Introducing The 2013 Series 7 Chronos with AMD HD8870M!

yep, uninstall everything wifi related by windows program manager. reboot, reinstall.
having one problem left: closing the lid and reopen reboots and windows gives me an error.

 

Next weekend I'll have plenty of time to test my np770Z5E thoroughly. If you want my to test something, let me know.

About the ativ book 8. It has been a long time ago been on fishingtree like said before. The weird thing is that only fishingtree features it while the series 7 chronos was all over the internet at that time.

 

I think yes.
it has the model number 870Z5E and 880Z5E

 

I had this. Uninstalled and reinstalled the Intel Graphics driver and that fixed it. You may need to do the AMD GFX driver as well but it wasn't too much hassle.

 

now this piece of garbage win8 trys to auto repair something and got stuck into infinite repair loop !
there is no problem at all, just few reboots. but it won't let me get past of auto repair -it starts over and over again and fails to fix "problems" every time.

there is no option to skip it !! ms fails so hard...
time to manually disable it with bcedit ! i hate automated code from noobs...

 

I know that most of you who have this machine, got it from BestBuy in the US, but when is this going to be available in Canada ?
Does anyone have an idea - or any estimate ?

 

Any English or German people that got the 770Z5E-UK/DE could give a feedback about the beast ? Obviously looking to get a feeling about the 8870M ! Any benchmark, gaming etc are welcome.

 

Quite a few benchmark reports on here (from me and others since this came out!), you need to look back over the pages since it was released.

 

For anyone in the UK who's after this laptop - the PCWorld and Curry's websites are currently down - but if you visit a couple of times, you get the option to register for an online discount - with any luck, that'll be a % off voucher meaning you can order this laptop for extra money off - for the sake of entering your e-mail address, it seems worth taking a chance to me!

 

Beta 13.3 is now available - might be worth a try!

 

I think this New 880z5e /870z5e have SSDs not 1TB HDD.

 

John Lewis is listing the non-touch version but it's currently out of stock.

John

 

I tried removing the driver but it still won't update
Whenever I try to update the wlan through SW update I get "Failed(10)"

 

I kept having issues with SW Update during evenings, possibly due to US traffic killing Samsung servers. All my AM downloads have worked with no problems. May be worth waiting until the morning IMO.

 

So they changed their mind about Chronos and now they are calling this laptop the "ATIV Book8"?

Samsung's branding strategy is really confusing.

 

And it worked. Used Samsung Recovery to clone the drive to the SSD. Now I have a working boot/recovery partition. This thing just flies with the 840 pro.

 

This is how the Bluray drive sound...is this normal? Any with one and does it sound similar? Kinda loud...

 

Is this the 17" model? Perhaps I'm mistaken, but it was my understanding that the 15.6" model with 8870m has no optical drive.

 

Yes the, 17" model. Btw what do you think of the sound?

 

PCWorld voucher is for 5% and must be used till Monday midnight. If someone wants: PCWORLD5

 

Yeah that's normal! Slot loading drives sound like that.

 

I ran 3DMark 11 in "performance" mode with the graphics card set on "maximize performance" and it says:

Code:

[B]P3314[/B] with Intel HD Graphics 4000 Mobile(1x) and Intel Core i7-3635QM
Graphics Score  2998
Physics Score 7229
Combined Score 3250

 

Want the touch model (NP780Z5E), so i'm going to wait a little more.
The new offer of FNAC is interesting

 

Hmm...I'd say it still sounds rather loud. The drive in my old MBP did not seem to have that knocking sound when loading, perhaps it is partly due to the acoustics of your room/desk?

 

Anyone try putting a momentus XT in it?
My guess is that it's be pretty fast with it, but first hand experience would be great

 

I'm guessing there is still no info about the 8870m version in the USA. :'(

 

Man you'll know when there is, posting this doesn't really do anything!
My guess it it'll start surfacing soon, black version as well as silver

 

8770 from Best Buy, but others here state that WEI is polling the Intel rather than the AMD.

And it looks like turning on "Silent Mode" in the "Settings" app to minimize fan noise throttles the CPU. I turned off Silent Mode and CPU score jumped from 6.2 to 7.8 and RAM from 7.4 to 7.8. Both graphics scores and the disk score stayed the same (6.7/6.7/8.1). I am pleased to see my Crucial M4 getting the same number as the pricier 840 Plus

 

Any second or third opinion on this thing? If it's not normal I'm returning it.

 

I was having similar issues, hard to describe CSS type of stuff. Clearing the cache worked, but when it returned, on multiple browsers, I too found myself perturbed. A few forums that said it was only on Samsung machines, and that it was with FF and Chrome in particular. Additional suggestions included clearing java cache, creating new user profiles, and throwing some salt to the South.

What worked best for many, and for me thusfar (1 day), is simply uninstalling Samsung Support (not, I repeat not, SW update).
Looked like pretty sad bloat anyway, and would explain why we haven't seen other posts (folks taking the trash out first thing).
I also had problems with jumping tabs when touching the screen. Stupid annoying, but also gone now. Can't say why this would work, but reboots and cache cleaning didn't work.

It left me with new questions related to such problems:

WhereTF is windows update? I suppose I went through SWupdate at first, but now I see posts like @Stow, and for myself, that there is "INSTALLABLE" windows updates (a significant 500MB).
I've installed MSO2010, and thought it updated itself, which may explain it.
Nope, manually updating from MSO2010, takes me to an MS site that says, "use Windows Update from the Start Screen" haha.
Is it the MS update service itself (missing from the startpage), or something more? Using the good ole update from the company that made the OS; Tools menu, in IE, I have only around ~70MB of updating to do, very little MSO.

