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Motile 14" Laptop: AMD Ryzen 5, 14" 1080p, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD

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$299

$699

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Walmart has Motile 14" Laptop (M142, Black, Rose Gold or Silver) on sale for $299. Shipping is free, otherwise select free store pickup where available. Thanks Kevork

Available Colors:Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 5 Processor
  • 14" 1920x1080 Display
  • 8GB Memory
  • 256GB Solid State Drive
  • Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
  • Windows 10
  • Ports
    • 2x USB 3.0
    • 1x USB 2.0
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x USB Type-C
    • 1x Audio Combo Jack
  • Weight: 2.55 lbs

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This is now $100 less than the previous Frontpage deal from early November.

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Walmart has Motile 14" Laptop (M142, Black, Rose Gold or Silver) on sale for $299. Shipping is free, otherwise select free store pickup where available. Thanks Kevork

Available Colors:Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 5 Processor
  • 14" 1920x1080 Display
  • 8GB Memory
  • 256GB Solid State Drive
  • Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
  • Windows 10
  • Ports
    • 2x USB 3.0
    • 1x USB 2.0
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x USB Type-C
    • 1x Audio Combo Jack
  • Weight: 2.55 lbs

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
This is now $100 less than the previous Frontpage deal from early November.

Original Post

Written by Kevork

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shark974
this is becoming an insanely good deal. it was a good deal at 399, better at 349. and now 299? it's one of those slickdeals i'm tempted to buy even though i dont need it!
logicpad
I am sure if you wait even more till 2021 or better 2022 BF, there will be even better electronics. 😛
kirayamato26
Review for the laptop [notebookcheck.net]

Seems to be 2 M.2 slots and 1 DDR4.

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Pinako
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Quote from aznangel83 :
I'm very new to Linux but have some experience with headless Ubuntu in a server environment. What version of Ubuntu would you recommend installing on this laptop?

By default I'd choose 18.04.3 LTS but wondering if maybe I should go with 19.10 for possibly better compatibility
You'd probably want 19.10. https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/c86c3u/
Quote from DealzOnWheels :
I don't need people to know the status of my digestive tract. I fart.
Normal people fart.
Dec 13, 2019
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2012imiev
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Quote from Pinako :
So far so good! I'll be looking out for subtle side effects such as power management changes (e.g. defaulting to Basic Mode).

I just flashed the EC. It must be done from an EFI shell, but Motile's BIOS/UEFI does not seem to come with one (correct me if I'm wrong). So I downloaded Intel's open source shell from the TianoCore UDK/EDK2 project. You're gonna need a USB stick that you're willing to wipe. Here's how to create a bootable USB stick with the EFI shell:

I then copied the PFxPUxx_1.08.00 directory to the USB stick and rebooted.

The Motile defaults to booting first from removable media (USB stick has highest priority), which is insecure, but works out fine for testing purposes. If you need to inspect or change your boot priorities, press DEL while booting to enter BIOS.

Once you've booted into the EFI shell (which is really just another EFI program), you're greeted with your drive mappings, and a command prompt. My bootable USB stick came up as FS0, so I did the following (exercise extreme caution, plug in the power, etc, to avoid bricking):

Code:
Shell> FS0:
FS0:\> cd PFxPUxx_1.08.00
FS0:\> f.nsh
The f.nsh script invokes ifux64.efi with the correct parameters to flash the EC and then reboot.

If you'd like to play around some more with the EFI shell, note that it comes with some useful commands, and some usual terminal conventions (such as tab completion and history) apply. You could list the commands by typing help -b. You could flash the BIOS this way too, I suppose.

Be careful, and good luck!
Awesome! This should be added to the community wiki. Thanks for doing the hard work.
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2012imiev
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For those unaware, you can use Ryzen Controller to adjust TDP limits and monitor them with AMD uProf.
Dec 13, 2019
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sgtsloth222
Dec 13, 2019
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Is anybody else having a problem with the computer waking when lid is opened?

