The world’s first 17.3” bezel-less laptop and the world’s first silent mechanical keyboard by GENESWITCH BROWN. Expand your gaming boundaries with Selenite’s RTX graphics and experience infinity gaming with its INFINIVISION bezel-less display – now bigger and better at 17.3”. Don’t be fooled by its size, the SELENITE is ultra-slim at 25 mm and ultra-light at only a mere 2.25kg with a 15.6” form factor – the perfect size for your backpack without compromising performance.





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The photo and info are from Illegear website Please visit https://www.illegear.com/laptops/selenite/ for more info

This post has been edited by mcloudteo: Mar 8 2019, 10:58 PM

No topic for Illegear Selenite the Onyx big brother so kesian, let me start the topic, any owner in lowyat forum?

lol no one?

Just passing by
Still using my Illegear Z5 bought 3+ years ago.

First

Second

While waiting for my Selenite still using my 4 years old Dell Inspiron 7000 2 in 1

Do a lot of photo editing, primary work with browsers/email/microsoft office, though my Inspiron 2 in 1 is build for ultra portable easy to carry around type of laptop with just 1.6kg but the performance is meh and the laptop casing quality is not good it's due for change.

I have my company laptop Lenovo T430 for work, I don't use it for personal stuff mostly leave it in the office only bring back during business trip. The casing quality for T430 is good


My i7 desktop hardly use anymore I can't stay in the same place and work sometime i work in living room, on dining table, computer table in my bedroom keep moving around even in the house

You got your selenite already?
Hows the reveiw so far on the laptop?

Well, waiting for ts review, if game more than 8 hours hot or not.

I got my Selenite already spend a whole weekends with it, will post my review later.

can you post some benchmarks?

Here you go just run the Cinebench R15, all core can stay stable at 3.9Ghz (maximum value for stock)





And the 5 minutes Stress test result



Link for the result of userbenchmark.com
userbenchmark Illegear Selenite



System configuration -
CPU: Intel I7 8750H
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2060
RAM: Unknown 2x8GB
Primary Storage: Samsung PM981 512GB
Secondary Storage: Seagate Firecuda 2TB

This post has been edited by mcloudteo: Feb 27 2019, 02:10 PM

Copy my reply from the other thread.

I'm just a occasionally gamer, spend most of my time with work and family, so far I did try league and legend and Dota 2 max out all the settings i can get 120++ fps for Dota 2 for LoL i post the screen shot below btw I never experience any throttling at least for this two game.

Do you feel any heat under the keyboard and touchpad when you are using the keyboard and touchpad while playing games for long hours?

Is the heat bearable or pretty hot or warm?

This post has been edited by DuitNow: Feb 27 2019, 01:52 PM

It just feel warm but not hot. like many other review said left and right is cooler than the center of the keyboard but it's just warmer not really hot, at least i don't feel unconformable.

This post has been edited by mcloudteo: Mar 2 2019, 09:15 AM

Godd review from Dave Lee



This post has been edited by mcloudteo: Mar 2 2019, 09:33 AM

Hi Bro,

I just picked up my Selenite too last week.
Got similar on dota around 120++ fps.
The only thing i notice so far is the laptop speaker volume, it seems to be very soft even after increasing the volume to 80-90.
Noticed when playing youtube videos.
Not sure if you got the same issue or not.

Its the same for me, i found out that it's because of the manufacturer driver issues if you use windows auto install realtek driver its louder after you turn on loudness equalization but your subwoofer not going to work and the sound quality sux.

If you use back manufacturer driver the advance tab is missing so you can't turn on the loudness equalization.

AZIM@ILLEGEAR any solution for this?

This post has been edited by mcloudteo: Mar 6 2019, 09:59 PM

Need to do some tweaks via Sound Blaster software

The sound blaster software is no where to be found in Windows 10.

should be on your start menu but i do agree, the sound on the selenite isnt great. I felt my older Z5 have a lil bit better sound then this.
I think the software is the problem because even on earphone im still disappointed.

