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[Windows 8 General] mznk:
I finally received my Arctic thermal pads, MX-2 thermal paste, 0.2 mm copper sheet and the 256 GB Kingspec SSD. I did a thermal mod similar to [MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION], I replaced the thermal pads, cut the copper sheet to size and with the help of thermal paste and tape, stuck it on the inside of the back panel. Now, although the core temp are between 45C to 52C under moderate use, due to better heat transfer the back panel gets very warm. Under XTU benchmark test the temp got as high as 85C.

Is there any way to get the heat away from the right side of the back panel and transfer it to the centre where it dissipates through a larger area? Also, my HDMI out doesn't seem to work, it fails to do anything when plugged in. Anybody with a similar issue had success?

EDIT:

I have been able to lower the temp by 14C, by doing the following modification.

Pics of Mod 1:

Pics of Mod 2:

I have also added an extra 1mm thermal pad on RAM chips and 0.5mm 8mm*6mm thermal pad over the RAM area between the heatsink and back cover copper.

Now, the only issue is the HDMI out, which doesn't work at all.

EDIT 2:

I'm consistently getting stable temperature of 45C to 50C on my tablet, whereas the second Cube without mod reaches as high as 62C. Similarly, under XTU benchmark the second Cube reached 82C.

Secondly, HDMI is working fully, it was a faulty mini HDMI to HDMI converter that was causing the problem.

Lastly, my fresh Windows 10 Pro install activated automatically without the need of any license key (I was planning on using the working Pro key that the Aliexpress seller gave me), I just skipped it during the setup, entered my Microsoft account info and voila it was activated by default.
[Windows 8 General] fraktulnz:
Copper foil secured with thermal adhesive across the case is what I am planning. Short of installing a slim line heat pipe there is not many options as I see it.
[Windows 8 General] TMSxXDA:
Hi guys! Finally yesterday I got my cube, everything works great, except the heating problem, can you please advice/explain how to configure ETU? I found no info here, and it seems non trival.

I need max. battery life, for office use, not planning to game on it, can you please advice?
[Windows 8 General] KnieveI:
Cube i7 Stylus VS Cintiq 13.3.

Hi.

My niece does a lot of drawing and wants something like a Wacom Cintiq 13.3 for this.

But that one is just to expensive.

So i am thinking about the Cube i7 Stylus?

Do you think it will be able to do the job ok. I know its a lot smaller.

Now she is drawing on a black Bamboo pad (or something) connected to her laptop.

Anybody here got some experience in this? Or has other suggestions.

Thanks

Knievel
[Windows 8 General] Wootever:
Raw cut:

Smoothed:

It still needs some fine-tuning as i made it a little larger for sawing compensation:
[Windows 8 General] TMSxXDA:
Well, I have it now for couple days only, but already used it to solve university math assignments, taking notes, collecting inf. And it is doing very very well, still writing notes is more comfortable in landscape orientation, and reading books in porital, comparing to surface, which is wider, you can comfortably use both orientations, with 2-3x price.
[Windows 8 General] TMSxXDA:
Anybody tried to use wireless keyboard in bios? Dose it supports wireless keyboards? I am considering to by one, but it will be pointless if bios dosent support it.
[Windows 8 General] RagsJV:
I'd look into Huion 22 inch drawing monitor. If she doesn't need the portability, the extra screen size and better pen design and pressure levels would be my choice.

That said, for a portable device, the Cube i7 Stylus is awesome.
[Windows 8 General] baxtex:
Anybody know how to turn auto-rotate on/off in Windows 10? I must have disabled it somehow beacuse it doesn't work. I have tried uninstallning all the drivers and installing them with the Core Package in the first post but when I do that, this happens:

----- Sensor -----

Microsoft PnP Utility

Processing inf : kxfusion.inf

Failed to install the driver on any of the devices on the system : Inga flera data är tillgängliga. //This means "No more data is available."

Processing inf : kxspb.inf

Failed to install the driver on any of the devices on the system : Inga flera data är tillgängliga. //This means "No more data is available."

Total attempted: 2

Number successfully imported: 0

So I tried installning the drivers from the device manager instead, but did not work either. I suppose it's these drivers?:

Kionix KXCJ9 3-axis accelrometer SPB, Kionix Sensor Fusion Device abd SDO-Sensor V2
[Windows 8 General] visca blaugrana:
its in the action center

---------- Post added at 04:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:44 PM ----------

what is considdered an acceptable temperature of the CPU? I am not much of a gamer, I have installed it, and i dont feel the back is that hot.

according to XTU its on average around 70 with peaks and drops, is that a problem?
[Windows 8 General] Wootever:
Please take a look at: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62870529&postcount=991

Dynamic CPU Voltage Offset for Core/Cache/Graphics needs a bit of testing, you can try to set all to -50mV and use 3DMark11 to verify (rough) stability.

