Aero 15 X w/ 1070 Max-Q

They returned me with a huge stupid power adapter! I even laughed out when I see it. Nice work done Gigabyte! If I don’t accept then Wait another 2 months! Holly **** this has been an nightmare. I will call Taiwan office directly and that s my last hope. Now my slim lap top has a adapter has same weight as it! Haha

 

But how can you work with it without an adaptor after several hours. They will send you a brick.

 

Good for you guys at least you can send your machine back. Unfortunately for me, I am not based in North America so
I am stuck with this machine and if anything goes wrong I can't send it back for warranty. Fortunately, I am closer to Taiwan
but I don't know if their service there is better.



I have other issues with this machine. Whenever I close the lid or at least partially close it, this laptop will sleep immediately. In other laptops it does not happen. Is there any option on how to solve this? Also about the battery life,
what are your settings to make it last 6-7 hours? I have been using it only for work at the moment and not in gaming
but I am only lasting 4-5 hours with wifi on and brightness at 25%. Is it normal? or am I just expecting too much from this
machine?

 

Is there something going on with this machine? It no longer shows up on several retailer sites like Newegg and HIDevolution. Has it been discontinued or put on hold due to the power adapter and keyboard chatter issues?

 

My charger works if laptop is off. That's really annoying but I have no choice, only light documenting tasks for me right now.
Oh, I did not read about the sizes of the brick. Would you mind taking a picture of the bricksize and its specs?

 

There is a rumor I read that NVIDIA is having issues supplying chips at the moment and are prioritizing larger companies like ASUS, etc.

Last I heard they should have the newest batch ready to ship from Taiwan middle of the month, so soon hopefully.

I ordered one last week and the wait is beginning to make me look at alternatives.

 

My giant power brick is 6.6" x3.6", and looks gigantic compared to the one in the notebookreview pictures. It's over twice the size of my Razer Blade's charger.

 

7 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 7/8 inches is my power brick and it has a USB which I have never used. What are your dimensions magicmao?

 

What is the last dimension?

 

Thickness is 7/8"

 

This is mine, same as this pic taken from the Notebookreview review of the Aero 15. According to your measurements we have the same thickness but yours is about 1 inch shorter and 1 inch wider. Actually I would prefer a shorter adapter so I don't see what all of the fuss is about honestly. They are probably the same weight.

 

There are settings where you can close the lid and the screen goes off but it does not sleep.
Control Panel/Power Options/Change what the power buttons do

 

Aero 15X "large" charger vs Razer Blade 14" charger and Blu-ray.

 

That is MASSIVE! What are the specs of the adapter? Model, voltage, ampere, watt?

 

I also have the sockfish adapter, bought from a Gigabyte store in central Taipei. (No USB.)

 

Mine is 215 Watt Max
19.5V
10.5A

 

Yes, I have the one that you have too. I am curious what kind of model the otherone was, I think it's similar to this one: https://www.coywood.co.uk/gigabyte-aero-15x-156-charger-67237-p.asp

 

Strangely enough, the Razer blade's plug fits into the Aero 15x. The rating is 19V 7.9A vs 19.5V 10.3A. Would there be any damage in using the Razer charger on the Aero 15?

 

Thanks. It works great now. Any comment on the ideal setting to achieve a better battery life?

 

The voltage should be around 19,5. 19v is okay, a modern laptop can handle a small offset above or under, but more than 10% off isn't adviced.

For the ampere it is different. Never go much lower than the laptop's standard. Higher doesn't matter. It can even help the adapter because it won't have to work at it's full capacity. Ampere is all about how much power it can deliver to the laptop.
The amount of ampere the laptop asks is relative. When you are doing higher performance task, the laptop will ask for higher ampere than when it is idle. If your laptop asks more (for example during a game) and the adapter can not deliver the power, that could cause problem with possible hardware damage.

The wattage does not matter, that is how efficient the adapter is (power consuming wise).

So for your adapter, I wouldn't advise you to use it with high performance gaming tasks.

 

i just got this email from b&h photo:

Dear Customer
Thank you for your interest in the following item:

Gigabyte 15.6" Aero 15X Notebook (Black)
(B&H # GIAERO15XBK4)

You are receiving this message because you asked to be notified when this item becomes available. We regret to inform you that this item has unfortunately been discontinued. Please check back on our website for similar or possible replacement items.

We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

 

I got a similar email from Amazon. Not a lot of confidence in Gigabyte right now.

 

That’s surprising since this laptop just got such great endorsements.

https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/11/the-best-gaming-laptops-at-ces-2018/

http://www.pcgamer.com/laptop-of-the-year-gigabyte-aero-15x/

Do you think that this email notification was sent due to a huge backorder? It took me over two months to finally get mine.