This post has been edited by Volt: Mar 7 2019, 09:22 PM

I'm ok with headphone but the internal speaker is mehhh I think something to do with driver, the sound just too soft i already crank it up to 100%

Just tried to reinstall the soundblaster but it show offline

Actually in dota 2 video settings u can set fps higher under max fps allowed. Default is 120.
Maybe you try to increase and see.

As per checking with other users, the sound will be dramatically improved once the Sound Blaster suite has been installed, but you would need to wait for the subsequent Windows Update to be pushed into the machine since Microsoft will be distributing the update in batches, more info can be found here https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4577650/+100

Hence, I would recommend you to re-install the Sound Blaster Cinema 5 which can be downloaded from this link here http://tiny.cc/2mjv3y (Sound Blaster Cinema 5)


For the installation, kindly launch the 3 highlighted installation files respectively and once done, kindly perform a reboot before the first usage 😊

For reference purposes, kindly find the driver suite for the ILLEGEAR Selenite by using this link: http://bit.ly/2ILBylF (interchangeable with RTX-series for Onyx & Selenite)

For extracting the archive, kindly use this software: http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

Thanks Azim the Sound Blaster Cinema 5 working now after the Windows update updated the Creative Software Component driver

The sound volume and quality improve a lot after the Sound Blaster work properly

This post has been edited by mcloudteo: Mar 8 2019, 11:02 PM

Dota 2 is not FPS game so not point going higher than 120 except for benchmark


Even 80 fps is good enough for this game.

Glad it has been sorted out
It's day and night difference with and without Sound Blaster Cinema 5.

This is a very lonely thread. So little people using the Selenite? It's like looking for Kryptonite...

I think most of them in Illegear gaming laptop thread.

Not many selenite owner i guess.
Most are using raven or laguna.

Latest review by Monaliza on selenite rtx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uhCJtPKChE

Selenite is a relatively new model, not even 5 months. This model is selling very well also.

This post has been edited by Prince J: Mar 13 2019, 04:28 PM

Finally my Sager NP8130 croaked and immediately make a rushed order for Selenite.

Thanks guys for making it a very speedy order and i am having fun writing tender and developing code right now . 0 hours logged for game right now.

one thing i will say why not usb port (non type c) at the back? so i can plug my mouse at the back of my laptop


although sometime you might want to plug into the left/right usb port for easy remover but in the situation where you have limited space or you just want the cable out of your sight usb at the back might be useful.


for the mechanical keyboard I hope the key cap can be more firmly attach to the keyboard less wobble and a little bit more resistance will be better, what you guy think?

l2k for undervolt you can do it in bios unless you want more advance feature to tune the boost time windows, overclock etc you may want to get throttlestop or Intel Extreme Tuning utility. I did mine in bios with -0.100mv
- temp and fps monitor - MSI afterburner
- battery charging protection? never use one before guess just change the battery if wear level is high, my another 2 laptop still survive without changing the battery guess i don't bother to have this type of software.
- I will keep startup software to minimal so extra software really depend on what you want to achieve. HWMonitor might be useful it show a lot of sensor reading of your laptop.

Thanks alot. Never know the core voltage can be tuned via bios. I am doing some quick stress test at the moment with Intel extreme tuning and found that the cpu temp rises up quite fast to 90c+ and it seems to me the fan profile is not that aggressive. Cpu clock most of the time stay at 3.85ghz. Not sure if this is normal, I was expecting better performance from selenite... Will try to undervolt the core n cache, then proceed to gpu.

This post has been edited by l2k: Mar 13 2019, 10:52 PM

Just to quickly ask around here:

What are the setting are running with you selenite to get a good balance between performance and thermal?

1. Core voltage offset
2. Max package TDP limit
3. Turbo time limit

I dont really mind the usb port location as will be using wireless almost all the time
As for the mech keyboard, it is one of the reasons i went with Selenite. The cap 3 brown switch is really awesome.
Though it does need some slight adjustment time to get used to.

