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Gateway 14.1" Ultra Slim Notebook: Intel i5 1135G7, 1080p, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

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Walmart has Gateway 14.1" Ultra Slim Notebook (various colors) on sale for $399. Shipping is free.

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Specs/Key Features
  • Intel Core i5 1135G7 2.4GHz Processor (11th Gen)
  • 14.1" 1920x1080p Edge to Edge IP FHD Display w/ 1MP Front-Facing Camera
  • 512GB Solid State Drive SSD
  • 16GB RAM
  • Intel Iris Xe Graphics
  • THX Audio
  • WiFi w/ Bluetooth 5.1
  • Precision Touchpad/Built-in Fingerprint Scanner
  • Windows 10 Home (w/ free upgrade to Windows 11)
    • Inputs
      • 1x HDMI
      • 1x USB Type-C
      • 1x USB 3.0
      • 1x USB 3.1
Available Colorway(s)
  • Black
  • Silver
  • Rose Gold
  • Green
Warranty
  • Includes a 1-year manufacturer warranty w/ purchase

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake | Staff
  • This is currently a reduced price offer through Walmart; we've had seen this item priced at $429 and now is $30 less/reduced price or 6.99% Savings
  • This laptop is powered by the 11th Gen Intel Core Processor w/ a 512GB SSD; sleek/portable notebook that offers crystal clear picture and all around experience for the price
  • This product is eligible for free 30-day return w/ purchase
  • Offer valid while promotional pricing/supplies last
Additional Notes
  • This product has scored a 4.1/5 star rating w/ over 300+ customer reviews on Walmart
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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Written by delz4stelz
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Update: This deal is still available.

Walmart has Gateway 14.1" Ultra Slim Notebook (various colors) on sale for $399. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member delz4stelz for finding this deal

Note, product must be sold/shipped by Walmart

Specs/Key Features
  • Intel Core i5 1135G7 2.4GHz Processor (11th Gen)
  • 14.1" 1920x1080p Edge to Edge IP FHD Display w/ 1MP Front-Facing Camera
  • 512GB Solid State Drive SSD
  • 16GB RAM
  • Intel Iris Xe Graphics
  • THX Audio
  • WiFi w/ Bluetooth 5.1
  • Precision Touchpad/Built-in Fingerprint Scanner
  • Windows 10 Home (w/ free upgrade to Windows 11)
    • Inputs
      • 1x HDMI
      • 1x USB Type-C
      • 1x USB 3.0
      • 1x USB 3.1
Available Colorway(s)
  • Black
  • Silver
  • Rose Gold
  • Green
Warranty
  • Includes a 1-year manufacturer warranty w/ purchase

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake | Staff
  • This is currently a reduced price offer through Walmart; we've had seen this item priced at $429 and now is $30 less/reduced price or 6.99% Savings
  • This laptop is powered by the 11th Gen Intel Core Processor w/ a 512GB SSD; sleek/portable notebook that offers crystal clear picture and all around experience for the price
  • This product is eligible for free 30-day return w/ purchase
  • Offer valid while promotional pricing/supplies last
Additional Notes
  • This product has scored a 4.1/5 star rating w/ over 300+ customer reviews on Walmart
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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Written by delz4stelz

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Model: Gateway 14.1" Ultra Slim Notebook, FHD, Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7, Quad Core, Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Tuned by THX™, Fingerprint Scanner, 1MP Webcam, HDMI, Windows 10 Home, Green

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Great laptop for the price, albeit plasticky and a bit heavier than competitors (that are generally 2x the price). I have one as my daily driver that I bought for $500 last May. Aside from the plasticky feel/creaks, the only cons I've found are the webcam's pretty weak (low light and lots of artifacting), there's sun glare/reflection, and the included charging cable/port appears to be proprietary.

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.
I got this laptop today.

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.
If anyone is wondering how to get into the boot menu, I found the key combination. When you see the Gateway logo, hold Fn and F7 at the same time.

