ASUS: ''powerful''

Before I purchased my notebook last December I did my homework to be sure I'd be buying the right notebook. Since quality is of great importance to me I decided to go with ASUS's high-end notebook, the V1J.

I paid more than €1600,- ($2150) for this baby so I expected it to be perfect. Frankly, it is perfect. However, in contrast to what is stated, the battery doesn't provide enough energy to be able to work three hours. As a matter of fact it doesn't even provide enough energy for two hours.

I've done some research and I noticed I'm not the only person with this problem.
When I pay almost 2200 Dollars on a notebook I don't expect something like this to happen.

ASUS should take responsibility for its own failures, not I. I'm currently studying abroad and simply not able to ship my notebook back to the Netherlands, waiting weeks for ASUS to replace or fix the problem.

Instead, they should just replace my battery, like Microsoft did with the power supplies of the xBox a few years ago.

It's my first experience and if they lack the ability to solve the problem, it will also be the last experience with ASUS.

 

maybe next time you should put in some effort when "doing your homework."

 

Is this with P4G on battery saving? I get 5 hours on my laptop (see sig) with wi-fi on and typing in word, but your GPU and CPU are monsters so they will seriously reduce battery life.

 

This particular battery problem in V1Jp series is not something unknown or unaccepted, as far as I know you get the replacement battery anytime.And as far as I know having malfunctioning notebook batteries just for a single model is much better than batteries with the potential of exploding.
And this is not a major and internal issue like the defective keyboards in Hp Dv8000/5000 laptops.There were some people who had to return their laptops twice before the keyboard problem was fixed.
What you say is irrelevant to the whole ASUS laptop's family,we are not dealing with some company like Toshiba which simply refuses to fix laptops that have a major design problem or failure and instead accuse every single one of those unfortunate buyers of having damaged the laptop themselves.We are dealing with the most reputable division of ASUS and It's just a battery problem with no hazard that can be fixed with just replacing the battery(if the worse comes to the worse you will only have to get another battery no internal part replacement no motherboard failure no defective keyboard or something...)

 

Perhaps you should refrain from posting.

Yes, P4G is on battery saving... Initially, I managed to get 3hrs and 10 minutes whereas I now get 1hr and 45 minutes.

 

What happens if you turn off the option to automatically power down when the battery is low? How long does it keep running? Some people have had bad batteries, some have run into situations where the reported capacity is wrong.

 

i have yet to see a battery last as long as any manufacturers claims.

I think when they test batteries they must just turn on the lap and have absolutely nothing running and time it to see when the lap actually turns itself off. lolol

Every laptop manufacturer embellishes the battery life. Theres just too many variables that can dictate the battery draw that not 2 users with the same lap will be exactly the same.

 

With the configuration that you choose, don't expect it to work more than 3 hrs (maybe less). And he is right, u didn't do enough hw before buying.

 

He's not even getting two hours.

 

If you don't like it then get rid of it. You can either ask for help or rant and ask for help in your ranting. Whatever you choose it doesn't matter because your just one person. One of the few people who have had a bad experience with Asus.

Lemons exist, everything will never be perfect doesn't matter how much you pay.

Your post shows negativity not needed that may confuse prospective buyers just because of "your" bad experience.

Anyways, you said you did your research, but as stated in a earlier post apparently not enough that you noticed your laptop gets poor battery life.

-kris

 

If you look around the forums he's not the only one with battery problems. Mine works fine but there were huge threads about people with battery issues. None of the reviews of the V1J/p mentioned any battery issues. None of my research back in November/December turned up any V1J/p battery issues either. Accusing people of not doing enough research is just plain rude.

 

Guys, tone it down a bit. Empulse is frustrated at the V1, and with good reasons, he's not the only one. There are some faults which are quite unacceptable, so its 100% understandable. He's been here for quite a while, and its unfortunate to hear this.

I hope it will be fixed in the future, but the V1 is unfortunately a tad too faulty compared to all the other units.

 

I have always regarded the major flaw with ASUS notebooks to be its battery performance; wear issues, recharging issues, etc. Being realistic, I'm sure its more than reasonable that other companies do experience similar problems.

Maybe its because ASUS has a bigger online community that we hear the issues vocalized and perhaps blown out of proportion a lot more.

 

@tsidneku: I'm inclined to agree, most of the people who buy these laptops just want a laptop because it's a portable computer. They're not the enthusiast crowd like we are. And it's usually only the enthusiasts who buy ASUS laptops since they actually are willing to pay the difference.

@Empulse: As far as the battery goes, did you try to disable the critical battery alarm in Windows like MysticGolem? Thus far, I haven't had any problems with mine, but I don't usually discharge it to less than 50%. Like loopty, mine usually spends most of its time on the docking cradle or on AC when I'm out. What does NHC say your battery wear is at?

Actually, it was a funny thing... I was originally getting a Z96Js (one of the first batches here in Canada, I waited two months for that damned thing) because of the Intel CBB initiative (since the S96J is pretty much a stripped down Z96J) so that it would be a more "global" problem if there were issues. The fact that I had so many issues with that laptop initially (backlight flicker, graininess, overheating power brick) was the reason why I sent it back. In comparison, the V1 works EXTREMELY well compared to that one, though the battery issue is something to be a bit concerned about. I just bought a secondary battery so I don't get stuck if I run out when I need it, though it only has half the capacity of the main battery. Also, the 1h45 that you get... is that under load or just plain idle conditions? Reading CD/DVDs? High brightness setting (stupid P4G keeps changing my brightness so high every time I plug/unplug)?