Another day, another problem. Last night my laptop crashed and had the problem shown on the yellow screen picture. When I restarted it, it says no bootable device. I noticed that system files were saved on my SSD but my SSD cannot be detected from the booting operations. Only my hard drive can be detected. Urgently require instructions as I really need to do my group project report.


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Done.

I did encounter something like that but I think it was a component problem, not the laptop itself. My SSD was unable to be detected. Anyways, so far keyboard, monitor and trackpad are ok. The internet wifi adapter is rather weak though. I notice that on the same table, my friend's weaker normal acer laptop has better connection and lower ping and less packet loss. In my room, my roommate can connect to internet while I can't. So yeah it leaves something to be desired.

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-N 7265

ILG8504350L

Another problem occurred. There's a clicking noise from the laptop. I am not sure if it comes from the hardware or what because it is silent when I mute the speakers. When I use headphones, the clicking can't be heard from outside but I can still hear it clicking from the headphones.

Well guess I will be sticking with the 1k ping while my partner has 70 then.

What is the software or driver that makes the fan symbol pop? Now when I press the max cooling, the symbol no longer shows so in a noisy area I am unsure if the fan I am using is set to max or not.

http://www.illegear.com/downloads/MacroKeys.zip

Is it this one? When i downloaded it, it doesn't automatically pop up an installation or whatever.

Don't this computer have an auto temperature controller? My laptop will automatically shutdown when it overheats due to the fan not going faster at high temperature. In addition to that, there's no clear way to re-install the registry for the hotkeys. I still can't get the fan icon to pop up. I thought it already activated the first time I press the max fan button but it didn't and in the end, my laptop died from overheating. Please put up a simple guide or tutorial on how to do things like fan cleaning, thermal paste application, driver installation.

I am not sure. But this happened about 3 times I think while playing a graphically intensive game like Paragon. I am not sure how to gauge the temperature since Paragon doesn't show the temperature unlike Overwatch. When the fan is maxed, I never experienced these shutdowns. But whenever it isn't maxed(even though I thought I maxed it), it will shutdown. [Just experienced the shutdown again but this time when I am sure the fan was maxed]

This post has been edited by Faris Azri Aswandi: Jan 10 2017, 03:40 PM

Oh yeah, I did try to make a bootable MS-DOS using my pendrive but there's no option to make it MS-DOS as shown in the picture.


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I don't think so. I am heading to Sarawak this saturday for 2 months or so and sending it right now would be risking not having a laptop my whole holidays.

I see. In that case, will the extracted data still work when booting when I use Win 10? Will there be any bad repercussion if the bios fail to upload successfully?

Thanks for the tips. I tried using them. Though, I can't seem to display the stats on screen.

No worries. I actually did the same thing before buying the 6.3 k behemoth. Although, I seem to be facing weird problems so I can add some things to note from my personal experience;
-if your hand sweats easily, you need to put a cloth or something to prevent the chasis from being damaged. The damage is subtle but I can see scratch like patterns on my left palmrest.
-plug for headset lies on the right side so sometimes it may bother your hand when using a mouse if you're right-handed.
-the area near the power button or close to the hinge of the screen is almost always hot
-SSD failure (probably the company's fault, not Illegear)
-adapter and plug may be loose so sometimes you have to fiddle with the charger and check regularly if you're actually charging (this problem is after I sent them for a replacement cable)
-automatic shutdown from this current case
-sometimes the battery cannot be detected or after you full charge, you will discover you can't use it without plugging in to charger and this requires another full charge

This post has been edited by Faris Azri Aswandi: Jan 17 2017, 09:48 AM

It's not as bad as Dell laptop. That laptop looked like someone poured an acid onto the palm rest. It was black and blotched. Maybe my sweat is too acidic or something. Anyways, in comparison to Dell's, the scratch like marks look barely noticeable. Though, once someone points it out, you can easily see it.

I will bring it there when I can. I am merely giving out a personal review for future references.

At first I assumed that Paragon is the only game that hardboots my Z7 but then even when playing other games like Dreadnought, it also hardboots the laptop. It also force me to set up the hotkeys every time the laptop is hardbooted. Someone said that this may be caused by the motherboard. Any way to diagnose the motherboard?

Yo, if something is wrong with the motherboard, will the whole laptop be replaced? How long for a fix? If so, I want to store all my files. This is definitely what I expected from a 6k laptop. Even Overwatch makes the laptop hardboot now. Like WTF?

I have never felt like throwing a laptop except this Z7. Might have if not for fearing I would damage the wall. Just got it back from the shop yesterday and I am already freezing so hard I have to manually hold the power button 10 seconds. Ctrl+alt+delete won't even come up.

Very disappointed with the Illegear Z7. Even after the fix last time, the problem with battery keeps coming back. It won't charge. If you unplug it, it dies. Just like that. Haiz... My work lost in a blink of an eye. This is retarded. If I wanted a desktop, I would have gotten a desktop. A batteryless laptop is pointless. Please check the battery for your products before coming up with new ones. Quality control please. I expected more from a 6k laptop. Would I send back to Illegear for repair? No. I'm already back in Sarawak. Just be more strict with your quality control so that future buyers don't experience what I experience.

Yeah. I sent it to your HQ to fix it. It was one of the problems. It was either not fixed or replaced but still with a low quality part. I know I can ship it back but then I will have to pay for the shipping and I will lose working hours. So no thanks. I'll just have to live with this "desktop". I've been around since the V2 thread and the number of battery problems is staggering. Like come on. We want to support Malaysian products but it's difficult if the quality is questionable considering the price. Haiz. Just tighten your quality control standards.

I have no idea why but the battery can't be recharged.
The computer is sluggish. It takes forever just to open a folder.
No need to talk about games. Won't even go past the initial loading.
Blue screen visits me everyday. Every single day at least once. stopcode store exception something. Tried everything I could try, still the same.
Doesn't seem to be a virus since antivirus doesn't detect anything.
Windows Defender stated that no action need to be taken on the driver but I suspect it's lying.

My Z7 doesn't have a CD reader. Do I need to reformat according to the instructions below or is there an alternative method?


Windows 7 & 10
http://www.illegear.com/downloads/zskylake7and10.zip (with one-click installer)

Windows 8.1
http://www.illegear.com/downloads/zskylake81.zip

Latest BIOS for SKYLAKE Z5 960M and 970M, this BIOS fix Shift+7 with Numlock issue.

http://www.illegear.com/downloads/z5skylakebiosupdate.zip

Steps (DOS method):

1. Prepare a USB pendrive and make a bootable USB pendrive with Rufus, download Rufus from https://rufus.akeo.ie/
2. Open Rufus, file system choose "FAT32", create a bootable disc using "MS-DOS", format the pendrive.
3. Extract and transfer the downloaded BIOS files to the bootable USB pendrive.
4. Make sure the AC adapter is connected. Press F2 to enter into BIOS control panel upon boot up, set the pendrive as the highest boot priority, save and restart.
5. Flash BIOS, type "dos.bat", computer will restart by itself, after restart the computer will start flashing BIOS *warning do not remove the USB pendrive and power source during flashing*.
6. Enter F2 BIOS again, click "load default settings", done.

This post has been edited by Faris Azri Aswandi: Jul 7 2018, 11:07 AM