It seems that SWupdate is constipated...
I'll search posts again , but Samsung also seems coy about posting change logs following updates, and they don't seem super concerned about software or service, so I won't trust them.

 

Windows Update: Go to start, type "windows update", or even just a few characters of those words, in the search box that pops up on the right of the screen, click settings, click windows update. This gives you Metro windows update. If you want the old fashioned one, type "control panel" and go to that search result instead, then click the windows update option.

 

Would really like an opinion on my Slot loaded Bluray drive, does that sound normal. Anyone with a 17" do check yours, maybe some are defective?

 

Put a SSD in. 840 pro + reinstall boosted this thing.
Samsung Logo etc. slowed boot time down. Now it's ~4-5 seconds when powered on and 1-2 sec from sleep.

And before I forget, fast boot MUST be enabled, else SW Update won't find your notebook and deny driver access !

 

Terrible suspect about graininess...
Maybe it is due to the subpixel matrix, the cheaper pentile in place of full rgb as Samsung uses to do with its phones?
It's strange that this high ppi panel is grainy.
You guys with fullhd panel, can you check it with a magnifier?

 

no, it's the coating. you can clearly see it on colors like "lime green" etc.
all ips monitors have this too, like my eizo for 800€ and other top dell models.

dunno what panel this one has but it could be ips. angles are very good, you can't put yourself in a position to see color fading if your in front of it.

 

Why would you want to check for grainyness with a magnifying glass? Afaik no-one looks at their computer screen through a magnifying glass on a daily basis.

 

Did you check with a magnifier?

 

Probably monday I'll receive mine 770Z5E-s01it, can't wait!
My 840 pro it's waiting him at home.
Would a video requested by someone how to swap?

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Windows reinstall fixed my graphic issues with Skyrim !
It's running with 35+ FPS on very high with 2x AA and 4xAF in Whiterun (city) @1920x1080.

Sleep mode is fixed too. Windows update installs HD4000 drivers which won't work properly. Remove them and install those from SW update. BUT DONT let your Notebook crash too often, Windows will enter an infinite auto repair loop you can't get out - command prompt edit or reinstall will greet you then! There are reasons why automated software sux !

 

I reveived my 770z5e s01de yesterday.

I have to chime in with what the others have reported:
- excellent build quality, very nice feel; the plastic bottom is a no-issue for me and all those who don't prefer to have their laptops upside down
- keyboard takes some getting used to, but then it is fine
- very silent
- battery: between 7 and 8 hours of doing light stuff, like typing and surfing.

I have not encountered any problems with the WiFi yet, but can't comment on speed beause the connection is quite slow anyway.

As for the screen, I am not bothered at all by the so-called graininess. To be honest, I don't even notice it. I am coming from an xps1640, which is said (as far as I know) to have an excellent screen. Placing the two side by side, I could't say that the xps has a better one. I'd probably go with the Samsung, I appreciate the matte screen and consequent absence of reflections. Colours, contrast and viewing angles are excellent, too, as far as I am concerned.

One thing where my old machine scores is maximum brightness and volume. Whereas both machines have good, crisp and clear sound for laptops, the xps's speakers can be turned twice as loud. Or am I doing something wrong here on the Chronos?

I have experienced severe lagging, too, like black83 did. Part of last night was spent downloading and installing updates, both Windows and Samsung. This has improved things a lot for the moment, I don't notice this laggy behaviour any more. What I did notice was that the harddrive was busying itself for no obvious reason.
Now my questions:
1. How can I find out if the harddrive is indeed defective, als black83 suggested? I am not too worried about lack of speed, since I plan to swap it with Crucial's TB-SSD as soon as it's out, but I don't want to have a broken harddisk even as my future external backup option.
2. What pre-installed software can or even should I delete? I am No_Expert, you see... Therefore I am rather cautious with randomly deleting programs... I do suspect that IntelliMemory stuff does more bad than good, however. It eats up a lot of RAM, so could it be that the harddrive is needed to cache things that would normally to into RAM? Would be the most counterproductive thing I have heard of. Anyway, what programs can I remove without the fear of regret?

Alright, if I am to comment on anything specifically, let me know. Apart from that I'd really appreciate any advice on the above issues.

P.S.: Just noticed that I had missed a couple of letter. So the keyboard does need some time getting used to...

 

I don't really understand why anyone are using AMD catalyst beta driver.
It's just out new catalyst 13.3 beta:

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst13-3WINBetaDriver.aspx

List of improvements are in download page.

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I suggest you wipe the whole Windows install. Make a bootable Stick with Windows, format C:\ and leave the repair partition.
Samsung installed a lot of trash, norton, win8 apps...dunno what else. Best is to wipe it.

Then use SW update from Samsung and reinstall everything. I installed all what it offers except IntelliMemory (for HDDs) and AllShare.
Everything works, all FN+button functions.

 

It has no support. All it does is say that drivers are up2date.

 

I have a report from an user on an another forum, with a fresh install of Windows that say he can use beta driver with no problem.

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It won't install anything, checkbox is checked and marked as "up2date".

 

Does anyone know if the 17" version has a touch screen? I've seen a review and they didn't mention it so I'm thinking not.

 

Turn off adaptive brightness. No way your xps is brighter than this laptop.

 

No. It does not have one.

 

ATIV Book 8 is basically the Samsung Series 7 Chronos presented at CES 2013, so a premium notebook, slim, stylish and well finished, but with a hardware equipment devoted to performance rather than to save energy .

source: Samsung ATIV Book, rebrand dei notebook Windows 8? - Notebook Italia

 

Lenovo Carbon clone