The 3.88 should be the max if all core are active, unless you tune the default settings, 4.1Ghz is only achievable if only 2 Cores are active you can refer to the screen shot below (from throttlestop)




This post has been edited by mcloudteo: Mar 14 2019, 06:36 PM

I didn't tune all these, I did the setting in bios which the same setting tune the Core voltage offset & Cache voltage offset to -0.100mv, coz for my daily usage I didn't face any performance issue nor heat issue so I didn't tune it further.


but for those you are not aware if you in office mode you will face power limit throttling so if you play game better switch to game mode, for command center you can leave it at "Equilibrium mode" even you play game.

I like mechanical keyboard too but strangely I feel my Lenovo Thinkpad keyboard is better than my Selenite, though the Selenite advantage is the full size keyboard which include the num pad where Thinkpad don't have that.


Just try it side by side with my Thinkpad I know the different now it's the response on the key press, I can feel it clearly the bounce-back force of each key press in Thinkpad which is like a feed back to me tell me that i pressed the key where Selenite the bounce-back force it's not as strong.

This post has been edited by mcloudteo: Mar 14 2019, 07:38 PM

Yup, getting to know more about this little beast as I have more time to spend with it today.

I also chatted with illegear tech support and learnt on few more things.

1) The turbo boost power max is 70w (PL1) and 90W (PL2), and it was tuned by manufacturer.
2) Not recommended to use 3rd party software to undervolt (e.g. Intel XTU), use bios setting instead.
3) The fan button apparently is to switch between game and office mode, game mode will set the 70w/90w tdp limit, office mode will set to 35w/35w tdp limit, disable turbo clock.
4) Office mode also seems to force intel built in GPU even in gaming.


Overall a quick review for me:
1) Size - it is huge ! However, I believe it is one of the smallest in terms of footprint for a 17 inch gaming laptop in the market.
2) Cooling - Very good cooling performance indeed, with some undervolt (I able to get it stable at -155mW it seems, maybe still can go lower), sustainable 3.9Ghz full load, about 85C average. Still need to test more on the GPU thermal performance.
3) Screen - It's gorgeous ! Love the slim bezel.
4) Speaker - Volume is better than I have anticipated
5) Mechanical keyboard is a tad bit noisy, still need to get used to it.

Overall quite satisfied with my selenite.

Next up:
1) Find out if possible to lower down the turbo multiplier to reduce fan noise.
2) Try GPU undervolt
3) Laptop cooler in on the way, will see if it helps to further reduce the temp.

This post has been edited by l2k: Mar 14 2019, 08:09 PM

Sorry for hijack this thread, but is sound blaster also work for illegear S5 as well?
the speaker for S5 is so low in volume...

Hi ferros,

S5 has soundblaster built in as well but the installation method is completely different. You may email us at support@illegear.com with your serial number.

Nice quick review man, I myself got the selenite just recently after sold my Z5 around a week ago and I'm quite satisfied with my purchased.
My initial impression was mostly positive, I'm very surprise that this 17 inch laptop is noticeable lighter then my tanky Z5. My Z5 serve me well but after carrying it around 2 years to my workplace, I think its time to move on to a lighter laptop. Plus with a bigger screen and a better spec its a great upgrade to me. The only thing I'm disappointed at first is the speaker and keyboard. So far after doing some tuning, the speaker sound alright now but for the keyboard, I still cant get used to it. Its feel....weird typing on it

Yeah, I am also trying to get use to the keyboard So, you were disappointed with the sound quality or sound volume, just to check?

Does your Sound Blaster work? the volume is very low if sound blaster doesn't work. you can try to change this to loud as shown in the ss below.




Check your windows update for sound blaster driver update if it doesn't work.






but I still have some issue with the sound which is occasionally buzz sound out of nowhere, do you guy have the same problem?

