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Asus Zenbook UX31E hard drive failure

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  • 19-07-2014 6:59pm
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    segadreamcast
    Registered Users Posts: 2,872 ✭✭✭


    One that I'm hoping the wiser heads here can help with ---

    I bought this laptop on adverts in November ( http://www.adverts.ie/laptops/asus-zenbook-ultrabook-intel-i7-128-ssd-hd-for-sale/4045643 ), paid 600eur for it and then on Christmas eve after about 4-5 weeks of semi-actively using it, it packed in completely. SSD failure. Unfortunate, as it did have a tendency from day 1 to "freeze" when getting close to low battery life we noticed, which was a concern that we should've acted on sooner... anyway, that's life.

    The laptop is out of warranty, and Asus are very non-commital about their in-house repair programme, insofar as it could take months to fix and that there are no guarantees/I'd have to send it to UK. It all seems a bit much.

    Curious as to what people here think I should do - to be honest I'd be happy to even use a USB3.0 external SSD (I have this one, which seems very fast http://www.amazon.com/LaCie-Porsche-Design-P9223-9000342/dp/B00A3U8AHW)

    Is there any great repair place in Dublin that'd be recommended to have a look? Being an ultrabook, it seems like it'll be difficult to find an SSD/HDD that'll fit inside it, so to be honest I'd just be happy to consider any solution that'd get it up and running...


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    cgc5483
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    I'm pretty sure any 2.5" hard drive will fit. Had a version of this laptop and put a Samsung 840 ssd into it


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