Intel AC 9461 1x1 433mbit. wifi 5. BT 5.1
Two M2 slots. Both will only use sata type. NO NVME support!
one HDMI 2.0. one usb-c with displayport 1.4 and power delivery
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expireddelz4stelz posted Apr 25, 2022 8:00 PM
Gateway 14.1" Ultra Slim Notebook: Intel i5 1135G7, 1080p, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD
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That being said, the laptop can charge via USB C and can handle dual-monitor displays via a usb c hub. Iris graphics can also handle most current indie games, diablo, fortnite, etc. non-gaming battery life is ~5hrs and brightness is comparable to a Kindle Fire HD outdoors.
First thing I did was run MemTest86, it passed. Then I backed up the SSD with Macrium Reflect before erasing the drive.
I removed the bottom panel. There are two really tiny rubber pieces that are easy to misplace. They are for the microphone holes on the left and right of the laptop. My motherboard revision is 1.1 with the AC wireless chip and two SK Hynix memory chips.
I replaced the 512GB M.2 SATA drive with a 1TB M.2 SATA drive (Silicon Power A55). Then I installed the original 512GB drive in the easy-to-access secondary slot. Interestingly, after I did this, the 512GB would no longer appear in Diskpart. It would appear in UEFI but disappear shortly after. The fix was to go in to UEFI (ESC key when you see the Gateway logo), go to the Chipset/PCH-IO Configuration/SATA And RST Configuration, and change "SATA Port 0 DevSlp" to "Disabled". For some reason, it didn't matter that DevSlp was enabled on the other port.
I clean installed Windows 11 to the 1TB drive. I let Windows install all available updates. Everything seems to function perfectly without any need to install drivers from Gateway.
The screen is beautiful! Bright for indoors. The touchpad works great. Fingerprint authentication is surprisingly fast. The fan is quiet during normal use. No hinge creaks or anything that feels cheap. This thing is a great value.
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Looking at motherboard pictures, it looks like the included drive is plugged in to an M.2 slot that is soldered to the motherboard.
The extra M.2 slot that is beneath an easy-access panel appears to be a small board with an M.2 slot, connected to the motherboard by a narrow flat ribbon cable.
As far as I can tell, everyone trying NVME drives and failing are using the spare ribbon-connected M.2 slot, not the motherboard-attached slot.
lspci -v:
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (rev 20)
DeviceName: Onboard - Ethernet
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19, IOMMU group 7
Memory at 600114c000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=16 Masked-
Capabilities: [100] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Capabilities: [164] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0010 Rev=0 Len=014 <?>
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
iw dev wlan0 station dump:
Station xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (on wlo1)
signal: -35 [-35] dBm
signal avg: -34 dBm
beacon signal avg: -34 dBm
tx bitrate: 433.3 MBit/s VHT-MCS 9 80MHz short GI VHT-NSS 1
tx duration: 0 us
rx bitrate: 390.0 MBit/s VHT-MCS 9 80MHz VHT-NSS 1
rx duration: 0 us
authorized: yes
authenticated: yes
associated: yes
preamble: long
WMM/WME: yes
MFP: yes
TDLS peer: no
DTIM period: 3
beacon interval:100
short slot time:yes
iperf3 gives me about 340 MB/s TX and 220 MB/s RX.
DRAM info (dmidecode --type 17) - 4 banks of this:
Array Handle: 0x003A
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 16 bits
Data Width: 16 bits
Size: 4 GB
Form Factor: Row Of Chips
Set: None
Locator: Controller1-ChannelA
Bank Locator: BANK 0
Type: LPDDR4
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 3200 MT/s
Manufacturer: Micron Technology
Serial Number: xxxxxxxx
Asset Tag: xxxxxxxxxx
Part Number:
Rank: 2
Configured Memory Speed: 3200 MT/s
Minimum Voltage: 0.6 V
Maximum Voltage: 0.6 V
Configured Voltage: 0.6 V
Memory Technology: DRAM
Memory Operating Mode Capability: Volatile memory
Firmware Version: Not Specified
Module Manufacturer ID: Bank 1, Hex 0x2C
Module Product ID: Unknown
Memory Subsystem Controller Manufacturer ID: Unknown
Memory Subsystem Controller Product ID: Unknown
Non-Volatile Size: None
Volatile Size: 4 GB
Cache Size: None
Logical Size: None
BIOS shows timings of 26-24-24-56 (tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS)
The Q&A section on the bottom is very informative.
Greetings
We apologize for the trouble you are experiencing with the drivers. Our team is currently working on getting the drivers from each model on to the Gateway USA website. In the meantime we can provide you with a temporary link to your model's drivers.
Windows 10 Drivers: https://we.tl/t-86QWskyk8F
Windows 11 Drivers: https://we.tl/t-Ao4a2LdF4F
Installation Guide: https://www.windowscent
For any additional questions or need help, please contact us via chat on www.gatewayusa.
Thank you for choosing Gateway.
Is the 16GBs running in dual-channel mode? Is it running at 3200MHz?
Does the keyboard have a backlight?