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May 13, 2022
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Zebulun
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I mean you can't beat the hardware you're getting for the price.
The hardware is pretty quick.

i5 is a good processor
16GB RAM - I've seen less in laptops that cost more.
2 RAM sticks, running in dual channel mode
512GB M.2 is nice fast storage
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NotHilariousBook
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Quote from Friendlyx :
Do you have a link?
Someone put one up. It shows underneath the new one above in the "Others shopped for" on mine. I saw this new (and would NEVER pay $400 for it!) and then saw that the refurbs are back in stock.
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NotHilariousBook
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Quote from fastpakr :
Where are you finding the refurbs? Is it something that periodically appears on the main product page?
Search for 'refurb gateway 1135g7'

that should pull them all up. When I was there earlier, they had blue and green available, but black and pink were OOS.

If they're in stock, you'll see an 'add' button on the page.

These seem to be just returns that they MIGHT have tested for power on, but reading from the DOA reviews some don't even do that, or come on and the fan never shuts off.

That and lots of reviewers complaining about the noname sata SSD dropping dead.
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Quote from SlickCrowd6832 :
For $100 more I would rather get a Dell that has the same specs but sports a 11320H CPU (which is about 9% faster).

I'm just sick of my cheap laptop cases that the plastic always seems to crack years down the road.

You know that Gateway is the cheap of the cheap and you get what you pay for... sometimes.
I've owned low-end Dells and these compare favorably to them. Slightly higher build quality. No idea on the longevity. The BIOS is unlocked and has tons of low-level options. It supports S3 standby, unlike the Dells which only support Modern Standby.
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I have been using this last 2 months and it's fast and good for games like overwatch at 60+ fps medium settings. You can also open the back cover easily and upgrade the ssd.
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Quote from NotHilariousBook :
Search for 'refurb gateway 1135g7'

that should pull them all up. When I was there earlier, they had blue and green available, but black and pink were OOS.

If they're in stock, you'll see an 'add' button on the page.

These seem to be just returns that they MIGHT have tested for power on, but reading from the DOA reviews some don't even do that, or come on and the fan never shuts off.

That and lots of reviewers complaining about the noname sata SSD dropping dead.
I've bought five refurbs so far, one for myself and the rest for friends who rely on me for tech advice. So far the only issue I've seen so far is very faint screen burn-in on one unit, only visible against a black background. The motherboards are very cleanly laid out - no hacky tape or glue. Time will tell how well they hold up.
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Quote from CompulsiveBuyer :
I've bought five refurbs so far, one for myself and the rest for friends who rely on me for tech advice. So far the only issue I've seen so far is very faint screen burn-in on one unit, only visible against a black background. The motherboards are very cleanly laid out - no hacky tape or glue. Time will tell how well they hold up.
Did you happen to run something like crystaldiskinfo on it to see how many hours the drives were powered on?

Curious if these were returned quickly or used for a few weeks.

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Quote from Brian Kronberg :
Anyone know if this can run LibreELEC? Looking for an 11th gen Intel CPU for a media box.
Amazon is selling a couple of boxes with the quad core celeron N5105 (4 cores, 24 graphics EUs) with 8gb ram and a 256GB drive for around $200-220ish.

Plenty of usb 3.1 ports for external drives, nothing for internal expansion. Some have 16GB and 512GB ssds, but the prices on those aren't linear at all.

Come with win 11 pro, the intel ax201 network/bluetooth, etc. Soldered lppdr4 like this.

Those also DO run things like Libreelect. This i5 is considerably faster, but those other ones are a good bit cheaper.

The N5105 is 11th gen. Around 4000 on passmark.

Three different form factors. A cube around 3" on a side, flat box, and slim flat box. The cube thermal throttles while the others don't.

Also worth noting that we're sneaking into the Mac Mini space when its on sale. Its been for $499 at aafes and $550-560 elsewhere like Costco.

Search for N5105 on Amazon. You'll see them. The 12th gen boxes are coming around soon, so they're on sale. There is also a Gigabyte barebones n5105 at newegg for $206 and an Intel n5105 nuc barebones on amazon for $270. Those last two need 2 sticks of ddr4-3200 laptop sodims and an nvme ssd. But at least you'd have an nvme drive instead of m.2 sata.

