Hello everyone,
I'm just looking for some answers to my questions about my about 3 and a half year old Samsung RV511 laptop.
Generally, it's been a very good laptop. Windows 7, Intel i3 processor, 4 gigs of ram. Awesome.
Let's get to it.
My first problem is it's getting very hot. I don't do very much at the same time on it. Usually all I'm doing is listening to music on Spotify (which is a very awesome music service, by the way) and 2 or 3 tabs in Google Chrome (fastest web browser ever). When I play a game, it's just the game running. No Google Chrome or Spotify. Occasionally I'm also writing a word document.
If I just put my hand on the left side of my computer, it's really hot. I'm just guessing it's 80 to 90 degrees. It may be even hotter than that. The left side of the keyboard is also hot. Just so you guys think I'm serious, if I put my hand on the escape key right now, it's just about as hot as the left side. Right now I'm using it on my bed, it makes the covers really hot. All of these hot temperatures are easily 80 to 90 degrees. I'm guessing it's the CPU. Also, it gets this hot after about 10 minutes of use then once I turn it off it takes a few minutes to cool off. I've read that if the side of your computer is hot, the fans are working. But should they be this hot?
Issue number two is battery life. This thing won't get me through the whole day. Don't suggest getting a new battery, I already have that in mind. All I do mostly is browse the web and listen to music. I do have the power plan set to high performance, but for it to affect battery life that bad? Not good. It only takes about 2 hours to charge, though. The battery lasts about an hour and half to two hours.
Issue number three.is rebooting every time I open it. So, if I just close my laptop, next time I open it it shows the Samsung, asks me to select an OS (because I have Windows (7) and Ubuntu (12.10) installed). Next, here's where it gets complicated. If I boot into Windows, it resumes Windows. Then I get a black screen. I turn off my computer, I do the same thing, and then Windows asks me if I want to resume from restoration data or delete that data and simply restart. I just hit delete that data or whatever it says, and then I use Windows like normal. Now if I boot into Ubuntu, if I close it, I'm not sure what happens since I haven't really been using Ubuntu. Now, in Windows, if I open the start menu, click sleep, and then close my laptop, when I open it again, it goes right back to Windows, like it's supposed to do. And in Control Panel, I have it set to go to sleep when I close the lid. But it shuts down instead.
I'd like some answers so I can figure out what to do. I'd like some good answers explaining it sort of in depth.
Thanks! Any help would be appreciated!!
I also have a question:
The BIOS thing on some Asus computers is graphical and you can use your mouse in it. Is the Samsung BIOS thing like that? I don't really need an answer but answer if you wish.
I'm just looking for some answers to my questions about my about 3 and a half year old Samsung RV511 laptop.
Generally, it's been a very good laptop. Windows 7, Intel i3 processor, 4 gigs of ram. Awesome.
Let's get to it.
My first problem is it's getting very hot. I don't do very much at the same time on it. Usually all I'm doing is listening to music on Spotify (which is a very awesome music service, by the way) and 2 or 3 tabs in Google Chrome (fastest web browser ever). When I play a game, it's just the game running. No Google Chrome or Spotify. Occasionally I'm also writing a word document.
If I just put my hand on the left side of my computer, it's really hot. I'm just guessing it's 80 to 90 degrees. It may be even hotter than that. The left side of the keyboard is also hot. Just so you guys think I'm serious, if I put my hand on the escape key right now, it's just about as hot as the left side. Right now I'm using it on my bed, it makes the covers really hot. All of these hot temperatures are easily 80 to 90 degrees. I'm guessing it's the CPU. Also, it gets this hot after about 10 minutes of use then once I turn it off it takes a few minutes to cool off. I've read that if the side of your computer is hot, the fans are working. But should they be this hot?
Issue number two is battery life. This thing won't get me through the whole day. Don't suggest getting a new battery, I already have that in mind. All I do mostly is browse the web and listen to music. I do have the power plan set to high performance, but for it to affect battery life that bad? Not good. It only takes about 2 hours to charge, though. The battery lasts about an hour and half to two hours.
Issue number three.is rebooting every time I open it. So, if I just close my laptop, next time I open it it shows the Samsung, asks me to select an OS (because I have Windows (7) and Ubuntu (12.10) installed). Next, here's where it gets complicated. If I boot into Windows, it resumes Windows. Then I get a black screen. I turn off my computer, I do the same thing, and then Windows asks me if I want to resume from restoration data or delete that data and simply restart. I just hit delete that data or whatever it says, and then I use Windows like normal. Now if I boot into Ubuntu, if I close it, I'm not sure what happens since I haven't really been using Ubuntu. Now, in Windows, if I open the start menu, click sleep, and then close my laptop, when I open it again, it goes right back to Windows, like it's supposed to do. And in Control Panel, I have it set to go to sleep when I close the lid. But it shuts down instead.
I'd like some answers so I can figure out what to do. I'd like some good answers explaining it sort of in depth.
Thanks! Any help would be appreciated!!
I also have a question:
The BIOS thing on some Asus computers is graphical and you can use your mouse in it. Is the Samsung BIOS thing like that? I don't really need an answer but answer if you wish.