Looks great for the price. Unlimited BIOS, FTW!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YuJso3
Is the 16GBs running in dual-channel mode? Is it running at 3200MHz?
Does the keyboard have a backlight?
No keyboard backlight.
No keyboard backlight.
Excellent specs for the price. It'll be replacing an aged XPS.
Do you have all the BIOS options to raise the CPU TDP and enable the GPU turbo, like in the review video I posted? It's an even better deal if it does!
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Excellent specs for the price. It'll be replacing an aged XPS.
Do you have all the BIOS options to raise the CPU TDP and enable the GPU turbo, like in the review video I posted? It's an even better deal if it does!
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First thing I did was run MemTest86, it passed. Then I backed up the SSD with Macrium Reflect before erasing the drive.
I removed the bottom panel. There are two really tiny rubber pieces that are easy to misplace. They are for the microphone holes on the left and right of the laptop. My motherboard revision is 1.1 with the AC wireless chip and two SK Hynix memory chips.
I replaced the 512GB M.2 SATA drive with a 1TB M.2 SATA drive (Silicon Power A55). Then I installed the original 512GB drive in the easy-to-access secondary slot. Interestingly, after I did this, the 512GB would no longer appear in Diskpart. It would appear in UEFI but disappear shortly after. The fix was to go in to UEFI (ESC key when you see the Gateway logo), go to the Chipset/PCH-IO Configuration/SATA And RST Configuration, and change "SATA Port 0 DevSlp" to "Disabled". For some reason, it didn't matter that DevSlp was enabled on the other port.
I clean installed Windows 11 to the 1TB drive. I let Windows install all available updates. Everything seems to function perfectly without any need to install drivers from Gateway.
The screen is beautiful! Bright for indoors. The touchpad works great. Fingerprint authentication is surprisingly fast. The fan is quiet during normal use. No hinge creaks or anything that feels cheap. This thing is a great value.
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank josephclemente
Here's the IDENTIFY info for reference:
ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: W800S 512GB Serial Number: XXXXXXXXXXXXX Firmware Revision: SN08108W Transport: , ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0 Standards: Supported: 11 9 8 7 6 5 Likely used: 11 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 16383 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064 LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 1000215216 Logical Sector size: 512 bytes Physical Sector size: 512 bytes Logical Sector-0 offset: 0 bytes device size with M = 1024*1024: 488386 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 512110 MBytes (512 GB) cache/buffer size = unknown Form Factor: 2.5 inch Nominal Media Rotation Rate: Solid State Device Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) Queue depth: 32 Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 1 Current = 1 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * SMART feature set Security Mode feature set * Power Management feature set * Write cache * Look-ahead * WRITE_BUFFER command * READ_BUFFER command * NOP cmd * DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE * 48-bit Address feature set * Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE * FLUSH_CACHE_EXT * SMART error logging * General Purpose Logging feature set * WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT * 64-bit World wide name * WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command * {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands * Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE * Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s) * Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s) * Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s) * Native Command Queueing (NCQ) * Host-initiated interface power management * Phy event counters * Host automatic Partial to Slumber transitions * Device automatic Partial to Slumber transitions * READ_LOG_DMA_EXT equivalent to READ_LOG_EXT * DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization Device-initiated interface power management * Software settings preservation Device Sleep (DEVSLP) * SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set * SCT Features Control (AC4) * SCT Data Tables (AC5) * DOWNLOAD MICROCODE DMA command * WRITE BUFFER DMA command * READ BUFFER DMA command * Data Set Management TRIM supported (limit 8 blocks) * Deterministic read ZEROs after TRIM Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked frozen not expired: security count supported: enhanced erase 2min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 2min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT. Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 500000000000XXXX NAA : 5 IEEE OUI : 000000 Unique ID : 00000XXXX Device Sleep: DEVSLP Exit Timeout (DETO): 240 ms (drive) Minimum DEVSLP Assertion Time (MDAT): 31 ms (drive) Checksum: correctFirst thing I did was run MemTest86, it passed. Then I backed up the SSD with Macrium Reflect before erasing the drive.
I removed the bottom panel. There are two really tiny rubber pieces that are easy to misplace. They are for the microphone holes on the left and right of the laptop. My motherboard revision is 1.1 with the AC wireless chip and two SK Hynix memory chips.
I replaced the 512GB M.2 SATA drive with a 1TB M.2 SATA drive (Silicon Power A55). Then I installed the original 512GB drive in the easy-to-access secondary slot. Interestingly, after I did this, the 512GB would no longer appear in Diskpart. It would appear in UEFI but disappear shortly after. The fix was to go in to UEFI (ESC key when you see the Gateway logo), go to the Chipset/PCH-IO Configuration/SATA And RST Configuration, and change "SATA Port 0 DevSlp" to "Disabled". For some reason, it didn't matter that DevSlp was enabled on the other port.
I clean installed Windows 11 to the 1TB drive. I let Windows install all available updates. Everything seems to function perfectly without any need to install drivers from Gateway.
The screen is beautiful! Bright for indoors. The touchpad works great. Fingerprint authentication is surprisingly fast. The fan is quiet during normal use. No hinge creaks or anything that feels cheap. This thing is a great value.
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