> If we’re to look at Battery Bar readings, the laptop
> discharges with about 6 mW per hour when idle (with
> the above mentioned settings) and about 10-11 while
> running a Full HD video on Youtube.
The W/h unit in the above statement makes no sense. Perhaps you meant energy consumption (Wh), or power of the load (W or Wh/h), or maybe you meant a battery voltage drop (V/h).
mehdi
June 16, 2015 at 2:12 pm
I have purchased this model but i hear a light squeaked sound like a whir when i power the laptop on. i had this problem from the beginning. the support technicians told that this is usual in this model because of its compact design. but this is really annoying. anyone had this problem? what can i do? is that a normal sound?
Rebecca
July 21, 2015 at 5:27 am
Hi, I just bought this laptop and I LOVE it, but there is just one issue I could find. The keyboard is supposed to be backlit, there are literally two buttons that are clearly the backlit on/off toggles, yet I cannot for the life of me figure out how to turn on the keyboard! Could someone please tell me how? I feel so stupid as it seems very obvious. Thanks!
Ayelet
August 4, 2015 at 3:48 pm
I own this laptop for a while now. A month after I bought it I started having problems charging it- the charging indicator would just go on and off constantly, as the laptop was connecting and disconnecting continuously.
I had it fixed, and was told the charging port solders broke. Now, six months after I had it fixed, it broke again =(
Anyone else had a similar problem? Does anyone know what can be the cause of the breaks? Bad charging port/ bad charger/ bad battery? Any way to fix it permanently and so I won’t have to pay every few months to get it soldered back together?
Thanks!
Sasha
August 6, 2015 at 3:45 pm
Hi, I bought this laptop a month ago and only until I came across your review do I know where the ventilation is, cause it does get hot a bit too easily. I don’t really know the best way to use a cooling pad or something to help it cool down for this kind of product, what do you recommend and how? Thank you
Emma
August 10, 2015 at 8:08 pm
I’m going to be using this laptop for school and personal use. Can anyone tell me how the laptop holds up after several months of everyday use? As well as if they experienced any other structural and otherwise problems after owning the laptop after a while?
Jim
May 18, 2016 at 10:56 am
my display broke off after 1 year. because i opened it from one side only, not the middle.. falls not under warranty..
Tran Son
September 1, 2015 at 6:51 am
Hi Andrei,
i live in asia, in my country, i have UX303 i5, 8gb ram, ssd 256, gtx 840m. I work with photoshop, illustrator, proshow gold every day in my office. Should i buy this UX303 ?
Cosmin
January 3, 2016 at 12:12 am
Salutare ! Ai putea te rog sa partajezi wallpaper-urile stock sau un link catre ele ? Multumesc frumos !
Mr HU
January 8, 2016 at 7:55 am
Hellow
Just randomely found this review about this computer, I had it for a year and quite happy about it (despite being about to format it due to some random very high CPU usage)
>>> but I was more wondering if anyone here knows about a fix/solution for the color problem ?
Did asus released anything ?
Would be great.
thanks a million,
CheerS!
Lawrence Myers
January 8, 2016 at 11:56 am
The hinges on my Asus ux303ln broke completely off after just 3 months of careful use. I sent it back to Asus and they did the repair which included replaced hinges and screen. My question is when Asus makes this repair do they use a different design or better hing to screen assembly or do they replace with the original cheapo plastic design? I cannot tell by looking at it as the vent shield hides the hinge assembly and I don’t want to try taking it apart.
Thanks for any help on this issue.
Dave
February 13, 2016 at 4:30 pm
I have had all kinds of problems with the hinges breaking, screen goes crooked, etc… terrible
Chorong
February 3, 2016 at 4:23 am
I currently have the i7 4510U+QHD Touch+256 SSD+8gb ram+840M variant of the UX303LN. It is a great ultrabook at this price point pack with all these specs, but one problem I’ve been having is that the CPU would TDP throttle at around 70 degrees Celsius.
nasser
February 13, 2016 at 8:24 pm
sound from hardisk.. is that normal? ASUS ZENBOOK UX303 i7
Well, yes, that’s how HDD’s sound, more or less. You can replace the HDD with an SSD if you want something quiet.
Jim
May 18, 2016 at 10:54 am
i cant recommend the ux303! the display broke off after only 1 year of use! support says its my fault so no warranty! i shouldnt have openend it from one side only, the hinge was not designed for that!
my thinkpads hinge was, it lasted 5 years with no problems.. then i bought an asus.. mistakes were made..