For the cpu core only thermal paste, I'm using the adhesive just for the copper parts.

Max. temperature is 95°C; 80°C should be fine for average usage.

If it's a keyboard with a usb dongle it might could work, bluetooth only keyboards probably not.
[Windows 8 General] Drextard:
Wifi adapter disappearing when connecting kb solution

To anyone who is having problems with wifi disconnecting and adapter disappearing after connecting keyboard, I've noticed this happening when I can't dock it the first time because the connectors are not lined up properly so I saw some tiny sparks while fiddling around and thought maybe the metal casing shorts it. So I tried putting some insulating tape around the connector on the tablet to cover the metal backplate where the dock pins might accidently touch. It ain't pretty but hey, looks like it's working and it's fixed the most annoying problem of this device for me.
[Windows 8 General] obi-lan:
It seems that my powered USB hub leaks some voltage trough USB connectors shield to Cubes back panel which then causes some tiny sparks when connecting HDMI cable. Should I be worried? I tested USB cable agains HDMI cable and it seems to happen even without Cube in the middle.
[Windows 8 General] JohnnyInBriz:
Most smalll power supplies (without ground connection) have a capacitor between the primary and secondary circuits for noise suppression purposes. This causes a small AC current to flow when the secondary circuit is grounded. The capacitor is or should be a Y-class safety type and the small current that flows is not dangerous to humans and is unlikey to cause any damage to other equipment that it is connected to. If you don't like the sparking, turn off the power supply when plugging other components together.
[Windows 8 General] TMSxXDA:
Step by Step: how to uninstall Chinese UI Language Pack

If you don't want to make a fresh windows install like me, you still can get rid of Chinese UI language pack, you can check out the attachment for step by step toturial.
[Windows 8 General] Heishiro1988:
If you are still trying to do this, you can read this http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/

I have the normal grub booting by default in windows, but to enter in linux I need a keyboard.

I can't get working the Touchscreen, could you explain me a little more how do you do it?

About my touchpad... if I use it, it works about a minute, and then stop working... but if I had attached the usb mouse receiver, it works very well. It's very strange... Could someone help me?

Thank you
[Windows 8 General] Heishiro1988:
I found this in Aliexpress. AntiGlare screen protector es.aliexpress.com/store/product/3pcs-Matte-Anti-Glare-Screen-Guard-Protective-Film-Screen-Protector-for-Cube-i7-Stylus-10-6/1209781_32437869750.html

What do you think about it? It could be a good option?
[Windows 8 General] murakh:
Yes, still trying, I have had a brief look at the REFInd option, but nowhere did I see it specifically state that it supports touch (And homepage has a screenshot which states "use arrow keys") and I dont want to mess with testing out various Boot Loaders / Boot Managers now that I have things in a working condition. I am hoping to get the Windows GUI Boot options to work, otherwise it might have to just always be boot into linux and then reboot to windows using a grub reboot (option) command. A bit frustrating but at least linux boots in an instant.

The touchscreen: Open a terminal window and type

sudo modprobe hid_multitouch

enter your password and it will load the module. You may have to reboot or at least logout and log back into X. So far this has been variable for me, it works for a while then seems to "forget" to load multitouch and then I have to redo this, have not yet had time to research how to make modules permanently load (The modprobe command does not necessarily result in persistence of the module). Stylus functionality is always there even when touch is not.

So far the only issue I have with the trackpad is that certain gestures (specifically scrolling down) in Linux (Mint 17.2) result in a "z" keypress. Nothing in windows or linux where it has stopped working. You dont mention which OS this happens under though

On the plus side, for anyone following: To enable touchscreen login to Linux Mint (17.2) you need to change the Theme to GTK (in Menu - System Settings - Login Window) and then install onboard (or virtual keyboard of your choosing)

sudo apt-get install onboard

and then add

onboard &

to the file

/etc/mdm/Init/Default

placing on the line before exit 0.

It is not a pretty fix (yet) but it works (Size and placement need attention). You may also want to disable the screen lock because if the screen locks after no activity, the keyboard is not presented again.
[Windows 8 General] Heishiro1988:
I read somewhere that refind cand handle physical buttons events... if it is true, we can use it to link the windows to vol up and linux to vol down.

I will try the hid_multitouch and see...

