My experiences with EZBook 3 pro v5

[Ádám Bozzay]

Hi,

I didn’t updated this post as I promised, sorry.

After 1.5 years of usage my experience is generally positive.

Flickering and noise is still there. The wifi does not work with my older TP-Link router, but works with a cheap new Tenda router just fine. The signal is strong enough for me. I haven’t updated the BIOS. The TDP is high, the battery readout is about 11.8W at max. I bought a cheap Kingspec or KingDian SSD, it works fine and it’s faster than the EMMC. The OS is still on the EMMC though.

There are two major problems I discovered since:

1. The touchpad randomly stops working. This happens rarely, but when it does, it keeps on for days. It fixes itself after some time, but I managed to speed up the process by disconnecting and reconnecting the battery connector (inside the laptop). This is a very annoying problem, especially when I don’t have a mouse to use instead.
2. The SD card reader is unstable. It works fine for storing backups and large files. But when a program regularly writes to it, it crashes randomly. So I cannot run any apps directly from SD card, and cannot set it as an output directory for example a torrent client which regularly writes the card.

I have a minor problem, too. The rubber feet of the laptop are falling off. I have already lost the two front ones. This is an easy fix though.

And to say some positive thoughts:

The battery life is just amazing. The laptop easily withstand 4 hours of heavy use, and it goes up to 10 hours if you are careful. 10 hours is possible with a script like this:

https://gist.github.com/davejamesmiller/1965854

This will turn off the screen with a shortcut.

[j4gu4r]

Hi,

Thank you for your input. And you haven’t figured out how to decrease the pitch noise? I am really worried about these

About autohotkey, I have tried the script, but it appears a screen with this text. I press <span class=”pl-c”>Win+\ and nothing happens.  Thanks for the help</span>

Script lines most recently executed (oldest first). Press [F5] to refresh. The seconds elapsed between a line and the one after it is in parentheses to the right (if not 0). The bottommost line’s elapsed time is the number of seconds since it executed.

—- C:\Users\xxx\Downloads\1965854-7bef2c51c308d08259a732b17532c7963bc746f7\monitor-off.ahk
017: Return (4.94)

Press [F5] to refresh.

[Ádám Bozzay]

This is the exact part that I use, try this one and press win+ESC.

#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
#Persistent
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

#Esc::
Sleep 1000
SendMessage 0x112, 0xF170, 2, , Program Manager
return

Other useful scripts:

#Left::
send {Home}
return
#Right::
send {End}
return
#Up::
send {PgUp}
return
#Down::
send {PgDn}
return

I don’t have any idea about the high pitch noise.

[j4gu4r]

Dear Adam,

 

Sorry I don’t know how to use what you write. Is there a tutorial or something? I have never used AutoHotKey and I have not clue about programming

Thank you so much

[Ádám Bozzay]

Hi,

Download AutoHotkey, right-click on your desktop and click New -> AutoHotkey script. Insert the following.

#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
#Persistent
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

#Esc::
Sleep 1000
SendMessage 0x112, 0xF170, 2, , Program Manager
return
#Left::
send {Home}
return
#Right::
send {End}
return
#Up::
send {PgUp}
return
#Down::
send {PgDn}
return

Save it and double click the file. This will do the following while the script runs:

Win+ESC will turn off your screen.

Win+Left will work as Home button.

Win+Right will work as End button.

Win+Down will work as PgDown button.

Win+Up will work as PgUp button.

Edit the script and re-run it if you want to modify this behavior.

[j4gu4r]

Now it works great, thak you so much!!! If you discover more tips or about pitch noise, please notify us

 

 

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