Also, I’ll chime in on issues. Only issue I’ve experienced was the Fusion software was not installed and that the laptop has minimal screen bleed.

I Have not experienced keyboard chatter, the hinge is stronger/tighter than I expected and I haven’t noticed what others have experienced, the charger is the smaller one with usb (my laptop was shipped back to gigabyte by xoticpc due to panel damage when xoticpc received the laptop - gigabyte didn’t switch out the charger like some have said happened to them, maybe they adjusted the panel with the screen due to the damage?), the laptop with IC Diamond paste on the cpu will get as high as 80/85c while gaming - recently bought a stand that raises the laptop about an inch off the surface and have noticed the cpu reaches around 73/78c on the stand (laptop is not undervolted).

Hopefully I won’t eat my words but I feel like this was a good one in a batch of laptops that have experienced issues.



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Well I was online with Amazon support weekly ensuring it was still on the way. I got the cancellation email mere days after being assured a shipment was on the way. I raised absolute hell but they had nothing of value to add- Gigabyte gave them indication they would never be getting stock.

Now, interesting point. There appears to be a new model (appended with CK2) referenced here: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/31530065/

The cancellations could be that Gigabyte has discontinued the CK1 and have developed a new revision. Will be interesting to see what that new revision contains (new keyboard anyone??)

In any case I grabbed a new Aero 14 at a deep discount from a local retailer clearing them out. Experience has been fantastic, I'm not sure the 15x will warrant a $1000 CAD premium, especially given the new whisper mode released by Nvidia that allows me to game at high settings with a very quiet machine (capping at 60 fps).

 

That's interesting news for sure. Though my laptop code is "BK4" so not sure if there will be a US equivalent of it.

Edit: The CF2 looks to have the same exact specs, though this was interesting:

"Ultra-Thin Adapter
To maximize your mobility, the AERO 15 comes with a new ultra-thin power adapter equipped with an USB port for quick charging capabilities"

 

That is interesting. My code was also BK4.


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CF1 and CF2 refer to a 500gb ssd vs 2x 500gb ssd

 

BK is the US keyboard layout, CF is the British layout.

 

Just got mine up and running, is this level of IPS backlighting normal? I can see this all the time and it’s driving me nuts!

I’ve been spoilt with a precision m5520 but needed something with dedicated graphics to run a Rift but the 15x is doing OK so far!!

 

Sadly yes, this appears after a boot or wake up. It is solved by putting the brightness high once, and then you can lower the brightness again. The "bleed" will disappear.

 

Thank you I will give that a go!

I just seem to notice it all the time regardless of screen / light levels so would be good if I can get rid of it!

 

Is anyone else getting issues since the latest BIOS update? Every time the laptop is woken from hibernation, it runs so slow that it crashes. A hard reset has to be done to get it working again.

 

Hey guys, I just want to know your average battery life? Because mine was no way near from the advertised 7 hours.
I use battery saver all the time and the brightness is at around 30-40% and I turned off the backlit keyboard but still
I get 4 hours max.

 

What are your GPU settings?
I switched mine to just the integrated and find the battery life to be ok, not quite as good as my precision was but I can just about get a day

 

Every site is removing the Aero 15X or showing as discontinnued, anyone have any info about that? Still trying to buy...

 

Not only the Aero 15x but even graphic cards are out of stock or not available, at this moment there is too much demand for GPUs because of crypto miners, Nvidia has to prioritize their products to more important partners than Gigabyte because they can't produce enough for everyone.

When cards do become available, they are often priced by third-party sellers at more than double or even triple Nvidia's and AMD's suggested list prices. ( Source: CamelCamelCamel)

"Cryptocurrency miner demand is not sustainable or predictable over the long term. These buyers tend to flee as soon as profitability wanes as they do not have any brand loyalty and only care about mining return on investment. "With availability consumed by the cryptocurrency mining market, there is little chance for any PC gamer to find a graphics card in stock, let along close to the expected price point," Shrout Research's Ryan Shrout wrote in an email. "Because of that, many enthusiasts and DIY builders are putting off system builds and upgrades completely, setting up an unfortunate situation for all other component vendors from processors to motherboards to storage." ( Source: CNBC)

I'm sure the high demand is temporary but this makes it very hard to buy computers with quality GPUs right now.

 

That’s an interesting data trend, but do we believe this to be true for laptop GPUs? Understood and believe this to be true for desktop GPUs, as that’s where the demand is on cryptocurrency mining. Are you suggesting this is having a trickle down effect on laptop GPUs? Specifically the Max-Q cards? If so, Nvidia is doing a poor job informing their customers by not adding transparency to this issue.