The trackpad issue only happens to me in linux... in windows works perfect. I don't know why.
[Windows 8 General] TMSxXDA:
As I understand, Intel service should run all time to this underclocking to take place, but this service takes 5-7% of my CPU, what seems to cancel any real value of this modification.

Dose anybody has similar issue? Or I am doing something wrong?
[Windows 8 General] dodongobongo:
You don't need to keep the XTU client open. The actual Intel XTU service shouldn't use any CPU.
[Windows 8 General] tavelot:
hello i have today the i7 cube in my hands (i have not the pen), i'm downloading win 10 pro (i buy a product key from ebay) and send to aliexpress the photo with the vidence of KMS crack (will epire in 180 days) just for ask a refund.

Now the quest, i have a wacom intuos pro M with a pen, on win 8.1 pro it don't work. any way for working on cube?

what kind of peen i can buy? on amazon i found the Bamboo stylus feel (cs 300) anyone know if it will work?

eventually which one i can buy? i don't want buy again on aliexpress cause i will have my pen in 35 days here... (i live in Italy)
[Windows 8 General] murakh:
It seems there are multiple types of Wacom digitisers and the pens are not cross compatible. The Intuos pen does not work.

The Samsung Note 4 stylus (and presumably the Note 3 as well) does definitely work and those should be easy to get.

On Tech-Tablets (here) someone also found that the Cube stylus is a generic type, so you can try searching for one of those if you want a full-sized pen, instead of the smaller Note 4 type.
[Windows 8 General] TMSxXDA:
If I will press on exit in the XTU menu in the notification area, it will close the UI and the service, and I doubt that XTU writing modifications in some win config file, so it seems that it sould run constantly, what consumed cpu.

It consumes cpu due to the graphs it drawing I think , even when minimized to notification area, something strange here...
[Windows 8 General] baxtex:
Anybody know how to turn auto-rotate on/off in Windows 10? I must have disabled it somehow beacuse it doesn't work. I have tried uninstallning all the drivers and installing them with the Core Package in the first post but when I do that, this happens:

----- Sensor -----

Microsoft PnP Utility

Processing inf : kxfusion.inf

Failed to install the driver on any of the devices on the system : Inga flera data är tillgängliga. //This means "No more data is available."

Processing inf : kxspb.inf

Failed to install the driver on any of the devices on the system : Inga flera data är tillgängliga. //This means "No more data is available."

Total attempted: 2

Number successfully imported: 0

So I tried installning the drivers from the device manager instead, but did not work either. I suppose it's these drivers?:

Kionix KXCJ9 3-axis accelrometer SPB, Kionix Sensor Fusion Device abd SDO-Sensor V2

___________

I'm also wondering about XTU, it doesnät auto start when I boot the cube, is there someway to fix that? I tried putting it in the autostart folder with no luck.
[Windows 8 General] fraktulnz:
Have Gearbest shipped your unit yet? I ordered mine on the 25th October and still awaiting a definitive update on when they will be back in stock almost a month later.
[Windows 8 General] Au5513:
I'm not sure about your driver issue, but on mine with Win 10 I just swipe from the right-hand side of the screen and there is a quick menu like in Android that has a tile for switching on/off the screen auto-rotate.
[Windows 8 General] baxtex:
Yes I know. This option was there when I got the tablet, but after 2 days the auto rotate option was gone and I did all I wrote in the previus post.

BTW anyone know were I can buy new plastic tips for the pen? I've searched ebay and aliexpress but found nothing.
[Windows 8 General] Heishiro1988:
You can buy them in the Wacom eStore

http://es.shop.wacom.eu/zubehoer-filter/puntas-de-lapiz/soft/white-nibs-for-cs-3002/706?c=2213048
[Windows 8 General] murakh:
It seems I never had that option and even manually adding the "Sensor" as legacy hardware never worked. Tried all the drivers, (From the first page of this thread first, from the 8.1 package, from the Cube forums, even those from the Kionix website) and every time the Sensor does not start correctly, and no auto rotate nor any option in the slide-out menu.

This leads on to something else though, after doing an installation of Ubuntu 15.04 and then reverting back to Mint 17.2, after the re-install (including partition format) both touchscreen and stylus work by default. Previously when adding the hid_multitouch manually I suspect it only worked after a complete power down and power up, not after reboots. So I am wondering if perhaps some of the sensors are not correctly initialised when rebooting?

