Is there a firmware or driver update available for the Illegear branded ssd? Current driver is from 2006. I think that might be one of the reasons why C states aren't getting lowered.

I owned a Selenite more than about a week now, I can say that it is a nice gaming laptop. So I will just skip the good part of this laptop.

I will just mention noticeable problems straight away. After one week of using it, I noticed several problems as shown below:
1. Copying large files (normally more than 10 GB from SSD to ext. HDD most of the time will stuck at 99% forever.

2. I can hear a cracking/pop sound whenever I play a music or video or even game.

3. I feel that the left side speaker is slightly louder than right side speaker. Which means the output is unbalanced. Maybe due to the internal subwoofer location installed on the right side causing the unbalance of the audio.

4. When I plug in my earphone, there is no sound coming out from my earphone. The sound instead is produced from the speaker. So I have to replug several times only then I can get the sound from earphone.
These problems are rather irritating during daily use. Not sure if there is any tip from you guys. On the other hand, I am thinking to reset the laptop one time to see if everything is resolved or not.

Several youtube reviewers praise the Mag-15 laptop esp from eluktronic and aftershock. I wonder Selenite Pro is similar or not. But, im kinda confuse...so illegear Onyx pro not similar like Mag-15??

Neither one of them uses the MAG15 chassis. The MAG15 uses the QC7 and has a mech keyboard while the Onyx and Selenite Pro uses membrane

Interesting. Seems that only the chassis is different among all these models while the actual board is the same. Thanks for clearing that up

This will apply to all laptop including Selenite right?

I did some setting with the power management, which reduce the popping sound. Just that I notice the sound is unbalance from the speaker. Do you feel that?

is it just me or is the area above the keyboard F5-F11 keys extremely hot? i dont recall any power delivery circuits underneath that area. why is it so hot? will it cause long term problems?

I've checked at the back, the heatsink is not directly underneath the area above F5 to F11 keys. That area is around the HDMI and two Display ports and there's nothing there which is hot. Besides, the heatsink has no direct contact with that area and it's isolated by the motherboard.

The area above F5-F11 is crazy hot. I cant even place my fingers there for 3 seconds without being burnt. That cant be good for the longevity of the motherboard components and PCB.

Thanks for the feedback. Is there an update to the popping and crackling issue for the highly problematic selenite realtek driver from the manufacturer?

the popping and crackling issue does not depend on the song. It just happens randomly appearing out of no where when there's audio playing, or when the audio is about to play. it can be music, can be movie, can be youtube stuff, can be gaming. it's really difficult to replicate it consistently, but it is there. have you tried testing this out on your end and can you hear the popping and crackling on your end?

will you replace my unit with another unit if i send it in? otherwise i will have no laptop to use

Dunno about guys but for me the selenite is a love hate relationship.

On 1 hand this is a pretty solid lightweight gaming laptop

On the other hand. This is the laptop i send in for repair the most just in 1 year. when it came there was problem with the sound system and certain buttons. then it was a problem with charging after that was fixed there were times the laptop totally cannot detect the power cable. After this was fixed. I noticed the laptop would shutdown for no reason. Almost like there is a overheating problem. But that cant be since i use it in a aircon room with a laptop cooler. There is also this pop noise from the speaker like someone turned on an external speaker occassionally And just today. 1 year and 2 months plus latter. The laptop cause my house power to trip now i got a monitor that flicker on and off.. sad thing is i mention to illegear tech support before when they checking the charging and cannot find power plug problem, That the mboard or onboard power supply might be faulty and if they can change. but they say its the brick/power plug problem........

So for those guys that got a good laptop ur lucky for those that hit 4d like me well good luck.

Some guy mention a problem with the power button suggest u get the mboard changed. Had a similar problen with my old clevo/tongfang model from aftershock. Mboard was the problem

Hi boss. Btw u mean Trip as in house or just the laptop. If house nope this is the first time and the reason y i say its the laptop cuz the laptop forced shutdown and my house trip. Since the battery is in if it wasnt laptop problem the laptop should be running on battery. If ur talking about the laptop tripping well  its rare but happened many times before not just at my house.

My serial is GK7CN6S2183300060

U can check out the problem below. Btw this is happening even if u access bios setting so its not a windows problem
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FCFscT4nPE...ew?usp=drivesdk

Would love to but ur guys are all at home on mco right. I am in ipoh. So that another problem

Guys, what's the equivalent/generic name for the Illegear Selenite from other manufacturers? e.g.  Tongfang, XMG, Eluktronick etc

Does anyone know the size and thickness of the M.2 thermal pad on the selenite? Have some spare thermal pads lying around (2mm and 3mm)

Thanks!   How about length and width?

I repasted with CM Mastergel Maker.

Honestly it's just worse compared to TG Kryonaut. Before, playing Anthem my CPU would hover around 80-85C max. Now, it's pushing to 90C constantly. And some core even up to 97C. Even during idle I noticed it's higher on average. Now I regret 

The new CAP 5 on the Onyx G looks so much better than what we have on the Selenite. Any chance of being able to swap them on to our units?