N56VZ-DH71/RH71 Owners Lounge - N56VZ w/Windows 8

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Originally Posted by CCz_Cataphract

So far no unfortunately, they say it's still not a known issue - they need it to be reported further. When I took it into the service center they didn't know what to say, both woofers (mine and a test one) showed the issue. Lots of people are having the issue, however people aren't calling it in so support isn't willing to investigate it :(.

Peter

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I recently came across an article from 2008 which I think is still applied.

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Originally Posted by Ben Popken

9. There is no such thing as a ‘known issue’.
Every company that has every produced a physical product has occasionally put out a junk product. We are under direct orders not to confirm ANY problem as a ‘known issue’, EVER. It doesn’t matter if every single model ‘X’ PDA plays ‘Jingle Bells’ every time you turn it on, it’s not a ‘known’ issue and we will not admit to one. If you happen into one of these products that turns out to have ‘known issues’, calling tech support won’t get you anywhere. We will offer to exchange it for an identical product only, which is just as likely to have the same ‘nonexistent’ issue. Since Asus does not sell direct to the public, you won’t be getting a refund either. Sad, but true, so you may wish to browse a few forums and seek outside input before considering any purchase.

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Originally Posted by CCz_Cataphract

Teal'c gave good suggestions (the ones I would have said and more), thanks

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Oh, I almost missed it. You're welcome. :) This is a thread for open minded N56VZ Win8 owners/users that shares knowledge in an attempt to easily help each other, right? Then I'm happy to contribute. :p

Liviu

Hey guys, quick question - does the N56VZ-DH71 have backlit keyboard? Thnx :)

I got this N56VZ-S4242 last week, as of now pretty happy with this one. The boot time is always below 15 seconds without an SSD so it looks really good.

The only thing that I am not able to find is that the display doesnt look really good, When I see photos and videos it looks blurred. I looked at different settings but still couldnt really get it.

For example, if I see a movie from netflix, the display is blurred in the new laptop compared to a 6 year old HP laptop / Ipad2/Iphone etc. Any ideas?

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Originally Posted by ashwinpkd

I got this N56VZ-S4242 last week, as of now pretty happy with this one. The boot time is always below 15 seconds without an SSD so it looks really good.

The only thing that I am not able to find is that the display doesnt look really good, When I see photos and videos it looks blurred. I looked at different settings but still couldnt really get it.

For example, if I see a movie from netflix, the display is blurred in the new laptop compared to a 6 year old HP laptop / Ipad2/Iphone etc. Any ideas?

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Which resolution and panel do you have?

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Originally Posted by Cabb

Which resolution and panel do you have?

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Screen type LED
Screen resolution 1920 x 1080
Screen size 15.6"
Screen features - Full HD - Widescreen

That impression migght be created because the screen is matte, not glare.

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Originally Posted by ashwinpkd

I got this N56VZ-S4242 last week, as of now pretty happy with this one. The boot time is always below 15 seconds without an SSD so it looks really good.

The only thing that I am not able to find is that the display doesnt look really good, When I see photos and videos it looks blurred. I looked at different settings but still couldnt really get it.

For example, if I see a movie from netflix, the display is blurred in the new laptop compared to a 6 year old HP laptop / Ipad2/Iphone etc. Any ideas?

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This laptop model have an amazing screen and I love it. I just compared to others LCD monitors and I can't find anything wrong, the image is vivid and crisp on videos, photos and text so I think yours can be fixed, you just have to find whats the problem.
Is this happen only on your browser or its the same in video player and photo viewer? What browser you use? And what video player/photo viewer? Try other browsers and player/viewer.
Check for fingerprints in strong light with the display turned off (fn+f7) even if its sounds silly.
Check to be sure your resolution is set to 1920x1080. If it is, change it to a lower one, apply and set the 1920 back, apply again. Still bad? Reboot
Check if "Windows Experience Index" displays any message. No? Re-run anyway and reboot. WEI is very important. After chipset and VGA drivers this is a must for Windows to make proper settings for your system and very few people know this.
If nothing works you may have a problem with your video drivers. Incompatible drivers, bad versions, poor install or just bad settings made by you or another software without your knowledge.
You can check that by entering in Safe Mode and see if you have the same problem. If you don't and the image is clear and crisp I recommend you to reinstall your Intel Video Driver using V9.17.10.2875.01 from ASUS website.
Come back with as many details about your system as you can if nothing works because It can be a hardware problem and may be in need for warranty service call (I hope not).