Also if anyone can help, my battery is reporting maximum 61% and 43000Wh in Windows 10 battery report even though I have Wootever's modified 0825v12 Mod v3 modified firmware which I presume included the battery reporting change from the v2.4 firmware (no longer available)

Linux reports "Capacity" as 97%, but "Percentage" as ~60%, yet even leaving it charging almost all day while powered down, I did not see a green light. Is this normal? Using it on and off,including watching some video and the re-install of Mint only gave me around 2 to 2.5 hours usage on battery.

Cube i7 Stylus

- Cube i7 keyboard, "Brown" stylus, 2.5A PSU

- 0825v12 Mod v3 firmware

- Mint 17.2 (Stylus, Touch & Wifi working, Bluetooth untested)

- Windows 10 Pro (not yet activated) No screen rotation

- Memu as Android emulator
[Windows 8 General] baxtex:
Hmm, quite expensive though. I don't know if anyone can test this: When I dock the keyboard it works fine and the rigtmost led is glowing (the on with an arrow), I suppose this mean its' docked. Then If I press caps lock the rightmost arrow turns off and the other two turns on. Now something happends. The keyboard chnages to the blue stickers.

So say that I just docked it and I can write u,i,o,j,k,l just fine.

When I Press caps all those letters turn to 4,5,6,1,2,3 just if like I pressed the fn key.

Now it doesn't matter if I turn caps on or off beacuse the fn key is somehow stuck and now I have to redock the keyboard.

Extremeley irrititating, especial beacuse I am not used to english keyboard layout, so I press the wrong keys all the times.
[Windows 8 General] Heishiro1988:
When this is happening you have the "1 Led" blue? Push the Num Lock button (top right in the keyboard). Then try again
[Windows 8 General] Wootever:
Please try the Experimental Bios Mod
[Windows 8 General] baxtex:
Lol, that fixed it.Thought I was gonna smash the keyboard against the floor soon. XD
[Windows 8 General] murakh:
Thankyou (and also specifically thankyou for all the work you have done here which has helped me so much already).

I had tried you experimental mod, but I am not sure it flashes correctly as it did not do the erase first the same way the V3 does, and I also get warnings of "partitions do not exist". Once it is charged I will try a reflash of a fresh download.
[Windows 8 General] franaloper:
Hi I have a problem. My i7 stylus don't power on when I press power button even with green battery led. Anyone know what can I do?
[Windows 8 General] Wootever:
[MENTION=1396397]murakh[/MENTION]

It only flash the BIOS region (just meant as an incremental upgrade from version 0825v12 / Mod V3) and the warnings are alright: GBE and PDR regions are not included/needed for this device.
[Windows 8 General] murakh:
Thankyou! This time it worked and the battery is now reporting as 33000. Not sure if it is bad timing but right now it still says 59% charged. Turned off and allowing to charge a bit more.

An interesting side-effect of the new BIOS (re)-flash, in case you need to know: Previously I had 2 entries for Linux in my boot options in the BIOS (listed in both the boot priority and boot override). Either option would boot to Grub2.

After the flash I only have 1 entry for Linux now, and yes it does work.
[Windows 8 General] Au5513:
Can't turn on despite power? May be the ribbon cable.

You might have the same problem I do. Have you ever opened your tablet?

On mine I acccidentally put a tiny dent in the ribbon cable for the power button. Now I cannot turn it on. I need to ask Cube for a replacement ribbon cable.
[Windows 8 General] Wootever:
Small update:

I used 0.6mm copper sheet and 4mm drill:

It just need some polishing and then i will try the thermal adhesive to glue both pieces together:

Update:

Now glued together and some insulating tape added:

Arctic thermal pad 50 x 50 x 0.5 mm:

3DMark11 with default XTU settings (6W, 25sec):
Max. 65°C, 12W and P860

3DMark11 with slightly adjusted XTU settings (6W, 1sec):
Max. 66°C, 7.4W and P907

3DMark11 with adjusted XTU settings (6W, 1sec; -85mV, -75mV, -85mV):
Max. 66°C, 7.5W and P1003

3DMark11 with adjusted XTU settings (6W, 1sec; -95mV, -85mV, -95mV):
Max. 65°C, 7.7W and P1024

3DMark11 with adjusted XTU settings (7.5W, 1sec; -85mV, -75mV, -85mV):
Max. 74°C, 7.5W and [URL="3dmark.com/3dm11/10438408"]P1110[/URL]
[Windows 8 General] neodoru:
Do not open this piece of ****, unless you're prepared to curse the entire factory. Especially for that retarded volume "button" and the speaker "grille".
[Windows 8 General] JKarhu:
Volume and power buttons

It's easier to keep volume and power buttons on their place with a piece of Scotch tape. The tape can be pulled out after the back cover is on it's place.
[Windows 8 General] =jon=:
Hi

I just got myself one of these, so far I'm pretty happy with it - it's got a few 'quirks', but for the money, you really can't complain!

