HELP NEEDED! My Teclast X3 can´t boot anymore

[Chris G]

You might have to reinstall Windows. Trying making a Windows 10 media USB drive. Boot to it from the bios menu and then don’t install Windows and go to repair my PC. Try the troubleshooting repair options, start-up issues. See if it fixes it. Google Windows 10 start up issues and have a look at tutorials on how to fix it.

If that fails go back into repair my PC (Windows 10 USB flash drive) and try to reset your X3 Pro.

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[Bjorn Muller]

Many thanks Chris for quick response and helpful suggestions. I will check them out later tonight (due to other commitments), but in the meantime, it would help me feel better about the status of my Setup menu, if someone owning a properly functioning Teclast X3 could upload screen prints (or photos) of the last two tabs of the Setup Menu – the Boot tab and the Save & Exit tab. Also on the Boot option dialog box shown when you press F7 during start.

[Bjorn Muller]

Chris, after a lot of problems getting the Microsoft tool to accept any of my USB storage devices late yesterday, I finally succeded to create an install media. Unfortunately, none of the repair options can achieve any result, so it looks like I will have to do a complete reinstall. Then I of course worry about the drivers. I have downloaded the big chunk of drivers you have on your Download page, but there does´nt seem to be a comprehensive exe that installs everything in one go. Do I have to install everything one by one? Will it be sufficient to execute the oemXX.inf file in each catalogue?

And assuming reinstall will work out ok, I am already thinking ahead on what happens next. Was this total crash caused by a hardware problem (SSD or other) and should I trust my X3 to continue as my main PC in the future? What do you think?

[Bjorn Muller]

Chris,

My worries about future reliability were answered immediately by Microsoft when I started the reinstall process. The Install Media showed the 128 GB disk, but also stated that “Windows can not be installed to this disk. The disk may fail soon”.

Now I really need some good advice. To return the X3 from Sweden to Gearbest will cost around $50 if I send it registered and insured and the total procedure with Gearbest handling and shipping back and forth will probably be around 4-5 weeks – plus the risk for customs duty. So, I am thinking about replacing the the SSD myself, but there are some questions:

• It is possible to buy a drive locally for $50 (Adata Premier SP600NS34 M.2 2242 128GB). Speeds are specified at max 550 MB/s read and max 170 MB/s write. Do you think it is OK?
• Is there a risk that there may be other parts defective than the the SSD, e.g. the SATA connector?
• Is it easy to open the X3 and replace the disk? Is there a tutorial on opening X3?
• Does another brand of SSD require another driver or setting? (I have no prior experience with SSD disks.)

I am hesitant and need a push in either direction.

[Bjorn Muller]

Chris,

I understand you have to much to do to answer all requests for help, but please could you answer just this one:

I know you have opened TeclastX3 and also that you have written a tutorial on opening Teclast X2. Could please just say if the method is identical or not. I don´t want to break my X3.

Thanks

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