May all of your efforts yield a positive outcome,
Liviu

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Originally Posted by Teal'c

Oh, I almost missed it. You're welcome. :) This is a thread for open minded N56VZ Win8 owners/users that shares knowledge in an attempt to easily help each other, right? Then I'm happy to contribute. :p

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It most certainly is - thanks :). About that quote about known issues - bah. True though - but I think it's model wide, they just don't want to test any other systems. There was one person reporting they didn't hear the noise from the subwoofer when scrolling, everyone else that's checked has said they have it so I don't know.

I agree for ashwinpkd's issue, it's because it's not Glare - but I like it so much more. Side by side, it's much better than my other screens - especially from the side :p.

Yes the kb is backlit on the N56VZ-DH71 :)

One thing that continued to plague me is the HDD noise - I don't like it at all. Even in the main compartment it's too loud. I was using my laptop today and thought the fan might be going because it was so loud, that maybe I had too many windows open. I spent time cleaning it all up and nothing changed. So I listened to the case and realized it was the HDD. I took it out just now to see the difference, and the laptop is silent, even doing light tasks. It's just the HDD that makes it louder and seems to even slow it down a bit, even if it's not the OS drive.

I was going to get a 1 TB HDD to replace it, but looking up online the ST9750420AS that my laptop came with states: "Noise Level (Idle): 23 dB / Noise Level (Operating): 25 dB." When I measure it with a couple of my sound meter tools on my phone and a different one on my Nexus 7 it comes out as 31-34dBA when idle. For me that's not acceptable since it raises the noise profile of the laptop 3-7db+ for something I hardly use (and try to avoid using because of the noise) and since it's so far off from the stated amounts, either I have something defective or the stated ones are not accurate (or my audio testers are inaccurate and my ears are better than I thought, the noise is annoying in tone, etc..). Other drives I tested have also been way louder than specs say they should be, so I can't trust that unfortunately, so I can't know how loud a drive is until I install it, which may be too late to return.

So I'm right now thinking to get a big SSD for my second drive. Doesn't have to be fast since I have my Vertex 4 for the main, but a good reliable cheapish 250GB+ SSD would fill the role I think.

Does anyone else notice noise problems like that from the drive? Other than that though, I'm still really happy with this laptop :)

Thanks,
Peter

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Originally Posted by CCz_Cataphract

Does anyone else notice noise problems like that from the drive? Other than that though, I'm still really happy with this laptop

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The Hitachi Travelstar 750GB 7200RPM HDD that came with the laptop sits in a box unused because I didn't find a easy way to get a Caddy Bay for it and I didn't use it before the SSD so I don't really know how noisy can be. Intstead I'm using Toshiba Stor.e 1TB 5400RPM on USB 3.0 and I like it alot. The drive its fast 80-90MB/s read/write, does not heat up even under load and its very silent, the only time I can hear it is an night when its silence and there is some soft clicking sometimes but only when torrenting (I look it up and it appears to be normal). I'm sure that there are some silent 1-2TB HDDs out there that you can be happy with them especially if you don't need 7200RPM ones for speed.

Today I checked ASUS drivers page for updates and to my surprise I found BIOS 215 update.
Grab that and successfully updated my BIOS from USB under DOS with proper preparations (reset BIOS to default changes, disconnect all the peripherals and such).
After the update I still don't have the SecureBoot option. :(
I don't know what is the change log of this 215 BIOS version except its says "Update new nVIDIA VBIOS". I didn't find anything more about this elsewhere.

Liviu

Hi All!

I've been researching new laptops for a while and have settled on the Asus N56VZ-DH71. I'm going hunting for it on Boxing Day.
My plan is to replace existing HDD with Crucial 256GB M4 SSD and upgrade RAM to 16 GB with Crucial Vengance CMSX16GX3M2A1600C10.

Two questions:

1. I've seen reports of issues with booting from cloned SSD. Has anyone encountered this, and if so what is the resolution?

2. I've seen several threads recommending the Crucial Vengance as stable at 16GB capacity. Has anyone encountered any issues with this, and if so was there an effective resolution?

The DH71 will be my laptop for the foreseeable future, so I'd like to ensure that any changes I make are reliable for the duration.

Cheers!

G