Samsung 9 Series laptop (ZX310 / 900X3A) unveiled

[John Ratsey]

Make sure that Automatic Display Brightness is not selected under the Powr options in the Intel Graphics Control Panel (right-click on desktop and select Properties).

John

[DBronx]

Originally Posted by John Ratsey

Make sure that Automatic Display Brightness is not selected under the Powr options in the Intel Graphics Control Panel (right-click on desktop and select Properties).

John

John, thanks for posting that tip. I'm having the same problem - the display will lighten or darken in steps, depending on the screen content.

I navigated to the area you mentioned and on my system, the option is called "Display Power Saving Technology". There is a checkbox that can be un-checked.

Is that the same as Automatic Display Brightness. I assume it is 'cause the tooltip explanation sounded right.

[John Ratsey]

Originally Posted by DBronx

Is that the same as Automatic Display Brightness. I assume it is 'cause the tooltip explanation sounded right.

It could be. Deselect the option and see if it stops the brightness varying.

John

[bzowk]

Hey All –

I’ve got an NP900X3A and just replaced the RAM. I used the best I could find which was “CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1866 – Model CMSX8GX3M2A1866C10.

Newegg.com - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1866 Laptop Memory Model CMSX8GX3M2A1866C10

I wasn’t 100% certain that 1866mhz RAM would work as I couldn’t find any posts to back it up, but after 1 hour, it’s working great so far – and fast!!!

The first day I had the new laptop, I also wiped all of the SSD’s partitions and installed Windows 7 Pro x64.

When purchasing the RAM, I also purchased a new SSD. I bought a OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-240G 2.5″ 6gpbs SATA as I read it was a great buy for the money plus has almost double the capacity. I haven’t installed yet, though.

Here’s my question -
Where is the SSD located in the NP900X3A? When installing the RAM, I didn’t see it nor did I see it in all the tear down pictures I've seen online – yet – I’ve read in the posts above that its a standard 2.5″ size so should easily be able to be replaced.

I would have tried swapping it while I had the laptop apart, but only wanted to do one upgrade at a time as I didn’t even know if the RAM would work. I’m sure I could figure it out as I did the RAM (found this post after installing it) but still would like to know if there’s a guide out there somewhere.

Also - I really don't know what type of SSD came with this factory nor the type of storage controller. I could run benchmarks, but really can't as the SSD has to be a secondary drive to do true ones. I would simply like to compare the existing one with the new one. Does the controller in the NP900X3a even support 6gpbs or just 3gbps?

Does anyone have any info on any of this?

Thanks!

[jyar727]

Yeah it didn't work... I turned everything off that hinted at any automatic setting changing: power, color, etc.

*sigh*

[raffstyle]

Hi,

My aunt just bought a Samsung series 9 from Bestbuy for $999 yesterday, I just read also yesterday that some of this series 9 got wifi issue. after reading few pages back ive learned that samsung change the card from 2 antenna to 3, NOW im assuming that my aunt got the latest 1 with the fixed wifi issue.. yet when im setting up the S9 im having problem with the wifi speed.. the range of it is very short. when im close to the router everything is fine but when a bit far im suffering with a very slow connection.

I got some link of the latest wlan driver few pages back and im going to see if the wlan driver needs an update on my aunts S9. as much as possible im trying to avoid buying/using USB wireless adapter just to fix this problem.

Note: my aunt got the NP900X3A-B01UB model

[Thors.Hammer]

Originally Posted by raffstyle

Hi,

My aunt just bought a Samsung series 9 from Bestbuy for $999 yesterday, I just read also yesterday that some of this series 9 got wifi issue. after reading few pages back ive learned that samsung change the card from 2 antenna to 3, NOW im assuming that my aunt got the latest 1 with the fixed wifi issue.. yet when im setting up the S9 im having problem with the wifi speed.. the range of it is very short. when im close to the router everything is fine but when a bit far im suffering with a very slow connection.

I got some link of the latest wlan driver few pages back and im going to see if the wlan driver needs an update on my aunts S9. as much as possible im trying to avoid buying/using USB wireless adapter just to fix this problem.

Note: my aunt got the NP900X3A-B01UB model

Take it back. The next generation version of that machine is supposed to be out this month and the issue is supposed to be fixed.

[John Ratsey]

Originally Posted by Thors.Hammer

Take it back. The next generation version of that machine is supposed to be out this month and the issue is supposed to be fixed.

And I'm sure that the next model will come in at a significantly higher price point. $999 is a nice price and I would first check if the WiFi performance is unacceptable.

John

[Thors.Hammer]

Originally Posted by John Ratsey

And I'm sure that the next model will come in at a significantly higher price point. $999 is a nice price and I would first check if the WiFi performance is unacceptable.

I believe that has already been checked.

[Tokar]

My brother just got the 900x3a-b01us. His WIFI reception doesn't seem to be an issue, rather he is having problems maintaining a connection. When the download speed gets too high the WIFI will crap out after a minute or so. He then needs to reset the adapter to get connected again.

Anyone have any solutions?

I have already disabled the "IP Helper" service, and tried adding the DisabledContent DWORD (set to 0) in the service for IPv6 in regedit (and rebooting after).