Mine work properly but even after some fiddling on the setting its still not that loud or clear as other brand. I used to own a few MSI, Asus and Lenovo laptop and they sounded better without even need to tune the setting. As for selenite, I think its alright enough to watch youtube or movie by yourself. Luckily I use my earphone most of the time so it doesn't bother me much.

I found that if sound blaster work it sound a lot better before that my sound blaster show offline in game the volume super low.

Yes it's true but I find it weird for the driver to work properly, a window update is required. Shouldn't the update all include inside the driver during installation? A bit of a hassle if you ask me to update the window
Anyway, want to contribute something in this thread. Here's some photo before and after my laptop upgrade. Before this I was using Z5
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Wow respect bro for loyalty...i remember last time when we started the z5 thread

This post has been edited by Arvinaaaaa: Mar 18 2019, 08:52 AM

Hi Volt,

We try to use the latest Windows update at our assembly line but sometimes after we finished assembly and QC there is another windows update again. We seek for your understanding in regards to this matter.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Good machine & good customer service. So, no reason to change

More sharing from me

More undervolt:
By no means the machine is running hot, but I am a fan of high efficiency and striving to run the machine as cool as possible. Additionally, also helps to prolong the component lifetime. After some researching, fiddling around, able to achieve a stable undervolt of -185mV via bios. Running prime95 after 40mins, temp is at 90C but probably due to very high power limit set by BIOS straight out from factory (85W !), constant 3.9Ghz boost clock. For moderate demand game like POE, temp is at about 60C with fan barely audible.

GPU tuning
Undervolt RTX2060 to about 700mV @ 1400Mhz and stable, I suppose I can bump up the core higher but my intention is not to achieve best performance but to lower thermal. Game like POE easily break 144fps with high setting, but if I cap the frame to 60fps thermal is only 60C.

Overall, internal fan is kept at low speed and is barely audible Seems like selenite's 5 heatpipes, dual fans with 4 vent holes + undervolt really do a decent job here. Had a desktop before with blower style GPU, never thought a laptop can be more quiet than a desktop gaming machine.

Cinebench R15 score close to 1300.
Superposition extreme score @ 3550

Built-in Speaker
If I were to pick the weakest link of Illegear Selenite, it would be the speaker. My volume is alright (sound blaster working fine) but it sounds a bit hollow. My guess is the midrange and bass is a bit lacking. Have not played too much with the setting but it is definitely not a decent one. Not a deal breaker though. Anyway, plan to buy a decent bluetooth ANC headphone, I guess I won't spend too much time fiddling with this.

Have not really done any intense FPS gaming for long hour to verify the temp and stability, don't really have much time for gaming nowadays unfortunately.

This post has been edited by l2k: Mar 18 2019, 07:38 PM

Can't get mine pass -100mv long hour of usage will get BSOD although initially work ok even at -150mv, now settle at -100mv touch wood

60degrees celcius at high settings is indeed remarkable. I own an Onyx and have a goal of reducing heat and increasing efficiency as well instead of going for max quality but noisy fan and annoying temperature build up.

I manage to get it stable only to max -140mV CPU. Still yet to explore MSI Afterburner setup to tame the 2060 inside. So far I'm getting 70-73 degrees after limiting max clock to 1700Mhz. Your 60degrees is definitely a goal for me to have as one of my Afterburner presets for casual gaming.

https://www.tech-critter.com/review-illegea...xXpABtyDIOx16GE

Tech Review by Tech Critter-John Diew

Pros:
Compact form factor
Classy RGB lighting with per-key RGB keyboard
Tactile typing experience
Slim display bezels
Fast & responsive display
Dual M.2 slot Great performance
Excellent gaming experience
Great cooling for RTX 2070
A more affordable price tag

Cons:
Normal key caps, please
USB port placement should have be at the left or rear
Noisy fan at high loads
High CPU temp at loads

This post has been edited by Winn@Illegear: Mar 19 2019, 11:59 AM

Would like to ask. I'm choosing between Onyx & Selenite. I heard reviews mentioned that Onyx has very loud fan noise when you're gaming & Selenite has much better fan noise tolerance.

