Chuwi minibook forum 1, 24. Feb 12, 2023 · @ChuwiService Please help if there is a bios reset file for Minibook X n5100? The display doesn’t work at all and the device appears to be bricked. Doing a windows update or installing an application I can easily get 70-75 degrees. As you know, Chuwi minibook 8" N100 just been released. I also use this as my smallest gaming system, since, as I mentioned in another thread, it's possible to run quite a few games on it. 04 and the latest stable Debian release). Just as it says- MiniBook X s/n ZMinBXHY4H240202*** Dec 17, 2022 · I kind of felt the Minibook X might not be around for long and bought it almost immediately, before I would actually need it for a trip. Feb 3, 2024 · The Chuwi Minibook X 2023 works well for me with Ubuntu Cinnamon 24. That makes 36 Watts. 8 kernel with all the parameters set in grub as one could find in this thread. MiniBook. Plugged it in, powered up, got it all set up with Windows. almost works but some issues. I also love the form factor, other than the OneNetbook (which costs like 3x more) it’s literally the only device that is small enough to be easily portable and actually useful as a tablet, but large enough to be comfortable for typing and other real work. 8 MB) May 21, 2024 · Great discussion, thank you all! First time writing and just to add (hopefully useful for somebody) that have installed (as dual boot with Windows 11) MX Linux AHS 23. Even though the Chuwi charger has an USB C connector it is not (and does not have to be) compliant with standard USB C Power Delivery. 17. Thanks in Advanced Best Regards. 6 and the same problem. From begining it starts with issues. Edit: also, when Oct 31, 2022 · BIOS Revision: 5. Turns out, the screen is stuck at 50hz, and from I’ve gathered this panel is supposed to run at 60hz but was displaying white line artifacts, so chuwi locked the panel at 50hz. I think the OS recognizes the dead battery on startup and boots as if its not there. Problem is Windows wont recognize the battery, just says “no battery present”. 2 disk due UEFI Oct 11, 2023 · Just bought the new minibook x on n100, noticed strange, unusual feeling ghosting. serial number Oct 23, 2021 · There is already an official windows 11 upgrade on the windows update, chuwi minibook 8 J4125 has passed the requirements. tl;dr. 1082. Oct 13, 2020 · The fingerprint reader seems to be missing from Windows on my Minibook. Nov 24, 2022 · I was trying to improve my touchscreen and especially stylus performance, and found a HiPen update here on the forums (DON’T DO IT). CHUWI | Official Forum Topic Replies MiniBook. 111666 October 19, 2024, 10:29pm 1. com) But got confused about which one is the keyboard driver. Laptops. 9-desktop-1. I tried to charge it, and push the power button for a few seconds without any luck… Right now the computer doesn’t turn on and doesn’t charge, not even Jun 19, 2022 · Drivers from server (zip above) or similiar rar in another minibook x post on these forum and found drivers over all internet installing but don’t woking. May 4, 2024 · CHUWI | Official Forum Minibook X N100 8tb SSD? Laptops. Aug 11, 2020 · I have bought the 8100y model. Can you test it and see if using stylus experience any good for note taking etc? how is the battery life in hours on average, on low brightness and: A) watching YouTube B) browsing internet, nothing intense ? any issues noticed while using your chuwi minibook 8 Nov 18, 2024 · Serial number : ZZMinBXHY4H240702981 Buy AliExpress 11/11 Buy - 11/16 Get After receiving the product, I applied the tablet mode (360 degree folding) after booting to check the operation status, but in other words, the screen does not rotate. I . Is there anything I can do to fix this? I Jul 28, 2024 · I saw on some chinese websites that chuwi minibook n100 8" supports Chuwi H8 stylus. Nov 19, 2019 · CHUWI | Official Forum Cooling mods. Rotated screen with video grub parameters seems to be always tearing, suspend does not work even in 6. It is really a problem. 8 I am on kernel 5. 20V, 15V, 9V, 5V. For testing purposes I installed Ubuntu 23. I have the same problem than Alda (Linux on Chuwi Minibook 8) about linux installed on sata drive. This took me almost a week! The patch is for European EC firmware! Note that the temperatures are very bad on my machine, probably because I disassembled it, so the fans keep turning on. Chuwi is so far unable to find Feb 9, 2024 · MiniBook X keyboard always on-off ZMinBXHY4H231002501-ZMinBXHY4H231003500. You can check these ones: MediaFire MiniBook X VC3 Driver. Sep 18, 2024 · ZMinBXHY4H240700547 Minibook bought at official Chuwi store. I assumed that I can play games on it specifically ones that do not require lots of graphics (Popcap games, Star wars galactic battlegrounds, GTA San Andreas). Has anyone seen this before? I already tried a windows reinstall. The result is that the laptop won’t start at all. ) need to manually specify on the drivers even after installing the all INF from the driver package. 