Yes, i did find the command-line tool too, used it too, but for the average user that is a no-go.
I'm not sure about file sending but you can use other web services, Google Docs/Drive, Dropbox, etc. for that.
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Is anybody experiencing fan problems with the UX31A?
I am experiencing the following:
At some point, the laptop will go into a cycle where the fan is unable to idle. I have monitored the fan's rpms, and it appears to start its cycle at around 5500 rpm and slowly decline. When the rpm is around 3500 and the computer is cool, it raises the rpms to 5500 again, instead of going into idle mode. First upon restart the fan cycle seems to be removed,
and the fan is able to switch between idle and cooling mode, until it again goes into the cycle where it cannot idle. As you can guess it is rather annoying to listen to the fan, when the computer is absolutely cool, and there is no need for cooling.
I have updated the BIOS to the newest released by ASUS live update, but it did not solve anything. Today i reinstalled the computer, but this did not help anything either.
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Just got my UX32VD. Overall its very nice. Screen is a lot better than my macbook air except for one thing - the colors. The blues on the macbook air seem to be a lot brighter - e.g. going to news.google.com on both laptops, the color of the links looks better on the macbook air....why is that?
No fan noise issues yet. No bleeding issues yet.
When you click the mouse its kind of loud - I'm not sure how I feel about that just yet. Typing is a lot louder than on my macbook air...you hear more "clickey" noises.
There IS flex on this keyboard, but you will have experience it while typing. Only when you press down hard. On the macbook air, even if you press very hard on it, there is no flex.
Speakers are excellent. Better than MBA.
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ordered ux31a-db51 on amazon.CA June 16. estimated July 3-5. Cancelled by amazon.ca today as not able to obtain.
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I just got my ux32vd today. Turns out my screen has a major defect. It has two clusters of bright pixels about .5-1cm wide near the center of the screen. I'm returning it to amazon for an exchange.
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I will be ordering a UX32VD in the next few days, and trying to figure out where to get the best deal. I live in WA state, and it looks like Amazon will charge me $120 in taxes - Anyone know if I can get around paying taxes through another online vendor? Or even a brick and mortar store? (PS has anyone found the free xbox deal for the UX32VD or any of the Primes? Would definitely sweeten the deal).
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Flashed latest bios on my UX31A and getting the same fan humming problems. Idle with screen off, fans will speed up for a while then turn back off. Laptop feels cool, so no reason for fans to turn on. Might try flashing back to the original bios version.
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Another area of interest to me is with CPUID Hardware Monitor. I use this program to monitor the various temperature points. One thing that has me curious is under the Battery section.
Battery > Capacity
Designed Capacity 45640 mWh
Full Charge Capacity 44408 mWh
Battery > Levels
Wear Level 3%
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I just got my UX32VD from Newegg ordered on Friday and got it earlier today.
Amazing design, very light and beautiful screen. So far I hear no fan noise and I am in a very quite room, however I am just doing browsing and watch Youtube videos.
No keyboard flex even when I press on key or hit the keyboard hard.
Screen bleeding light? I think I just don't notice it and if its there its very little, hardly noticeable.
I have one question how can I use the volume key, screen brightness key and keyboard light screen without actually having to hold fn and press volume key to lower the volume or mute etc. Is there a way to just have it where I press volume it goes up/down/mute screen brightness change without holding fn.
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FYI - For Canadians, I just got my UX31A-DB51 cancelled by Amazon.ca stating that the item is not available for sale:
"Although we'd expected to be able to send this item to you, we've since found it's not available from any of our sources at this time. We realize this is disappointing news to receive, and we apologize for any inconvenience we've caused you.
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Whats up guys,
I got the UX32VD with i7.. I love this thing..coming from 2011 Macbook Air..anyway
I am trying to fresh install Windows 7 with usb 2.0 stick. I know every single port is usb 3.0 so there's the problem I am running into. I have created boot stick which boots fine, but I get no device driver error, is there a work around for this? What I've read online is windows 7 is doesn't have native usb 3.0 drivers..
Those of you did a fresh install how did you do bypass this error?
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Between the two, the Zenbook is very close. As I'm not really a fan of OSX, it is nice to have a Win7 machine that is this thin, boot fast, has more HD space than the MBA, is light and easy to carry, lasts as long on battery, has a backlit keyboard and runs WINDOWS PROGRAMS natively.