For those who is using Selenite currently, is the noise fan too noisy or still bearable?

The audible fan noise for the Onyx has been significantly reduced after applying the latest BIOS and EC update

However, the Selenite indeed has a quieter fan noise in comparison to the Onyx because the former has larger-sized vents for the ventilation, hope this clarifies~

I play Dota 2 and League of legend at max setting so far I didn't notice any fan noise, at least the fan noise is low enough not to take my attention away from the game.

Never try any triple A game yet so no comment for those high demanding game.


I choose Selenite because of

1. bigger screen useful when i work with multiple documents or photo editing software (another solution is plug in external monitor)
2. Windows Hello facial recognition login. (lazy to type password plus login to windows faster)
3. Better cooling performance, for gaming laptop better cooling mean better performance because of less throttling.
4. Soft touch palm rest area is better than Aluminium body of Onyx which is finger print magnet.


but Selenite is less portability than Onyx because it has bigger size.


This post has been edited by mcloudteo: Mar 19 2019, 09:14 PM

It does clarify indeed. Thanks
All I need to decide is whether to take the larger size or smaller one. Gosh, choosing between these two laptops has never been so hard.



Guess I'm going to be one of the first to try out Metro Exodus with either of these two laptops. I think I'm leaning towards Selenite due to the better cooling performance since I do game some triple A games with crazy graphics & specs. Think I should undervolt too.

The 60C probably is just for not so demanding game like POE as the CPU load was only like 20-30% most of the time at 3.9Ghz. My guess is for AAA game, it will definitely go higher. I have temporary ditched throttlestop and only undervolted via BIOS. I guess the question is do we really need the CPU to be turboed all the time at 3.9Ghz? If not, I guess by using throttlestop to limit the multiplifer would be an effective step to lower down the temp.

On the GPU, it seems like you able to hit a very high core clock on your 2060 From what I know, the difference between mobility and desktop 2060 are as below:

RTX2060
Laptop Desktop
Default 960Mhz 1365Mhz
Boost 1200Mhz 1680Mhz
TDP 80-90W 160W

What you achieved is even faster than desktop version. Are you able to achieve a stable core clock? From my own testing, I have never seen the core voltage go above 1.1V and it was limited by the power profile.

This post has been edited by l2k: Mar 20 2019, 04:25 PM

sometime i see my gpu boosted to 1620 lolz not sure it's real or not.

Anybody experiencing crackling coming from their speakers it seems to come at random only. I can't replicate the crackling by replaying the same clip so I'm really stumped as to why it's crackling.

Not only that I tried uninstalling the Sound Blaster Connect App and reinstalling it only to find that it now doesn't work at all. The volume icon is muted and I can't seem to unmute it.

Haih, this is already my second Selenite my first unit had a messed up touchpad so a replacement was done now my speakers on the second unit are screwed up pulak. In addition to that, I even encountered a BSOD VIDEO_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR. Haven't even owned the laptop for a whole week already encountered so many issues.

The performance is amazing and the design doesn't stand out too much when compared to your average laptop so it blends in well. I really love this laptop but all these small issues are really pilling up and making the experience a pretty sour one.

So if any sifu's could give me any advice that'd be great.

Yours looks to be real. Mine is just setting inside Afterburner to be around 1700 but it doesn't get that high anyway.

Try to get some logging's to see how long it sustained at 1620. It would be impressive if it is able to get that high for long.

It's real. I did see my GPU getting bumped up all the way to 1600Mhz+ during superposition benchmark but only like briefly a few seconds with core voltage up to 1.1V. Most of the times it stay at about 850mV @ 100% load, and 1400+Mhz. My guess is it depends on the GPU load.

I just flatten the curve to 700mV @ 1400Mhz at the moment, I guess the 800-800mV region can be bumped up to hit a higher clock speed.

