Is xytech (xyte.ch) responding to anybody?

[exander]

I got x2100 motherboard, that stopped working after a week and I can't get hold of xytech for since June when I reported it to him.

[datarama-dk]

I've tried reaching him by email and Reddit PM several times over the last month, but no response to me either. He was super helpful a year or so ago when I last got in touch with him.

(His webpage mentions that he's a student, so I'm guessing he's probably seasonally very busy, and I can imagine running his business on the side might sometimes get pretty stressful when he has a big workload from his studies!)

[datarama-dk]

On https://www.xyte.ch/2022/06/30/t700-other-updates/, he mentions that he's been conscripted into military service - perhaps this is keeping him from running XYTech at the moment. At any rate, I hope he's doing well.

[exander]

On https://www.xyte.ch/2022/06/30/t700-other-updates/, he mentions that he's been conscripted into military service - perhaps this is keeping him from running XYTech at the moment. At any rate, I hope he's doing well.

That most likely explains it, I hope he is doing well too.

[jamesfawcett]

Exander what has stopped working on your X2100 board? Is it 4th batch?

[exander]

Exander what has stopped working on your X2100 board? Is it 4th batch?

Yes, 4th batch, only a week or so of use, don't remember exactly. I saw a graphic glitch when opening 3D web page and freez, rebooted, it repeated and after another round, it won't boot at all.

[jamesfawcett]

My 4th batch motherboard also is not responding. No power,same thing after a graphic glitch. The case lights (moon/battery etc) also no longer light up on mine. I tried a new top lid and tried the motherboard in a new case. If I plug in a usb c charger there’s a clicking noise as if it’s trying to boot.

I replaced mine with a 5th batch motherboard from Jacky, he posted me it extremely fast. I’d still like to get the 4th batch working.

[wookiecfk]

Do you have contact with Jackie right now ? Or was it some time ago?

I am trying to reach him but he does not appear to be responding via lcdfans email.

Sorry to hijack the thread slightly. I also had some troubles with X2100 board, finally gave up on it - and last time around it was showing the symptoms you are describing, just no lights.

[lifftchi]

Exactly the same symptom here. (I started a thread about mine.)

Sure would be nice if this had an easy answer like "replace ZD1."

[exander]

Exactly the same symptom here. (I started a thread about mine.)

Sure would be nice if this had an easy answer like "replace ZD1."

If it was some simple board issue, I may fix mine myself, but I haven't heard from xyte.ch since, which is quite some time. And because I had the machine only a week or so, I expect it to be handled in some manner. This sounds to me like a manufacturing issue.

[gevor]

Got last reply from him around May'2022.

Before he was really nice and pretty much always responded on Faceboook. I got x2100 from him in January 2021; one of the USB 3.0 ports (near the wifi switch) was dead, and the power consumption seemed a little too high (with all the tweaks 7-8W with no load). He said it might be a CPU / MB issue and offered to change my board immediately. Eventually I've decided to keep this one (I definitely don't want him to replace it out of his own funds), in a hope that somewhere in 2023-2024 I might get an x2200 from him, we were discussing this new project of his a year or so ago. Now the hope is slowly fading away...

[flyingfishfinger]

FWIW I get roughly the same input power (~7-8W) with the latest BIOS he posted, but no OS-side tweaks at all. I remember there was a thread somewhere here about optimizing the power consumption on the X210 that knocked off another couple of watts. I haven't tried applying it to the X2100, but I imagine some of those tweaks should work too.