I got it from gearbest from their EU warehouse - it took about a week for them to ship it, funny that it shipped the same day when I started chasing them for updates!!! It came with a hooky copy of windows 8.1 on it though (KMS Pico activated) - but I wasn't that fussed as I have a real copy of win10 to put on it anyway...

It looks like they have fixed some of the wifi issues - I can get somewhere round 10MB/second throughput via wifi (using the realtek drivers for win10 on the first post), which seems higher than has been previously reported on here...

One issue I do have is with Miracast - with the realtek drivers on the first page it will very rarely connect to my MS mira dongle, whereas my other half's surface pro seems to connect every time.. If I uninstall the driver and use the windows 10 supplied one, then it will connect more reliably, but I lose all internet access while I'm mirroring, which is a bit of a PITA.. Any suggestions, or should I just wait for Realtek to release an update?

Cheers

Jon
[Windows 8 General] alessandro1980:
Hi guys, I'm eriting you because I need your help in finding a good case gor the cube i7 stylus. I'm looking for a case like the one in the photo attached here.

A "book" case in which in one side I can put the tablet and in the other one the keyboard dock and that allows the tablet to be connected on the keyboard dock without having to put it aside from the original retaining system of the cover. DO you know if something similar does exist?
[Windows 8 General] Wootever:
Updated Windows 10 Drivers:

Name | Date | Version | New Date | New Version
------------------ | ---------- | ----------------- | ---------- | ----------------
Intel DPTF | 07.08.2015 | 8.1.10603.192 | 14.09.2015 | 8.1.10604.207
Realtek Bluetooth | 04.08.2015 | 1.3.875.3 | 06.10.2015 | 1.3.879.3
Realtek Cardreader | 17.07.2015 | 10.0.10163.31215 | 24.09.2015 | 10.0.10240.31218
Realtek WLAN | 28.07.2015 | 1030.1.0715.2015 | 25.09.2015 | 1030.2.0731.2015
------------------ | ---------- | ----------------- | ---------- | ----------------
Intel Graphics | 11.09.2015 | 20.19.15.4285 | 01.10.2015 | 20.19.15.4300
Realtek Audio | 22.09.2015 | 6.0.1.7620 | 20.10.2015 | 6.0.1.7640
[Windows 8 General] javlada:
Thanks a lot for your guide. I just installed Kubuntu 15.10 on my Cube i7 Stylus. Everything went fine, the steps to make WiFi work are the same. Audio and Wacom pen work out of the box. But the touch screen doesn't work at all. Any idea what should I check or try to make it work?
[Windows 8 General] ajdeneka:
[MENTION=4709667]Wootever[/MENTION]

Thanks for awesome work! Few questions:

1. Are those temperatures with your latest mod best so far?

2. Are both pieces 0.6mm thick, from same copper sheet?

3. Can you paste links from where you got copper sheet, thermal adhesive, thermal grease, insulating tape and thermal pads?

4. Do I need anything else not mentioned under number 3?

Thanks! Great work!
[Windows 8 General] Ogider:
Wootever

"and some insulating tape added"

Aren't you afraid that because of heat on copper plate ,that tape will drop out.
[Windows 8 General] Wootever:
Yes; "cpu heatspreader" is 1mm and the upper sheet is 0.6mm.

(Note: those are only examples, you can also use different thermal pads / adhesive.)

Copper Sheet Plate 100mm x 100mm x 0.5mm

Copper Sheet Plate 100mm x 100mm x 1.0mm

ARCTIC MX-4

Arctic Silver Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive

Unitec Insulated Tape

ARCTIC Thermal pad 50mm x 50mm x 0.5mm

ARCTIC Thermal pad 50mm x 50mm x 1.0mm

It should be temperature-resistant up to 105°C
[Windows 8 General] e270889o:
Im still reading at page 39, and have few cuestions.

You guys talk about bios v4, but the modded bios in the first post only says V3. What am i missing? There is an official bios at v4 and a mod bios at v3? Differences?

So best options now are modbios v3 + xtu (4.5 tdp and 1,25s turbo windows). Right?

Screen protector from surface 2 (tempered glass) mess with the stylus accuracy?

Thanks
[Windows 8 General] Wootever:
V4 is based on an older Bios version, i had "reset" the numbering scheme with release of the most recent Bios version (0825v12).