51" with 1920x1200 display. I’ve tried power cycling, unplugging my battery, and updating Windows. 844. mga7 #1 SMP Thu Mar 12 08:02:44 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux when i installed linux on m. Functionally it wasn’t affected. I recall the charging led being steady red all night, but at that time haven’t paid too much attention. By some reason I was forced into clean install of Windows 10. Alexapple May 4, 2024, 6:41pm 1. It installed fine but was obviously incompatible with the Minibook X and now the touch is mis-aligned, mirrored, and has deadzones. Sep 28, 2023 · Hi! I just bought a minibook x n100 about one month ago and so far I’m loving it. Minibook X. Nov 22, 2019 · “chuwi device getting more linux support” I wouldn’t go that far . I guessed if I was patient enough, new kernel tweaks and updates would eventually solve a lot of the problems I was encountering, and sure enough I’ve updated Debian 12 stable with a 6. The Chuwi charger can only charge the Minibook and possibly other Chuwi products. Linux distro on minibook x? Jan 26, 2024 · I purchased a CHUWI MiniBook X 2023 without an operating system, and after installing Windows 11, the screen is misconfigured (vertical format) and the touchscreen is not working. Oct 19, 2024 · CHUWI | Official Forum CHUWI MINIBOOK X+ N100 + recovery image. The Chuwi ticked all boxes including price. Don't want to return it for just that. I learned this the hard way, by blindly connecting Apr 16, 2024 · I bought my Minibook X N100 from CHUWI europe on February 17, 2024. Jan 3, 2020 · Just picked up a NIB Minibook. I would be happy if people would start posting reviews, tips, tricks. I did downloaded the “minibook x vc3” drivers(but I did not installed them yet) archive, but at first I Jan 31, 2021 · The PD/QC3 bank is claimed PD3, I can only guess that PD2 isn’t entirely compatible with it. Apr 17, 2024 · Choosing a Linux distribution for your Chuwi Minibook X depends on your specific needs and preferences. After that, I downloaded all of the os/drivers provided by Windows 10/11/chuwi and reinstalled and reset more than 30 times to resolve this symptom Oct 28, 2019 · Reinstalled the 8100Y system, then reinstalled the drivers from the package. Fan is 100% all the time; Chuwi forums have a lot of posts about previous models. Mar 28, 2022 · Hi, I’ve had a Minibook X with Linux working. all feature works fine, except WiFi. After pressing power button a keyboard light on but a screen is black. Contribute to sonnyp/linux-minibook-x development by creating an account on GitHub. Perhaps also how to change internal SSD for a less energy demanding SSD or how to generally make some Oct 30, 2023 · MiniBook X(N100)のWindwos11を再インストールしたいと思います。 USBメモリを使用してリカバリしたいのですが、MiniBook X用のOSイメージをダウンロードすることは可能でしょうか？ Oct 5, 2024 · Hello, I recently purchased Chuwi Minibook x N100. Just to realise afterwards that this file was for 8100 systems. The screen is now 10. I connected the Minibook to the charger and able to boot it and configure Nov 15, 2024 · ZMinBXHY4H240701399. Encountered driver problems, resolved most of them thanks to this site and ‘Intel Driver & Support Assistant’, except for the touchscreen. I need support to resolve this issue Chuwi Hi12 after installing windows 11 Battery icon missing and sounds, camera also not working anymore I'm quite happy with my Minibook X. If someone else is reading me, and Feb 25, 2024 · Device is Chuwi Minibook X N100, fully functional in Windows 11. Sometime the keyboard reacts on changing light level. 10. Surprise: still dead. The keyboard works fine in the bios, bootloader and during linux installation process, but when booting the installed operating system, the keyboard is for some reason disabled. Basically what had and had not changed from previous version of the minibook x from what I can see: No more hole punch camera… I'm loving this thing, can anyone help me with: A correct or almost-correct sized hard case? I can get a sleeve no problem, but like a little crush protection. Battery driver isn’t Apr 29, 2022 · I just got my brand new MiniBook J4215 from Banggood (US keyboard). I would however, appreciate a FULL driver download file being made available please?? For Windows 10 that is. Here are a few options you might consider: May 18, 2022 · The Chuwi Minibook X drivers can be found here: MediaFire minibook x. Dell XPS, Huawei matebook x. More in detail, the following two problems observed. Well, the GPD had some models with a physical switch on the keyboard, specifically to turn off completely the fan!! I really like the EC change but that is not available for my version of MiniBook and I will not Jun 21, 2020 · Hi all I recently purchased a Chuwi Minibook and am generally fairly happy with it. But it is not that annoying for me, I have a dropdown terminal (Yakuake) I created an alias for sudo rmmod -f i2c_hid_acpi && sudo modprobe i2c_hid_acpi and each time it stops forking I pop down the terminal, type the alias name, and it works again. Can you help me with the solution? Device info: Chuwi Minibook m3-8100Y Windows 10 Home version 21H1 Apr 14, 2024 · MediaFire MiniBook X VC3 Driver. Sadly last weekend I dropped the bag that I use for carrying it and the laptop’s screen broke just at the hinges. Jan 24, 2024 · It seems that Chuwi has released an update on Minibook X for 2023. 