Asus UL30VT FAQ / Official Owners Lounge redux

[Fendora]

Same as Cmasupra.

But the powerjack might "just" be de-soldered, not necessarily broken. I'll try to redo the soldering before buying a new power jack.

If you need to buy a new one, check ebay, it's easy to find, and it'll cost you around 5 bucks shipping included from Asia. (1-2 weeks delivery)

[eaferrari24]

Has anyone succesfully installed a driver for the Nvidia on Windows 8 Release Preview? (I´ve tried the 260.63 and the original driver)
I´ve also experienced problems with the Fn-keys not working using the ATK_package (V1.0.0017), and problems with the software for my SSD.
Otherwise it works like charm!

Edit: Solved the FN-key problem installing the ATK files separately instead of using the ATK_package.

I have had no success with the graphics. I have blown off so much time trying to get the drivers working :/

I can get the regular driver stable for a few hours, but once when it craps out it needs a whole bunch of work. I am not positive but it seems like my 210m never powers down even when the drivers act stable. I have not confirmed it as college is out for summer and battery life isnt a priority at the moment :P

Are you able to get 260 to install? I just get a failure each time. the installer just keeps throwing errors for tampered files :\

I had no idea that this thread existed until now... ive always thought that
* OFFICIAL UL80VT and UL50VT / VS Owner's Lounge *
was the lounge for the 80,50, and 30

[Sputnick69]

The really big problem is that Nvidia/Asus stopped supporting Hybrid GPU's long time ago.
Using Win7 it's possible to use the 260 from Nautis, and I hope someone will make a Hybrid driver for Win8. With this driver it's a known issue that the Nvidia device does not disable.
I haven't had the time myself trying to get the newly released Nvidia 302 or 304 driver to work.
Are you using Win7 or 8?

[eaferrari24]

The really big problem is that Nvidia/Asus stopped supporting Hybrid GPU's long time ago.
Using Win7 it's possible to use the 260 from Nautis, and I hope someone will make a Hybrid driver for Win8. With this driver it's a known issue that the Nvidia device does not disable.
I haven't had the time myself trying to get the newly released Nvidia 302 or 304 driver to work.
Are you using Win7 or 8?

I'm on 8. I am aware of the driver woes this laptop has :P unfortunately, I don't think this laptop is popular enough anymore for somebody like Nautis to step up and try and patch things along. I've tried multiple times but nothing is ever stable or close to it haha.

On a different note, does anybody have a copy of WinVista7_64_15171.exe (Intel GMA 15.​17.1.​2086)?
I can not find it anywhere. Extremely frustrating!

[bombatwist]

Hey everyone!

i'm looking to replace my battery on my UL30VT-X1. Can anyone recommend me any good places to purchase one (preferably a 5600mAh one). If you guys suggest eBay, any specific seller? thanks!

[zman1887]

Same as Cmasupra.

But the powerjack might "just" be de-soldered, not necessarily broken. I'll try to redo the soldering before buying a new power jack.

If you need to buy a new one, check ebay, it's easy to find, and it'll cost you around 5 bucks shipping included from Asia. (1-2 weeks delivery)

Can anyone help me find a different source for a power jack? the only one I can find is this seller:

UL30 UL30VT UL30a UL30Jt ASUS DC Power Jack Socket Input Port Connector Input | eBay

They are charging 28 bucks for the jack!

Thank you for your help!

[joelbeh]

Hi guys I was using the modded bios that overclocks the GPU.
I keep getting crashes whenever I attempt to play Youtube videos in full screen. I have reverted to the original bios211 and everything runs normal now.
Anyone having the same experience?

p/s: Using 260 driver

[iu1nguoi]

Hi guys I was using the modded bios that overclocks the GPU.
I keep getting crashes whenever I attempt to play Youtube videos in full screen. I have reverted to the original bios211 and everything runs normal now.
Anyone having the same experience?

p/s: Using 260 driver

same here, but not everytime....there is just sometime

[SaturnAttack]

My UL30 has a weird problem. When it writes to an external USB HD during say a download, it goes fine. When it is writing against the internal HD, it'll reset randomly, at a rate of maybe once a hour on average. Even if I am not doing anything, it'll reboot itself randomly at least once a day.

Seems like the disk controller on the MB might be bad? I've tried 2 different HDDs and one SSD and all has the same issue.

[micman]

Oh man yeah thats bad all right. And it does sound like a bad controller. No bouncing back from that, you'll have to replace the mobo. That's the easiest way to fix it. But good luck finding one right now.