~U3S Owners Lounge~

[eugenes]

It's probably a combination of BIOS optimizations and the cooling system, and possibly the LCD. Personally, I'd trade some battery life for a cooler running system.

Until someone actually put up some battery drain numbers for the M1330 and SZ6, it'll be impossible to tell just where Asus is messing up.

[Ionik]

I can get CS:Source and HL2 up and running just fine.

The U3S is running quite hot, but I'm not experiencing any issues.

really!? it runs fine online? because i installed steam lately and tried running cs:source, and it ran horrible, choppy as hell. what settings do you have yours on? mine was on speed mode too.

[kennyy]

really!? it runs fine online? because i installed steam lately and tried running cs:source, and it ran horrible, choppy as hell. what settings do you have yours on? mine was on speed mode too.

i can run CS: condition zero after i reinstalled the OS and so Halo 2 (not so smooth)

[tajoh111]

The review is taking longer than I thought. On the bright side it looks like battery life is getting better. I sat through a 50 minute lecture and it took only 20 minutes off battery life. Thats pretty good( what shocked me is that for some reason my initial battery reading on the battery showed 3hours45 minutes today compared to 3 hours as usual. I just updated my system so hmm.

It looks like battery life got a whole lot better recently.

[eugenes]

The review is taking longer than I thought. On the bright side it looks like battery life is getting better. I sat through a 50 minute lecture and it took only 20 minutes off battery life. Thats pretty good( what shocked me is that for some reason my initial battery reading on the battery showed 3hours45 minutes today compared to 3 hours as usual. I just updated my system so hmm.

It looks like battery life got a whole lot better recently.

Did you install the latest updates from Microsoft? I've found an increase in battery life after the Oct 1st patches.

[Ionik]

i can run CS: condition zero after i reinstalled the OS and so Halo 2 (not so smooth)

kennyy, do you think i should reinstall the OS with vista? which OS did you install on your u3s?

[tajoh111]

Did you install the latest updates from Microsoft? I've found an increase in battery life after the Oct 1st patches.

No just the one that got installed on monday, so October 8.

I have NHC installed and my speed reading is always 2.2 ghz even on battery saver mode not plugged in. THis happened after the update. I am wondering if this accurate those because this is when my battery life got better.

[eugenes]

i can run CS: condition zero after i reinstalled the OS and so Halo 2 (not so smooth)

I just ran CS:Source, created my own server and added 32 bots. It seems to run fine. Are you sure the (not so smooth) isn't due to network issues? or maybe I just don't understand what smooth means in CS.

[Scythe]

Well, I get my new U3S on Tuesday!

Anyway, I think the power issue is related to the built-in GPS. For GPS modules, it requires constant polling for data. Perhaps maybe it doesn't turn off the polling routine?

I'm going to set it up on linux when I get it, so we'll see if it's something Vista sets or if it's something hardware related.

[eugenes]

Well, I get my new U3S on Tuesday!

Anyway, I think the power issue is related to the built-in GPS. For GPS modules, it requires constant polling for data. Perhaps maybe it doesn't turn off the polling routine?

I'm going to set it up on linux when I get it, so we'll see if it's something Vista sets or if it's something hardware related.

You can turn off the GPS service. I did my initial battery tests with the GPS module removed. I don't think it stays on or affects battery life much if you don't use it.