17) because I replaced the old/stock SSD with a 1TB one, and I plan to dual-boot(Windows and Linux). CHUWI | Official Forum Minibook X N100 Drivers, Windows Installation Oct 9, 2024 · A warning to all Minibook-X customers: I have the N100 powered Chuwi Miniboo-X, and the power supply which came with the device (BSY model BSY036A120300U W), does not conform the the USB PD standard. Especially how to properly reinstall windows 11, how to install fully functional Linux, which would work as dual boot for already existing Windows 11. Doing a windows update or installing an application Mar 9, 2022 · After receiving the MiniBook X, I used the Hipen H7 to draw a line. 15: 3269: Apr 5, 2024 · The Minibook X N100 comes with a proprietary charger that is rated for 12 Volts and max 3 Amperes. 04 as of april, 16 - nothing worked even with hacky things. @Biosham wrote: This is normal temperature. As reported previously, the screen is not working after suspend, hibernate or even screen locking Dec 30, 2019 · Hello everyone! I made a patch to the EC firmware that turns off the fans when temperatures are low. Sadly, there is one big caveat. You can change the fan, replace the May 2, 2024 · A quick followup. Any fix for this? The ghosting is very choppy/discrete, not the usual smear but a set of sharp trailing duplicates. 15 (Solus) and fortunately keyboard always works for me, only touchpad is a problem. I wanted to start this new thread to keep everything on topic as well as collect more options from other owners here in the forum. However the broken glass at the lower portion of the screen is eyesore (attached pictures Feb 14, 2023 · It is 2023 and I just bought the Chuwi MiniBook 6GB/128GB Intel® Celeron J4125. pdf guide: Dual-Boot-MX-Linux-and-Windows), and everything working fine (except touchscreen and orientation, as that Sep 14, 2020 · On a brand new MiniBook, I can’t get the built-in keyboard working in Linux (tried Ubuntu 18. I however, could not play any of these games because the unit does not support directx12, or it says that there is an incompatibility issue. 16 votes, 18 comments. I did own a few of this micro computers over the years and all of them have this issue with the fan. Don't need straps or anything. Touchscreen does not work. Please, help with driver files or default minibook x 2023 windows 11 image! Mar 13, 2021 · Hello, My keyboard is not working in the latest Windows 10 (21H1), OS build 19043. e. Charging indicator also illuminates red/green May 16, 2024 · I bought Minibook X on AliExpress a few weeks ago. Sensor cannot autorotate and touchscreeen have very random input, they are absolutely useless. While charging the battery the temperatures go up a lot, I get 58 idle to 98 on high load (causing throttle). Overall it’s a nice little notebook, but of course it has to run Linux. The only sign of life is that long-pressing the power button (~20s) does appear to trigger the reset and then pressing it for ~4s does make the blue light turn on like it would during a normal boot. Aug 7, 2024 · Hi, everyone. I tested different kernel version and with the lastest 5. Apr 7, 2023 · It seems like you’re presenting two options for handling drivers on a device, possibly a Chuwi Minibook 8 J4125. The N100 is *much* better than the previous crappy Celerons put into small low-cost laptops like this. … It is absolutely possible to use a thinner bezel without a punch hole e. g. The image still looks neat and the touch function still works normaly. I cannot just return it because I paid VAT by myself and I would not expect that Mar 3, 2020 · Linux chuwi-minibook 5. The fact that the “tablet” functions don’t work well under Ubuntu is not an issue for me. mini3312 November 19, 2019, But the main problem is chuwi minibook’s fan pin connector is unique. These settings live on the touch controller, so re-installing windows or drivers doesn’t help. My serial number is: ZMinBXHY4H231000154 I need the drivers (and maybe latest bios if available, my version is DNN20 v2. Do I need to configure Windows 11 to keep the lines unbroken? Or is it simply a panel or pen failure? Mar 2, 2024 · Linux for the Chuwi MiniBook X 2023 / N100. I’ve also got a Chuwi Hi10 XR, which comes with a proprietary 12V 2A charger with USB-C plug, it charges Minibook too, and I’ve a Satechi 67W PD car charger that also charges Minibook (I think you only get full 67W if it’s fed 24V anyway). 