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    Zepto Nexus A15

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by insats, Jul 24, 2008.

  1. Krabby Krabs

    Krabby Krabs Notebook Enthusiast

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    How do you properly undervolt?

    I did a Google Search and turned up with quite a few links that I can't quite follow...
     
    Krabby Krabs, Dec 3, 2008
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  2. CLB-NL

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    Try and search on NBR, there are several good topics!
     
    CLB-NL, Dec 3, 2008
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  3. Krabby Krabs

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    I Google'd but didn't NBR'd..

    Think I saw a great one. Thanks!
     
    Krabby Krabs, Dec 3, 2008
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  4. Kocane

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    Just got my Nexus.. Its so in noisey, oh my god.. I've tried undervolting and with RMClock.. Also upgraded the bios and set the fan to start at 65 celcius... baaah so noisey even when just browsing the internet
     
    Kocane, Dec 3, 2008
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  5. Kocane

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    Wrote a mail to Zepto because this should simply not happen.. Too much..
     
    Kocane, Dec 3, 2008
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  6. gianps

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    good luck :D
     
    gianps, Dec 3, 2008
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  7. amirulrudy12

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    zepto should change the fan in their laptop
     
    amirulrudy12, Dec 3, 2008
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  8. Kocane

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    They should simply just code their bios to make the fan run at all times on a small rate, then accelerate when its need.. Viola!!!!
     
    Kocane, Dec 4, 2008
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  9. Thorne

    Thorne Notebook Evangelist

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    That's true. Shouldn't be too hard to implement that. I'm probably not gonna buy a Zepto for now 'coz of those fan problems.. Too bad.
     
    Thorne, Dec 4, 2008
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  10. CLB-NL

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    imho that's =)
    When I reviewed the Zepto Mythos it was as silent as a cold winternight
     
    CLB-NL, Dec 4, 2008
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  11. Kocane

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    Which bios do you have
     
    Kocane, Dec 4, 2008
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  12. Sprint

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    I think there was some bug that you had to start the laptop with the battery and mains removed and, leave it for a minute or two and then start it up normally.
     
    Sprint, Dec 4, 2008
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  13. Thorne

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    Now what on earth can cause that your review model was silent and other people have their fans spinning frequently while just surfing the web? I remember you wrote in the review that the highest temperature was 70c for the GPU.

    I assume you didn't check the BIOS version?

     
    Thorne, Dec 4, 2008
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  14. CLB-NL

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    Noopz didn't checked it, because it worked fine =)
     
    CLB-NL, Dec 4, 2008
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  15. NegatiVe

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    Maybe you have different definitions of noisy. Compared to my old comp from 2001 with 5 fans inside and a HDD that sounds like youre hitting something in the wall when it operates, anything compared is soundless.
     
    NegatiVe, Dec 5, 2008
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  16. CLB-NL

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    I have to check if I have some movie-footage of the Mythos and the sound!
     
    CLB-NL, Dec 5, 2008
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  17. Kocane

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    Almost getting used to the sound now... It aint to bad its just something i hope Zepto will take a closer look at.. Since its the only cons i have found yet on my Nexus, it really doesnt annoys me so much.. Its small, leight, ing powerful and pretty-simplistic too...
     
    Kocane, Dec 5, 2008
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  18. ajampaniki

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    I was wondering how everybody is liking their nexus (if they arrived yet that is). I am supposed to get my nexus in a few weeks as a replacement for my broken znote 6214, and i was wondering if everybody here is satisfied with them.
     
    ajampaniki, Dec 29, 2008
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  19. Kocane

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    Well.. It freezes from time to time.. Randomly, not because of overheating or software related.. But thats probably just mine..

    Also is a bit noisy but ive come to live with it.. Other then that i love the laptop so much.. the look and and not to forget performance
     
    Kocane, Dec 29, 2008
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  20. kof88

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    I just got my Nexus not too long ago.

    I just couldnt install the Zepto Mobile Utilities. ( Using Win XP SP3)

    tried the Vista 32Bit download from their FTP, encountered the Version Compatibility problem also.


    Actually what does this Utilities do?

    My Fn Key doesnt work also, is it related to this problem?
     
    kof88, Jan 3, 2009
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  21. Thorne

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    I believe the utilities make the function keys work.

    I had XP installed for a couple of days and most of my function keys wouldn't work since i hadn't the utilities installed. It's weird thought that there doesn't seem to be Zepto utilities for XP. They are mentioned in the utilities change log.
     
    Thorne, Jan 3, 2009
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  22. Kocane

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    There is.. Its just not really supported, but works fine (remember to use the newest version)
     
    Kocane, Jan 3, 2009
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  23. kof88

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    I keep getting the version compatibility error with the 0.961 driver. This is all I lack to fully set-up the Nexus..
     
    kof88, Jan 4, 2009
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