Paul McRae
January 26, 2017 at 6:01 pm
I have many laptops, this Asus is stunning, you need to upgrade the SSD to the high speed version, fresh install Win 10 and you will get a working day out of the battery together with a laptop that can play the most compressed 1080p film or even render 3DsMax in real time which most desktop i7s struglle with. Laptop and charger runs cold and the big plus point is that the air comes out the rear (and goes up the screen) so if you leave it on your bed, it does not self destruct like all HP laptops!
Big Big disadvantage… the hinges on the actual screen are held in by 3 screws (on each side) that are brass insert pressed into plastic with a wall thickness of about 2mm, the hinges themselves are well designed and substantial but the engineering along the display attachment is more reminiscent of Amstrad not Asus. My screen has broke twice, luckily I am an engineer with a workshop that can fabricate anything and I CNC machined two inserts from a piece of solid brass and epoxied them into the wells and so far, seems to have resolved all issues. My conclusion is that if you have a 2000 sq ft shed at the bottom of the garden containing 6 figures worth of precision machinery AND you have retired so you time is free, you will enjoy this laptop!
Oh! it is possible to lock this laptop, it gets stuck in half un-hibernate, its not actually bricked just screen dead with all the symptoms, it can be fixed.
Nilly Mos
August 27, 2017 at 9:19 am
How did you fix the bricked problem? Mine, suddenly after the anniversary update decides to not shutdown completely or hibernate or sleep completely: the screen is black but the power switch is lit. I have to hold for 10 counts and hard reboot to get it working. I've updated all I could, and reinstalled win 10(everything gone except for asus original files) by going into system reinstall. No change. It's been a half year of frustration as I can't fix it. Any suggestions?
And how did you fresh install?
Andrew Jones
April 30, 2019 at 4:09 pm
I had the same problem and wasted much time before discovering that it was windows 10 that wasn't asking weather or not to update the graphics drivers. I re-installed the original (recommended by Asus) graphics driver and set win 10 to never update it. This works until microsoft decides to dish out a major update which overrides the setting. Really simple once you know. Just wish Asus could have worked this one out and let us know!
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Mark
June 5, 2015 at 5:17 pm
> If we’re to look at Battery Bar readings, the laptop
> discharges with about 6 mW per hour when idle (with
> the above mentioned settings) and about 10-11 while
> running a Full HD video on Youtube.
The W/h unit in the above statement makes no sense. Perhaps you meant energy consumption (Wh), or power of the load (W or Wh/h), or maybe you meant a battery voltage drop (V/h).
mehdi
June 16, 2015 at 2:12 pm
I have purchased this model but i hear a light squeaked sound like a whir when i power the laptop on. i had this problem from the beginning. the support technicians told that this is usual in this model because of its compact design. but this is really annoying. anyone had this problem? what can i do? is that a normal sound?
Rebecca
July 21, 2015 at 5:27 am
Hi, I just bought this laptop and I LOVE it, but there is just one issue I could find. The keyboard is supposed to be backlit, there are literally two buttons that are clearly the backlit on/off toggles, yet I cannot for the life of me figure out how to turn on the keyboard! Could someone please tell me how? I feel so stupid as it seems very obvious. Thanks!
Ayelet
August 4, 2015 at 3:48 pm
I own this laptop for a while now. A month after I bought it I started having problems charging it- the charging indicator would just go on and off constantly, as the laptop was connecting and disconnecting continuously.
I had it fixed, and was told the charging port solders broke. Now, six months after I had it fixed, it broke again =(
Anyone else had a similar problem? Does anyone know what can be the cause of the breaks? Bad charging port/ bad charger/ bad battery? Any way to fix it permanently and so I won’t have to pay every few months to get it soldered back together?
Thanks!
Sasha
August 6, 2015 at 3:45 pm
Hi, I bought this laptop a month ago and only until I came across your review do I know where the ventilation is, cause it does get hot a bit too easily. I don’t really know the best way to use a cooling pad or something to help it cool down for this kind of product, what do you recommend and how? Thank you
Emma
August 10, 2015 at 8:08 pm
I’m going to be using this laptop for school and personal use. Can anyone tell me how the laptop holds up after several months of everyday use? As well as if they experienced any other structural and otherwise problems after owning the laptop after a while?
Jim
May 18, 2016 at 10:56 am
my display broke off after 1 year. because i opened it from one side only, not the middle.. falls not under warranty..