6-gentoo-x86_64 Desktop Environment/WM: sway Nov 20, 2019 · touch driver for 8100Y: OS of N4100 Driver Europe version 4100 Japan version 4100 OS of 8100Y Driver Europe version 8100Y Japan version 8100Y BIOS： 4100 8100Y （PS: If you think the minibook’s fan sounds too loud, you can try brushing the BIOS to improve it） windows tutorial: Europe version EC 8100Y: EC Tutorial: Aug 13, 2020 · While I have only had the Minibook 8100Y 16/512 model for just under a week, I have been looking at ways to reduce the heat coming from the unit and/or increase the battery life. MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere. 7 kernel from backports, and the debilitating screen issues seem to have resolved themselves. It supplies 12V/3A only, no sensing, no negotiation or support for the USB PD standard and its specified voltage levels, i. 04 daily build. Does it work for me? Yes, I was looking for a successor of an old 10 inch netbook. 3 (used guidance on this video: “How to Dual Boot MX Linux 21 and Windows 10/11 UEFI GPT”, as well as this . I think that the temperature is not normal. The application I used is WhiteBoard. 1 Like Fane June 24, 2022, 9:00am Feb 14, 2020 · Hello, I’ve tried to update the EC firmware to turn the fan off (found in other topic). distro: Gentoo Linux kernel: 5. With the power cable disconnected I get 49 idle to 81 degrees on high load. (indicated by the blue arrow) At this time, the battery of Hipen H7 was new. Battery/charging light just flashes red. ‘No pen or touch available’ in Windows Dec 29, 2023 · Dear community, I just received my Minibook X N100. I’m on Windows 10 1909 build 18363. Since the Minibook X is a compact device with limited resources, you might want to consider a lightweight and optimized distribution. My old netbook didn’t do that either. Have had tried Ubuntu 23. The only thing it does now is when I keep the power button pressed for 15+ seconds, the blue light at the keyboard starts flashing until I release the power button. 04, 20. Jan 30, 2024 · The Chuwi Minibook X 2023 works well for me with Ubuntu Cinnamon 24. The first option involves using generic drivers and relying on Windows Update for most functionalities, but there may be issues with the accelerometer sensor and keyboard behavior. 04. 2 disk i had boot partition /boot/EFI everytime in emmc, i had dualboot with original W10, i can’t install boot partition on m. Using an external keyboard works, and curiously, switching to a text-only Apr 24, 2021 · Hello, I have a Minibook bought last year, it worked great till yesterday, when I plugged the charger to charge it then the computer turn off and when I tried to turn on again, the power led (blue) blink one time and nothing more happens. After several hard off (long pressing power button) /on the laptop starts. 5. I find the keyboard back light a great Mar 1, 2020 · Happily and excitedly received the Minibook (8100y, EU version, 16/512 GB), unboxed it and after charging it overnight (I always first charge my new devices) tried to switch it on next morning. I moved the pen with the same pressure, but there were several breaks in the middle. The MiniBook X is equipped with a massive 512GB Nvme SSD storage space and boasts a read/write speed of over 1500MB/s, making it possible to achieve boot-up in just 8 seconds and load applications instantly. 1 onto an external SSD. Two devices (FingerPrint and the Touchscreen. But they turn off eventually so at least some battery is saved! Anyway, you can roll back it at any time if Jun 14, 2024 · Hello Everyone, I was wondering if anyone is running Ubuntu full time on their Minibook X or if there are still ongoing issues? Also does installing Ubuntu void the warranty? Aug 18, 2024 · You should write the store and ask if possible for repair or send you a new battery. May 17, 2023 · hello, i just bought chuwi minibook x and try install ubuntu 22. There is no biometric device and one unknown device in device manager: I tried installing the fingerprint drivers (from here Chuwi Minibook 8100y finger print sensor) for that unknown device with no success. Nov 19, 2024 · ZMinBXHY4H240502019. 8 MB) MiniBook X keyboard always on-off ZMinBXHY4H231002501-ZMinBXHY4H231003500 @Marusia Tech told me this patch would be valid for you too: MiniBook X keyboard always on-off ZMinBXHY4H231002501-ZMinBXHY4H231003500. I have a N4100 system. resume of my installation using this command : inxi -Fxxxrz && rfkill list && iwconfig && mokutil --sb-state Oct 9, 2019 · A place for CHUWI fans to communicate their experiences with CHUWI products. I already downloaded all drivers from this link: NY08 drivers (mediafire. So far, with some hacks from this thread, the installation works fine. rar (7. MediaFire MiniBook X VC3 Driver. 19 Firmware Revision: 1. wzgyo ococ woq ndcinsak aamwyo psprdd hlec nit pibjfazm yhnfuir