Makes a lot of sense, I will wait and see.
Optimus V Fan Noise
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Makes a lot of sense, I will wait and see.
I'm thinking of buying this laptop but the problem with the fan is a little disconcerting. Would you advise to continue with my purchase of this laptop despite it's known problems of this fan. Also what are the other negative aspects of this laptop. I've read various reviews and opinions but you can never have too many. Thanks
Hi mate,
personally my only concern is about the fan noise but I have to say that the firmware update mentioned at page 15 of this thread seems to have solved the problem for the most part of people.
The specs of the laptop are really amazing considering the price. Last generation CPU, very powerful GPU and the double HD space is a plus.
My Optimus V should be with me soon, at that point I will post my full review here and hopefully it will be useful for other people who haven't decided yet about the purchase.
Akerific
Silver Level Poster
Aslong as you don't mind the loud fan then sure, but if in any way you don't like loud fans do not buy - that's all i can say really
because when gaming the fan is still super loud and after i have to shut my laptop lid to stop the fan, so i'm saying the firmware worked maybe 50% it stopped the fan coming on randomly when not doing anything, but if you play a game for 30 mins then come off the fan will go full speed NON stop until you close the lid or restart
A review would be great! You can never have too many reviews. Would you consider doing a review via youtube to see boot time, fan noise, speaker noise, etc?
What memory did you choose? Also what HDD? I'm thinking maybe a hybrid ssd. Looks impressive after the overly priced ssd.
Yeah the pg 15 fix seemed to have fixed that problem so hopefully. I may wait for your review but it's looking more and more tempting.
What memory did you choose? Also what HDD? I'm thinking maybe a hybrid ssd. Looks impressive after the overly priced ssd.
Yeah the pg 15 fix seemed to have fixed that problem so hopefully. I may wait for your review but it's looking more and more tempting.
A youtube video was indeed the idea. I will make a youtube video so you can hear by yourself
I opted for 1x8 GB Samsung, heard that somebody had some compatibility issues with other brands (see the beginning of this thread). For the HD, I already have a 256GB SSD which I am going to use as primary, so I asked PCS to install the default 250gb hd as a secondary. I am not an expert in drives but I know that buying the SSD was probably the best investment I ever did, it really makes a difference in terms of performance. There is a nice comment in the thread a few pages back about SSD and hybrids, you may want to take a look
I am sure eventually Clevo will sort the problem and at that point (even before that to be fair) you are going to have a very fine machine !
I opted for 1x8 GB Samsung, heard that somebody had some compatibility issues with other brands (see the beginning of this thread). For the HD, I already have a 256GB SSD which I am going to use as primary, so I asked PCS to install the default 250gb hd as a secondary. I am not an expert in drives but I know that buying the SSD was probably the best investment I ever did, it really makes a difference in terms of performance. There is a nice comment in the thread a few pages back about SSD and hybrids, you may want to take a look
I am sure eventually Clevo will sort the problem and at that point (even before that to be fair) you are going to have a very fine machine !
Trying to install EC fan fix
http://www.btodownloads.nl/index.php?dir=Notebooks (Drivers)/15CL58 - 17CL58 (W350ST - W370ST)/Bios/
However rufus doesn't even seen my usb key, device combo is empty.
Win7 64. Is there an issue?
http://rufus.akeo.ie/
Tried talking to "support" about the fan issue, zero help.
http://www.btodownloads.nl/index.php?dir=Notebooks (Drivers)/15CL58 - 17CL58 (W350ST - W370ST)/Bios/
However rufus doesn't even seen my usb key, device combo is empty.
Win7 64. Is there an issue?
http://rufus.akeo.ie/
Tried talking to "support" about the fan issue, zero help.
Akerific
Silver Level Poster
Good to hear
if your laptop fan doesn't stop after gaming just close the lid for a few seconds until it stops then re-open Anyone?
I'm unsure if this is related to the bios update on page 15, but since then my 4800MQ will not clock higher than 1.57Ghz, despite being set to high performance, plugged in, and minimum processor state set to 100%
EDIT - Nevermind, bios reset fixed it. Very odd
EDIT - Nevermind, bios reset fixed it. Very odd
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hugojolliffe
New member
Hi Guys,
Got my Optimus V a couple of weeks ago and I too have an exceptionally loud fan.
I use Skype for business quite a lot and the fan will randomly blast on during a skype call, not ideal!
Is there any decent solution to this problem yet?
Got my Optimus V a couple of weeks ago and I too have an exceptionally loud fan.
I use Skype for business quite a lot and the fan will randomly blast on during a skype call, not ideal!
Is there any decent solution to this problem yet?
Got mine 10 days ago, honestly I thought much worse, mine is fine, and getting better the more I use it. At the beginning it was loud for no reasons but only sporadically.
I did game a bit with Star wars the old republic, and it is not that bad.
Will keep testing and let you know.
Akerific
Silver Level Poster
Did you play any games prior to the skype call?
All i can suggest is what's been said on previous pages because Pcspecialist didn't help me with it at all in the end
only this forum thread did
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Having to arrange an RMA for my laptop, still won't clock higher than 1.6Ghz, eventviewer error showing "the speed of processor x is being limited by system firmware. The processor has been in this reduced performance state for x seconds since the last report".
This is only since the firmware on page 15
Bummer
This is only since the firmware on page 15
Bummer
Sorry to hear about all these troubles you are having; it seems I was lucky with mine as the fan (which is not shy, let's face it) is not as erratic and annoying as many other users have experienced. Finger crossed, it is going to stay like this
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acffordyce973
Bronze Level Poster
I hope they are fixing it for you. It's their fault for not updating us or telling us that the Laptop has a known issue before we buy it. Of course we would have to take matters into our own hands to fix the annoyance.
I've been sent a new BIOS by PCS which was installed with no issue. However, i am unable to have Windows 7 install the USB3.0 driver for some odd reason. I've tried the official Intel driver and also drivers from other sites. Its very weird.
EDIT = Got a USB driver from the lenovo website which works
Now that i am back on the official Clevo firmware, my fan is back to 100% full speed again. Wish i had sent this machine back to be honest, but i was advised not to return by PCS as a fan fix was "coming". This was a while ago now..
EDIT = Got a USB driver from the lenovo website which works
Now that i am back on the official Clevo firmware, my fan is back to 100% full speed again. Wish i had sent this machine back to be honest, but i was advised not to return by PCS as a fan fix was "coming". This was a while ago now..
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