Merion erazer beast x25
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Soldato
Just an update to my previous reply really - now I'm using the laptop far more (daily for over 2 months being moved about in a backpack) the back light bleed on dark/black screens is, to my eyes at least, getting slowly brighter. It manifests as a slightly Gold colour that's concentrated around the bottom of the screen near the hinge but with a few domino sized "blocks" showing in the top 1/3 of the screen.
So as well as a few areas of bleed the amount of bleed in existing areas seems to getting heavier however its still only noticeable on dark/black screens, with any "daylight" shots looking fine.
I've had a 3080 version for a month or so.
Overall it was getting the job done.
I'm finding eyestrain is much, much worse with this than any other laptop I've used and colour balance isn't very good despite endless tweaks. Sound is tinny but tolerable. The lack of weight is great.
But Medion themselves just crippled this with an unsolicited BIOS update that has effectively shut down my fans just as I had a very demanding project that needed completing, so they have remotely made it useless at the worst possible time.
I've never had this with any other computer before and unless there's an easy and near instant fix I will never touch another Medion for as long as I live.
Overall it was getting the job done.
I'm finding eyestrain is much, much worse with this than any other laptop I've used and colour balance isn't very good despite endless tweaks. Sound is tinny but tolerable. The lack of weight is great.
But Medion themselves just crippled this with an unsolicited BIOS update that has effectively shut down my fans just as I had a very demanding project that needed completing, so they have remotely made it useless at the worst possible time.
I've never had this with any other computer before and unless there's an easy and near instant fix I will never touch another Medion for as long as I live.
I have had a nightmare with my x25, I have actually used it much so couldnt recall if it ever had audio. But nothing I seemed to do would make it the audio work. I tried reinstalling windows twice.
But it appears there was a Bios update that they force upon you within windows update that broke the drivers. You need to download a fix from medion
community.medion.com
Incase anyone else runs into the same issue.
But it appears there was a Bios update that they force upon you within windows update that broke the drivers. You need to download a fix from medion
How do I fix sudden unwanted effects on my ERAZER Beast X25?
Question How do I fix sudden unwanted effects on my ERAZER Beast X25? Answer After the BIOS update to version N.1.26MED11 (has been installed by automatic Windows updates), a number of undesirable effects can occur: Graphics card works with significantly reduced performance System responds...
Incase anyone else runs into the same issue.
Soldato
So a 1 year update - Still getting a varied mix of usage, I've used it everyday for 2 weeks but sometimes it'll will go a month without use (at home on main desktop) and after a year I have no real negatives. The backlight bleed issue mentioned above only occurs on a pure black screen (extremely rare) and in normal use (browsing, games etc) it's not noticeable. The heat this thing kicks out is still about the only "issue" I have and only when I'm using it on my lap rather than on the fan-assisted cooling tray I made (2x 12cm fans running off 230v mounted to an angled CoolerMaster tray).
As it's been a year I'm going to re-paste the CPU/GPU with ThermalGrizzly Kyronaut as my last 2 "gaming" laptops started to have their paste "dry out" so I'm not doing it to drop my own temps but for "just in case" and longevity reasons.
The performance hasn't recently changed a great deal after I got it running at 165w a year ago, mostly better Nvidia drivers bringing small increases, but it's still able to blast through everything I throw at it (within reason) at max details and max resolution.
As it's been a year I'm going to re-paste the CPU/GPU with ThermalGrizzly Kyronaut as my last 2 "gaming" laptops started to have their paste "dry out" so I'm not doing it to drop my own temps but for "just in case" and longevity reasons.
The performance hasn't recently changed a great deal after I got it running at 165w a year ago, mostly better Nvidia drivers bringing small increases, but it's still able to blast through everything I throw at it (within reason) at max details and max resolution.
Soldato
For anyone who wants to take their Beast X25 apart, especially if you want to replace the thermal compound like I do, I found a really good video on YT. Sadly the audio is German with no subtitles but the important parts are all visual anyway with the removal of the combined CPU/GPU cooler being shown from 2:20min to 3:25min (connections and specific screws - Gold, Silver & Black which have to be returned to the same locations) and then physically being removed at 6:30min to 6:45min.