A useful tool to verify the GPU core voltage and clock speed would be GPU-Z.

This post has been edited by l2k: Mar 21 2019, 02:49 PM

Experienced the crackling sound twice, but just very briefly. It seems like it happened while I quit some application, but I don't know for sure and can't recreate it.

I guess I just ignore and live with it

The problem with my crackling is that it happens during audio and video playback. I use my speakers about 90% of the time I'm using the laptop so I really can't just ignore the crackling noises. The speakers have already been replaced and yet the issue still persists. Already reinstalled the Realtek drivers, Sound Connect App even went as far to change the sample rate and the bit depth but alas the issue still persists. Having run out of options I'm getting seriously desperate now.

I have not experienced this so far during gaming or video playing with my selenite, but I am a relatively new user. I have experienced this crackling sound with my desktop speaker before with subwoofer, if I turn off the AC power before turning off the speaker, probably due to the subwoofer discharging its driver and causes vibration.

For your case, I think if speaker is not the issue, perhaps it could be due to the speaker driver on the motherboard itself?

This post has been edited by l2k: Mar 21 2019, 05:24 PM

I have the same issue with crackling sound it came out randomly, if you turn down the sub woofer it will be fine, i guess something to do with sub woofer.

Don't really wanna risk taking it apart, I'm gonna just bring it back to them to see how it plays out. Hopefully, a solution will be found.


Do you know how I can turn the subwoofer down?

I have this issue too but it only happen if I turn up the volume pass 90%

Here you go but not recommended




volt mentioned less than 90% volume work but I havent test that.

This post has been edited by mcloudteo: Mar 23 2019, 11:31 PM

Sry what I really mean to say is that anywhere near the max volume the crackling sound will occurred. In my case it usually happen during opening a YouTube video or switching/opening a music. It doesnt happen often but you do notice it.

Anyway I tried to update realtek audio driver to see if there any improvement but after update my creative soundblaster app couldn't detect my driver, so make sure you dont update it haha

Update: The crackling sound now happen at any volume, really noticable when opening youtube video or playing music

This post has been edited by Volt: Mar 25 2019, 01:47 PM

Hi all, kindly note we have submitted this crackle bugs to the manufacturer and we are in the midst of finding the root cause. Will keep you guys posted.

Welcome to my hell Had to RMA my selenite again because I really just couldn't tahan the crackling happening so frequently. Haih really sucks to see another person experiencing the same issues as me, really thought I was an isolated case.

Hi mynameisnotryan

As per liaising with the manufacturer, the issue is related to the software rather than the hardware since the issue does not persist on the Selenite machines with GTX 10-series GPUs previously. Nevertheless, we are communicating actively with the manufacture in regards to the resolution for this issue and we shall update this thread officially once a patch has been delivered

Hello there. Another Selenite user reporting in. I bought my baby on 09/03 as rush order, and got it on 12/03, as I'm working in West Africa (Guinea-Bissau). Facing same crackling sound issue as well. Besides that, I think the laptop is really top-notch and a fantastic companion. Customer Service from Illegear is also superb - really hope they can solve this crackling issue. Wish the speaker + sub-woofer could pump sounds out at louder decibels.

Seems like the crackling sound is a common issue for selenite users. I guess I am on the lucky side as I have been experiencing minimal cracking sound, perhaps as I usually keep the volume quite low (below 30). I only experience some very minor cracking if I stop a video or quit a game for example.

Finger crossed for a driver update.

I try using my previous solution that I used to solve my dell inspiron 7559 pop sound problem by disabling power management for the audio and so far, it help minimizing the crackling or pop sound. It help making it less noticeable then before an Im happy with the outcome so far.

Wondering how you disable the power management for audio? Don't seem to have this one in the power plan.