I really despise glossy screens. Sure, they can look better for movies in dark rooms. But that is not me. I have backlights everywhere and the glossy screens really really stink. The MBA was smart again, as it is glossy but with a quality anti-glare coating that works. Went looking for wifes computer at BB, and how many PCs didn't have glossy screens? 1 a 14" Samsung Series5. Bigger, heavier, keyboard not as nice. The Macs were the only laptops that didn't glare back terribly. So we went to the dark side and got the MBA, an open box MBA for $100 more than the Samsung. She loves it.
Now, finally, manufactures are starting to offer Matt screens (again, as I had them back in the early 2000s) YEA! -
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I was going to try & calibrate by eye but am very confused where to start as there appears to be color config options in:
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I just picked up my UX32VD, some backlight bleed, a bit of keyboard flex, but nothing too bad. My other computers have SSDs and this thing feels terribly slow in comparison, an SSD upgrade is next on the list. -
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I just got my UX32VD from Newegg ordered on Friday and got it earlier today.
Amazing design, very light and beautiful screen. So far I hear no fan noise and I am in a very quite room, however I am just doing browsing and watch Youtube videos.
No keyboard flex even when I press on key or hit the keyboard hard.
Screen bleeding light? I think I just don't notice it and if its there its very little, hardly noticeable.
I have one question how can I use the volume key, screen brightness key and keyboard light screen without actually having to hold fn and press volume key to lower the volume or mute etc. Is there a way to just have it where I press volume it goes up/down/mute screen brightness change without holding fn.
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I highly recommend it though. You can get a Spyder for around $100. There is also the Pantone Huey Pro for something like $80. I've used both and the Spyder is worth the few extra bucks. -
The wear level can also be improved with usage, so if you drain and charge the battery a few times it could go to 2% or even 1%. Mine improved from 4% to 2-3% over two full charge cycles. It will then slowly decline over the years. -
Just got my UX31A-DB51.
Can confirm comes with 128gb ADATA SSD. And that there is back light bleed in every corner of the screen. Bottom right is the worst. So far only noticed it when booting / all black screen.
I have 104gb shown on the SSD, and 36gb is taken up by the default install on the UX31A. Leaving 69gb free space.
This seems like a crazy amount of space to be taken up by windows.
Does anyone know why it is so large? Can I use the recovery partition to do a clean install or will it install all the ASUS crap as well?
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For those who care about Linux, I just downloaded the Ubuntu 12.10 beta, and booted it off of a LiveUSB that I created. It works just fine, which is good. A bunch of intel and asus power management drivers were automatically active, so that's encouraging.
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Anyone know of any compatible 3rd party power adapters for the ux32?
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Hello everyone. For those of you who upgraded (the UX32VD) to 10GB RAM and replaced the HHD with a SSD... what are the Windows 7 Experience Index scores that you're getting (for each category)?
I saw a video showing the keyboard flex, and I have to admit, it's pretty bad. That's probably the only thing holding me back. My Vaio Z is still a good machine. -
Since there have been a lot of people talking about fan issues and backlight bleeding, I figured I would say that my ux32vd has no discernible backlight bleeding, and that as shipped it did have the fan issue, but updating the bios has since fixed this.
I put in the Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F240GB3A-NB 2.5" 240GB SSD in and am getting 530-550MB/s read and write speeds. I haven't timed the startup, but it is on the order of several seconds.
I have also installed the windows 8 release preview, and despite there being no specific drivers for windows 8 yet, most things work correctly. The hotkeys don't seem to work properly, but I figured there would be a few drivers that didn't work completely. Hopefully Asus gets to writing win 8 drivers before too long. -
I should also say that keyboard flex is not an issue on my ux32vd as it seems to be a common concern here.
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just placed an order for ux32vd on amazon.. but currently no stock it will ship 8-9 days
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Anybody else have an issue where the backlight on the keyboard no longer works after resuming from sleep until you reboot? Always seems to be something that doesn't work on every PC when you resume.
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Where do I find driver updates and bios updates for UX32VD.
I have no flex issue or bleeding light. I did have a fan problem that occurred when I turned on the laptop from sleep it suddenly started speeding up and made a loud noise and after a few it settled down. -
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Just got my UX31A, there's definitely some backlight bleed, but it took a dark room and max brightness to find it. Under normal lighting, it's barely perceptible, which is on par with most monitors and screens.
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So I took help from this guide to install the USB3-drivers into the boot.wim file on the USB drive, which solved the problem.
For something completely different. And I'm guessing here, but I think it's important for people like me who are installing a Swedish (or other non-Eng language) Windows, ito remove the ei.cfg file from the drive so that the installation lets you choose between Home Premium (yes) and Professional (no).
Ivy Bridge Zenbook with FHD IPS screen UX21A UX31A UX32A UX32VD
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