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Although the Max-Q GPUs are not interesting for cryptocurrency mining, they are mostly manufactured at the same locations and with the same materials as desktop GPUs.

Because there is more demand for desktop GPUs, those GPUs have a higher priority at the production. This causes a delay in the production process for laptop GPUs.

 

Thanks. How do I switch to integrated gpu? How will I know if its using the nvidia gpu?

 

Maybe they are preparing to launch a new GPU line. Volta?

 

If you’re in the UK I’m seriously debating selling mine

 

Is anyone selling their 16gb ram stick that came with their laptop?

 

I also would be interested in purchasing


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Hey! I have been having weird issues aswel, i have krks 8s with komplete audio interface, same laptop, can you email me? Lets try and figure this out

I notice it the most when i have a my monitor (screen) plugged in to the laptop, tried admi and displayport both causes the sound, but when i plug my monitor in a power source down stairs the sound is almost gone, but when i remove the plug that charges the laptop the sound gets worse! I also thing the laptop broke my usb hub..

Maybe too much power being supplied to the ports?

I have no idea whats going on..

Best Dylan

 

I guess you have ground loop hum. If that's the case, a Ground Loop Isolator would probably reduce or eliminate the noise.

I have Rockit's at home, had some very irritating hum and whine until I put a GLI between my [desktop] audio output and the speakers. I also DJ on occasion, with a Really Old Tank of a laptop, and keep a couple of spare GLIs with me in the event.

What I use at home: "Peripheral PGLI35 3.5mm Ground Loop Isolator".
Amazon no longer has the models I keep in my laptop bag, but "Mpow Ground Loop Noise Isolator for Car Audio" looks like it might be a good candidate for you also.

I read this forum because I've been saving up for a 15x. Hopefully I won't have to 'settle' for a 15/1060.

PS first post.

 

Can’t get this working. Mine actually disappears after shutting the lid and then reappears as soon as I do something or even nudge the lid sometimes (bad light sensor?)
But 99% of the time this horrendous lighting is there. Managed to catch it on video
www.duckboy.co.uk/randompics/720p.mov

 

I'm getting a distinct feeling that while the specs and design of this laptop are great, the build is pretty crap and cheap. Corners cut.

I'm always cautious with online comments etc. - as reports of issues from a few can be an exception rather than the normal state of things. Especially so with enthusiasts or more vocal people.

But I don't think there are many Aero 15x's in the wild, and some issues really seem bad.

Seems you can at the very least expect keyboard issues, a generally not great screen, and potentially major backlight and other quality issues.

Comments about the build quality of the Dell XPS 15 (which I was looking at before) put me off, and likely contributed to my not getting one. I've read about battery swelling issues with them now. Is the XPS 15 badly made and riddled with issues too?

I just want a high quality, high spec do it all laptop as a desktop replacement.
I currently use a small HP EliteBook which is getting too old (and the screen and resolution are too low for non docked use really), but the build quality etc. is great.

You'd think when you pay such a premium - £2k feels a bit nuts (I was aiming for £1.5k) - that the quality would be high. Cheap panels and chargers just sounds poor. How can a 2k laptop have a crappy cheap charger? I guess you're just paying for the spec/design I guess. Certainly not the brand, service, or quality it seems.

 

I made the mistake of turning my precision 5520 back on and I’ll be going back to that + my aorus gaming box (even though the laptop only has 2lanes of tb) for my oculus
My xps13 did have the battery issue which dell refused to replace.

I do like the aero but I don’t love it. Of all the “gaming” laptops I looked at and messed with, it is by far the closest to the 5520 I’ve found. That is in terms of size, battery life, power and build quality. It’s certainly not a cheap build quality (like the Gs62 for example) but it’s not aluminium and carbon quality

Dell outlet is where I’ve always shopped (last 7years or so I think) and will continue to do so

 

Having read the issues with the 15X and the fact it's entirely unavailable, and having gone through multiple 15 returns, I ended up grabbing an Aero 14 with 1060. It's turned out to be a fantastic purchase. The keyboard is great, screen very nice to look at, and the performance is fantastic. Best of all, a local retailer here in Canada had it on sale for $400 off. Popped another 16gb stick in to bring it to 32gb and I now have a beastly mobile work + gaming rig.

Just wanted to address some of the 15X concerns, I feel they're justified. The 14 seems to be the machine Gigabyte put the most thought into.

 

Really? But the 14 has wide bezels, is almost the same size, and perhaps not even as slim unless I'm mistaken on that part?

Also no Thunderbolt 3 right?

So no scope for using an eGPU in the future