Tran Son
September 1, 2015 at 6:51 am
Hi Andrei,
i live in asia, in my country, i have UX303 i5, 8gb ram, ssd 256, gtx 840m. I work with photoshop, illustrator, proshow gold every day in my office. Should i buy this UX303 ?
Cosmin
January 3, 2016 at 12:12 am
Salutare ! Ai putea te rog sa partajezi wallpaper-urile stock sau un link catre ele ? Multumesc frumos !
Mr HU
January 8, 2016 at 7:55 am
Hellow
Just randomely found this review about this computer, I had it for a year and quite happy about it (despite being about to format it due to some random very high CPU usage)
>>> but I was more wondering if anyone here knows about a fix/solution for the color problem ?
Did asus released anything ?
Would be great.
thanks a million,
CheerS!
Lawrence Myers
January 8, 2016 at 11:56 am
The hinges on my Asus ux303ln broke completely off after just 3 months of careful use. I sent it back to Asus and they did the repair which included replaced hinges and screen. My question is when Asus makes this repair do they use a different design or better hing to screen assembly or do they replace with the original cheapo plastic design? I cannot tell by looking at it as the vent shield hides the hinge assembly and I don’t want to try taking it apart.
Thanks for any help on this issue.
Dave
February 13, 2016 at 4:30 pm
I have had all kinds of problems with the hinges breaking, screen goes crooked, etc… terrible
Chorong
February 3, 2016 at 4:23 am
I currently have the i7 4510U+QHD Touch+256 SSD+8gb ram+840M variant of the UX303LN. It is a great ultrabook at this price point pack with all these specs, but one problem I’ve been having is that the CPU would TDP throttle at around 70 degrees Celsius.
nasser
February 13, 2016 at 8:24 pm
sound from hardisk.. is that normal? ASUS ZENBOOK UX303 i7
like that
youtube.com/watch?v=nsiN8sNLPXs
thank you
Andrei Girbea
February 14, 2016 at 8:32 pm
Well, yes, that’s how HDD’s sound, more or less. You can replace the HDD with an SSD if you want something quiet.
Jim
May 18, 2016 at 10:54 am
i cant recommend the ux303! the display broke off after only 1 year of use! support says its my fault so no warranty! i shouldnt have openend it from one side only, the hinge was not designed for that!
my thinkpads hinge was, it lasted 5 years with no problems.. then i bought an asus.. mistakes were made..
Paul McRae
January 26, 2017 at 6:01 pm
I have many laptops, this Asus is stunning, you need to upgrade the SSD to the high speed version, fresh install Win 10 and you will get a working day out of the battery together with a laptop that can play the most compressed 1080p film or even render 3DsMax in real time which most desktop i7s struglle with. Laptop and charger runs cold and the big plus point is that the air comes out the rear (and goes up the screen) so if you leave it on your bed, it does not self destruct like all HP laptops!
Big Big disadvantage… the hinges on the actual screen are held in by 3 screws (on each side) that are brass insert pressed into plastic with a wall thickness of about 2mm, the hinges themselves are well designed and substantial but the engineering along the display attachment is more reminiscent of Amstrad not Asus. My screen has broke twice, luckily I am an engineer with a workshop that can fabricate anything and I CNC machined two inserts from a piece of solid brass and epoxied them into the wells and so far, seems to have resolved all issues. My conclusion is that if you have a 2000 sq ft shed at the bottom of the garden containing 6 figures worth of precision machinery AND you have retired so you time is free, you will enjoy this laptop!
Oh! it is possible to lock this laptop, it gets stuck in half un-hibernate, its not actually bricked just screen dead with all the symptoms, it can be fixed.
Nilly Mos
August 27, 2017 at 9:19 am
How did you fix the bricked problem? Mine, suddenly after the anniversary update decides to not shutdown completely or hibernate or sleep completely: the screen is black but the power switch is lit. I have to hold for 10 counts and hard reboot to get it working. I've updated all I could, and reinstalled win 10(everything gone except for asus original files) by going into system reinstall. No change. It's been a half year of frustration as I can't fix it. Any suggestions?
And how did you fresh install?
Andrew Jones
April 30, 2019 at 4:09 pm
I had the same problem and wasted much time before discovering that it was windows 10 that wasn't asking weather or not to update the graphics drivers. I re-installed the original (recommended by Asus) graphics driver and set win 10 to never update it. This works until microsoft decides to dish out a major update which overrides the setting. Really simple once you know. Just wish Asus could have worked this one out and let us know!