I lift my lid but the Laptop does not wake from sleep, I have to press a key to get it to wake.
Dec 13, 2019
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User1660822
Dec 13, 2019
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Quote from Aeronomx :
Anyone else with this laptop switch out the ram for something speedier and able to get passed 1800MHz? Just tried with my ram rated at 3200 and nothing. I think I might be missing a setting or something. Switched to 16 GB for the first upgrade.


Next is the wifi card upgrade if I can find one that fits from my bin of trash cheap laptops.

editing this post now: memory clocks went back down to 1200 MHz and I dont even know why, before I got any further I'm just going to let windows finish installing every update until it's current
It's $13 on Amazon, pobrecito.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&psc=1

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Last edited by User1660822 December 13, 2019 at 06:18 AM.
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User1660822
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Quote from sgtsloth222 :
Is anybody else having a problem with the computer waking when lid is opened?

I lift my lid but the Laptop does not wake from sleep, I have to press a key to get it to wake.
Wake on open is not currently a feature.
Quote from BlueMagic1628 :
I bet the idea of the name is Mobile laptop, they just made a fake one like all Chinese companies
Alternatively, 'motile' is a perfectly fine and applicable English word itself.
Dec 13, 2019
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sgtsloth222
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Quote from freesty1e :
So I just got the laptop and noticed that the copy of windows that's installed isn't activated... Tried emailing their customer service using the address that's in the booklet and just got an auto response saying it does not exist...

Anybody else having this problem?
Me, I just went to "activate windows" clicked on activate or whatever, and it was activated.

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litotiger
Dec 13, 2019
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I got the R3 for a couple days, and now it has a black screen. Hard reboot multiple times but still have the black screen. Any help would be appreciated.
Dec 13, 2019
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russianguy13
Dec 13, 2019
11 Posts
Can this be turned into a hackintosh and this OSX?
Dec 13, 2019
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BeingExtraPoor
Dec 13, 2019
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Quote from PocketsThick :
It doesn't matter, the rhyme/reason for the ban. It doesn't have to be explained to you. It's all internal. For instance, if you get banned from Amazon. It's like a death sentence. You can go to Amazon's headquarters and cry on their steps, but they won't re-instate your Amazon account. You better move to another house, change all of your personal data, and pretend to be a new human being. Someone's taking a loss and its due to you. Now you might not care since you might not care about others. But if it was someone giving you the shaft, you best believe you'd care about it! Some people simply abuse return policies. There would be no banning if it wasn't a negative to constantly use the return process. But that's not the case. Stores do ban for people who constantly return goods.
They seem to only track by drivers license. Therefore, as long as you return with receipt, you are not tagged. This is due to return fraud (theft returns; buy at one store (cheaper), return at another).

Now Amazon is their own store, so that does not require a DL to get tracked. YMMV.
Dec 13, 2019
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logicpad
Dec 13, 2019
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Quote from russianguy13 :
Can this be turned into a hackintosh and this OSX?
I personally don't know but Someone answered this before that this can not be.
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SupremeDeals
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Quote :
Quote from weihuy :
How about if I usually walk around browsing internet and emailing while keep some computation work running as well with it? especially compared to the S340 i7 one? https://slickdeals.net/f/13628773-lenovo-ideapad-s340-laptop-i7-1065g7-15-6-1080p-8gb-ram-256gb-ssd-...
If you plan to walk around with it, then get the lighter one (Motile). Know what you want from your laptop, starting with the budget and form factor. $300 vs $450 pretty large relative difference.
Dec 13, 2019
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rojoiv
Dec 13, 2019
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Quote from litotiger :
I got the R3 for a couple days, and now it has a black screen. Hard reboot multiple times but still have the black screen. Any help would be appreciated.
Return it and get a new one. The quality control on these is poor, I had one with ongoing black screen freezing forcing a restart, got a second one and it's fine.
Dec 13, 2019
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Dec 13, 2019
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Quote from sdfoo :
I verified that Chase Pay works for 5%, so probably Paypal would too. The fine print is for Walmart not being classified as a "Department Store", so using the card in store won't give the 5%.
Well that's good to know.

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memphisambition
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In for one. Perfect timing since I was looking for a laptop for my younger brother for school.

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