Was googling this issue and found the following. It seems like it is not selenite problem, but some other users have experienced same thing.

https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/audio-...ows-107-solved/

The original news shared 3 solutions: 1) minimum processor state to 100% (not desirable for heat and battery life) 2) Disable ATI HDMI (not applicable to us) 3) DPC latency (interesting one)

However, what caught my eye is one of the user in the comment section actually solved his popping issue with "fast boot disable".
SOLUTION: Disable Fast Boot
STEPS: Control Panel - Power Options - (Left) Choose What The Power Buttons Do - Change Settings That Are Currently Unavailable - Now Uncheck or Deselect 'Turn On Fast Startup' - Click Save Changes and then fully Shut Down Computer (not restart) - Power Computer Back On - PROBLEM SOLVED.

Will try it after work and report here.

More info

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/7h...o_crackling_on/

you have to disable it through regedit > hkey_current_user > Software > Realtek > Audio > RtknguAudUService > enable > 0
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This post has been edited by Volt: Mar 28 2019, 03:59 PM

I don't wanna jinx myself by saying this but I may have fixed the issue or at least minimized the crackling to a point where I really don't notice it. What I did was downgrade my Realtek High Definition Audio Driver to version 6.0.1.8186, the driver's I used before was 6.0.1.8619. Before downgrading the driver my crackling was really bad happening almost constantly.

But with all this talk about Nvidia also causing crackling it may even be the Geforce Experience driver which was recently released on the 25th.

I have a feeling that the crackling still hasn't disappeared but maybe you guys could give downgrading the driver a go to see if it helps.

which driver? Realtek or nvidia?

I updated both so I can't really tell you which one made the crackling stop, I suppose you could just try updating both.

I have latest nvidia driver, my realtek audio driver is v6.0.1.8581. I have been experiencing very minimal cracking sound.

Before I mess with my driver, I am trying the "disable fast boot", so far have not experience any crackling. Will update again.

Would still prefer an official solution from Illegear. Laptop cost RM7k, want the problem 100% solved instead of just very minimal cracking sound.

Obviously, we all do but this is just a temporary fix rather than having to live with the crackle constantly.

I do agree with you Illegear should follow up closely and come out with a solution.

However, the more I search for this issue, the more it points towards driver compatibility issue (if the driver was designed to play well with windows 10 fast boot).

FYI, windows 10 fast boot stores all the kernel and drivers in the hard drive to facilitate a faster boot up, your laptop enters a state between hibernation and shutdown, so it means the laptop is never fully shutdown. I assume if realtek doesn't have good support for this feature, once you restart and go back to windows, driver may have issues (hence the latency issue).

If it is really Realtek driver issue, I bet the full solution is only thru new driver release.

Above is just my opinion anyway, I so far has not heard any crackling since I disable the fast boot, will keep you all updated. BTW, our SSD is fast enough, so far I only lost less than few seconds on boot up time compare to fast boot. Moreover, drivers update usually requires a full restart/shutdown, I can only imagine if the driver doesn't play well with fast boot, more problem will occur.

This post has been edited by l2k: Mar 29 2019, 10:18 AM

Let me try this as well will keep you you guy posted.

No joy doesn't work for me (turn off the fast boot) the only way can reduce the crackling noise for me is set the bass to 0

So I have officially bought Selenite for my own. This laptop is a beast. I can play triple A games with no issues.

Tested out with Metro Exodus. Everything maxed out with no ray tracing and it sustains above 60 fps (most of the time). Undervolted both GPU & CPU and my temperature for both is always below 70 degrees Celsius. Overall very impressed with this laptop indeed. I can officially sell my PC now.

Are you using throttlestop? I found that without downclocking (just merely undervolt), the temperature can rise and fall very fast. With i7 8750H turbo constantly at 3.9Ghz, temperature can easily overshoot 75C and come back after the fan spooling up. So I never able to achieve a stable temperature, it is more like a roller coaster.

Guess you are right, I still have detected like once or twice the popping issue.

Let's hope for a decent driver update news from the manufacturer.