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  • December 9, 2019 at 3:33 am #182223
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    Can you take it to a computer shop and try a different charger?

    December 9, 2019 at 3:30 am #182222
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    Yes plugged in almost all the time.

    Just a quick update. I found a new battery from these guys: http://laptop-parts-shop.com/

    Just make a note of the battery model no and specs before your order and at that to the comments on the order form.

    It was easy to fit. Just a bunch of crosshead screws to undo on the rear cover and inside the laptop. Less than 10 min job.

    March 5, 2019 at 4:57 am #150692
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    Do you know how to boot windows into recovery mode?

    March 4, 2019 at 4:31 am #150683
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    There should be a recovery partition setup by Windows 10. You can check by right clicking on the Start menu and choosing Disk Management.

    February 19, 2019 at 3:05 am #150510
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    Okay, I’ve jumped through all the hoops. Reinstalled Windows Home, disabled updates. It works. Thanks to everyone that contributed to this thread.

    I’m very happy to get some functionality back with my F7… At last I can use it without the dreaded freeze.

    But, I can’t help but feel all this is a massive compromise to get the F7 working. Without Windows update activated we lose out on important updates, and have only a partially fixed solution.

    February 18, 2019 at 8:01 am #150504
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    Wondering whether to try a clean install of Win 10 with updates disabled. Or just stick with Ubuntu.

    February 18, 2019 at 5:47 am #150503
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    I just installed Ubuntu and updated the kernel. Everything seems to work flawlessly so far, even the Fn Key functions. NO crashes or freezes at all.

    If this is a Windows update issue with Teclast F7’s power management hardware I hope someone comes up with a fix soon. Still it’s a relief that I can actually use the F7 for something productive using Ubuntu, even though there’s a bit of a learning curve.

    February 15, 2019 at 7:58 am #150485
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    Okay can confirm that disabling the power service 100% works. No freezes at all. But now Windows has some gremlins in the settings page as described above…

    Next step, I will reload windows (again) and disable all updates. This seems ridiculous that we are having to do this. Is anyone reporting this to Teclast/Gearbest etc?

    February 15, 2019 at 2:23 am #150483
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    Ah… I spoke to soon. After disabling power in services, Windows is throwing up other problems. Cannot access ‘System’ in Windows Settings or ‘Display’ it crashes the app now.

    February 15, 2019 at 2:20 am #150482
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    Michele wrote:

    <span style=”vertical-align: inherit;”><span style=”vertical-align: inherit;”>Hi guys, I solved this problem definitively. </span><span style=”vertical-align: inherit;”>You should go to the search bar (Start)> Services> Power and (right click) properties. </span><span style=”vertical-align: inherit;”>In the properties You Should change the saving mode from automatic to </span></span><span style=”vertical-align: inherit;”><span style=”vertical-align: inherit;”>disabled</span></span><span style=”vertical-align: inherit;”><span style=”vertical-align: inherit;”> and that’s all … No longer freezes. </span><span style=”vertical-align: inherit;”>However, in this way it is not possible to change the brightness of 100%. </span><span style=”vertical-align: inherit;”>Sorry for my bad english, I hope you undestand me!</span></span>

     

    Thank you for this! I’m trying it now. If it can last more than a few hours on mains then that will be great! How did you discover this solution? (your English is fine 🙂 )

    January 25, 2019 at 12:51 am #150219
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    Did it work? I’ve been told it could be a faulty capacitor on the motherboard but very interested to hear your theory about the APCI driver causing the system freezes. If this was the case, wouldn’t there be a record in the Event Viewer that the APCI driver had crashed?

    January 25, 2019 at 12:48 am #150218
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    Will ubuntu run out of the box on the F7? With touchpad?

    January 24, 2019 at 2:39 am #150202
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    I ‘solved’ the problem by buying a microsoft surface computer!

    Tried everything with the Teclast F7 and nothing works. It’s fine on battery power but freezes as soon as you plug in the mains charger. Unusable for me. It really is a shame, I was very happy with everything about the F7, especially the keyboard and screen. I would even pay to get the motherboard repaired if anyone was offering that service.

    January 4, 2019 at 2:47 am #149710
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    Changing the power options made no difference for me. This has to be hardware.

    January 4, 2019 at 2:14 am #149709
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    Will try changing the power options, but I don’t hold much hope.

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