of the last set of purchases of the model being returned--unless you mean that the return is still in stock since being returned.

The rational part of me keeps having to say to the rest of me, "You *really* do not need a second backup computer, and probably no other astrologer would ever buy it off of you, so just let it go."

Also, coriolis, you probably have the current V6Va BIOS.

 

Yep, he must have the V6Va BIOS. I keep updating to the latest version in an empty hope they will silently fix the battery wear issue... Although it's never in the list of changes and I don't even think it's possible to fix it from the BIOS.

 

It Plagues Me Gahhhh!

i've exchanged batteries 3 times already
i've sent in my laptop to get motherboard replaced

the battery that i got 2 months ago already has 53% wear gar.
even though of course i still have power, i never know if i am full charged or if it just says 100%

 

[Edit: I posted all the following under the illusion that eatbuckshot has a V6Va, not a V6J.]

eatbuckshot, I am sorry to hear of your frustrating experiences.

I believe that your motherboard and BIOS were probably fine, and that each time, the problem was probably the battery.

My newer V6Va came with a bad battery from Newegg's final stock (literally their last or second-to-last V6Va). I know this to be the case because that battery will not work in either V6Va, but the battery that came with the older V6Va works well in both computers.

I have been waiting to hear of a successful battery exchange before sending one back; I am glad I have been waiting!

 

I would very very very highly doubt the battery. I hesitate to post this too much, but a very reliable birdy told me that it is the charging circuitry, which is somehow not part of the motherboard. My V6j is getting this fixed right now. But, I'm with E.B.E., I upgrade my BIOS hoping that the battery issues are gone.

 

[Edit: I posted all the following under the illusion that eatbuckshot has a V6Va, not a V6J. Now, I would probably take out the word probably in the next sentence.]

OK, I can accept that as probably happening, but I also really seem to have gotten a bum battery.

My good battery just now, with me unplugging the wall power, says it has 100% remaining, and my other battery does *absolutely* nothing.

 

Hi Caleb, please keep us posted about the status of your repair. I also suspected charging circuitry but thought it was either on the motherboard, on the battery, or a combination

Are you saying that the charging circuitry is neither on the mainboard nor on the battery, but somewhere in the case? Because I have changed top case, bottom case, batteries, motherboards, and adapters, and nothing worked...

In any case, if possible, let us know if you are able to solve the problem by changing some parts in the NB, and if so, what parts have been changed... because even though for most of us V6J owners the battery warranty has run out, the 2year warranty is still up and running, and if it's something different than the battery we can fix it.

 

I only have a 1 year battery warranty, but 3 years on everything else. My 1 year is up (late March was 1 year), so I am praying that there is a different solution.

 

well process of elimination says its not the motherboard battery or ac adapter as i just gotten a new ac adapter as well
gotta be something else
oh btw i've thought of an interesting way to calculate the actual remaining power

even though not accurate you could calculate the remaining power by measuring cell voltage

i tested mine today and it forces hibernation at a cell voltage of about 3.1v or when mobile meter says 12.4~v ish and charges up to around 4.1v or 16.4v probably

i read about batteries here: http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-12.htm
and it made sense that the smart battery would force off at around that much
our v6j notebook batteries have 4 3.7v cells in a series to make 14.8v

so with simple math and probably coupled with wear percentage this could be a more accurate way of calculating remaining time

 

I have had two different AC adapters from the get go, so I doubted that that was the trouble. I have heard of lots of motherboards and batteries replaced. But, only one person who said explicitly that they had the charging circuitry replaced, and they said it worked. I will let you know when I hear about my laptop.

 

oh who got their charging circuitry replaced?

 

TO ALL V6 USERS OUT THERE:

Let us have a benchmark competition.

Everyone who wants to compete can benchmark 3Dmark05 and post your result.
Any other benchmark is welcome.

 

i think i got like ~2400

 

Are any of these notebooks widescreen, I would love to get one for my girlfriend, but she watches a lot of movies and I think widescreen would be a lot better.