Same core count as the i5. Just lower clock speeds and no hyperthreading.

Avoid ones like the 5095. Not enough graphics EUs. 16 instead of 24.
Last edited by NotHilariousBook May 14, 2022 at 09:53 AM.
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hawkeye81x
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Eeesh, waited too long to buy the refurb one. All gone now.
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Quote from NotHilariousBook :
Did you happen to run something like crystaldiskinfo on it to see how many hours the drives were powered on?

Curious if these were returned quickly or used for a few weeks.
They all had low usage. Here are details of the one I set up after having used it a bunch with an external boot drive (so didn't touch internal drive much), so these were probably close to zero when I first got it: 15 power-on hours and 130 power-cycle count as of right now.

Code:
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.15.0-27-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     W800S 512GB
Serial Number:    xxxxxxxxxxxxx
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000000 00000290c
Firmware Version: SN08108W
User Capacity:    512,110,190,592 bytes [512 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device
Form Factor:      2.5 inches
TRIM Command:     Available, deterministic, zeroed
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ACS-4 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)	Offline data collection activity
					was never started.
					Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
					without error or no self-test has ever 
					been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection: 		(   33) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
					Suspend Offline collection upon new
					command.
					Offline surface scan supported.
					Self-test supported.
					Conveyance Self-test supported.
					Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
					power-saving mode.
					Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
					General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x0031)	SCT Status supported.
					SCT Feature Control supported.
					SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 20
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0013   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       15
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       130
167 Unknown_Attribute       0x0022   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
168 Unknown_Attribute       0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
169 Unknown_Attribute       0x0013   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
171 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
173 Unknown_Attribute       0x0012   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       12885164035
174 Unknown_Attribute       0x0022   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
175 Program_Fail_Count_Chip 0x0022   100   100   010    Old_age   Always       -       0
180 Unused_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot 0x0033   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       772
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       58
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   030   030   000    Old_age   Always       -       30 (Min/Max 10/50)
206 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       3
207 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       4
208 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       3
209 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       1
210 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       59
211 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       5
231 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0023   100   100   005    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       334
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       208
243 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   050   050   000    Old_age   Always       -       3326985805
245 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
Here's battery info. The battery doesn't track cycle count but its holding capacity is equal to its design capacity, so it's at 100% health right now:

Code:
upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
  native-path:          BAT0
  vendor:               WB SR 1
  model:                WB Lion Battery
  serial:               xxxxxxxxx
  power supply:         yes
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               fully-charged
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              51.3 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         51.3 Wh
    energy-full-design:  51.3 Wh
    energy-rate:         0 W
    voltage:             12.966 V
    charge-cycles:       N/A
    percentage:          100%
    capacity:            100%
    technology:          lithium-ion
    icon-name:          'battery-full-charged-symbolic'
  History (charge):
    	100.000	fully-charged
Here's info on the WiFi - the refurbs are shipping with a newer rev of the motherboard than what's been reviewed, so they have upgraded AX201 chips. iperf3 gives me about 340 MB/s TX and 220 MB/s RX.

Code:
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
Code:
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
I've observed at least three different DRAM suppliers/bank configurations in the systems I've set up but all test within the ballpark in terms of read/write perf. Here's info on one:

4 banks of this:
Code:
dmidecode --type 17
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)
Last edited by CompulsiveBuyer May 13, 2022 at 05:42 PM.
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Quote from NotHilariousBook :
Did you happen to run something like crystaldiskinfo on it to see how many hours the drives were powered on?

Curious if these were returned quickly or used for a few weeks.
Also, here's info I posted about slightly overclocking to get a very large performance increase:

https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=154543081&postcount=177
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This thing is very fragile. If it's going to be in a backpack, expect the screen to break. The specs are awesome for the price, but it's so fragile that I would not buy again.
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Does this USB-C support PD and Displayport? I would like to connect this to multiple monitors through a docking station.

Thanks.
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good price but im worrying its lifetime

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Quote from Laser12 :
Does this USB-C support PD and Displayport? I would like to connect this to multiple monitors through a docking station.

Thanks.
The refurb that I got did, so yes to DP and PD on USB C.

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