 

It's not as bad as it seems, standard that is. Widescreen would be sweet though

 

No, I went from a widescreen to the standard. I absolutely prefer the standard. This notebook is just built to be standard, widescreen would just be weird. I vote no for a widescreen V6.

 

Yep. I bought the V6VA without knowing how great it was because I could only afford $1k for a light gaming notebook (sold my thinkpad t43). Trust me, once you see the IPS screen, widescreen wouldnt even matter much anymore.

Btw coriolis I was one of the few who got in on the last V6VA from Newegg, cheaper than that open box price Battery wouldnt charge. Asus swapped the battery twice for me but still same problem. It was within 30 days so I nagged Newegg and they give me a $75 discount. Does any of the batteries charge on the V6VA for you guys? Cant believe so many people have the same problem yet Asus does not acknowledge it.

 

The battery's been fine. I bought it December 2005, the battery has only gotten 10% wear and still lasts about 4 hours.

 

I got 2500 and change.

[Edit: I ran it again, and got 2514 3D Marks.]

 

So am I, although I don't care too much about this issue any longer... I simply don't discharge my battery past 30%, never. I know that's not an option for everybody but for myself, I can live with it.

Like I said, I also changed the top and bottom case, so unless there is a discrete charging circuitry that is neither on the motherboard, nor on the case, nor on the battery, I have had that changed to no avail.

But let us hope it is discrete, although it would be stupid if I sent the notebook in 5 times with battery problems and they never figured out it could be the charging circuitry...

 

Oops. I thought eatbuckshot had bought a V6Va, not a V6J--the fact that his computer is a J is all the more reason not to blame the battery in his computer's case.

 

(Shudder!) If I had sent mine in, I wonder if they would have replaced something perfectly fine on mine and sent the computer back to me with the bad RAM stick still in it, maybe over and over again!

 

I echo absolutely everything CalebSchmerge posted here [Edit: except the part about going from a widescreen], and add that I seriously vote for the reintroduction of the V6/VX1 line, all with 1400x1050 IPS screens! (Yes, I know, industry trends indicate that such will never happen.)

 

I wonder if the VX1 has the battery-oriented problem that the V6J does.

 

i also prefer standard as opposed to widescreen, dunno why just i like it better -_-
I have never seen an IPS screen but my screen looks great already how much better can it be?
i'd like to have a uxga screen that'll be nice

whats the highest amount of power have your v6j used? it seems with max everything both cores running i use about 35 watts max(with my specs) and that should translate to about 2 hours of battery life
but today i ran out in like 1 hours and 20 minutes and it was fully charged(sitting on charger for like 8 hours)

oh btw i've thought of an interesting way to calculate the actual remaining power

even though not accurate you could calculate the remaining power by measuring cell voltage

i tested mine today and it forces hibernation at a cell voltage of about 3.1v or when mobile meter says 12.4~v ish and charges up to around 4.1v or 16.4v probably

i read about batteries here: http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-12.htm
and it made sense that the smart battery would force off at around that much
our v6j notebook batteries have 4 3.7v cells in a series to make 14.8v

so with simple math and probably coupled with wear percentage this could be a more accurate way of calculating remaining time

 

I am quite sure I have managed to obtain a 50W drain power by using Intel Thermal Analysis Tool, which loads both cores to full. Theoretically, this could be increased by 3D application that draw power via the GPU, although I do not know of any 3D app that can put so much stress on the CPU as the Intel TAT.

 

Actually, if you just take the milliamp hours rating on the battery, convert your wattage (from CPU, GPU etc) to milliAmps/hr (not hard) then divide the first by the second you will get the empirical battery time. Compare that to your actual tested value and you will get your wear. With the empirical value and your wear value it should be simple to figure the remaining time.

 

Yes, that'll figure out the remaining time, but how about how much "remaining time" there is left?

 

I don't get it...

 

I mean, i'm assuming that you are calculating the amount of time that is considered "wear", but i am saying when you are using the power that is considered wear, how would you know how much time you have left because it would just be reported as 0%

 

Complaints : the debris that falls in the speak-holes drives me nuts..but maybe i'm just obsessive.

 

oh yes that annoys me as well i was thinking of putting plastic wrap over it.