A:AnswerASUS doesn't provide hardware customization/modification support, please do it at your own discretion. The WIFI card is preinstalled on a PCIe slot.
A:AnswerYes, the "RTX 3050" listed in the description is indeed a discreet GPU, which means a separate chip from the CPU
If there was not a discreet GPU the same there would be no graphical memory aka GDDR5/6 on board, no mention of Nvidia and the GPU would be listed as being "Integrated"
Discreet refers to the fact mobile GPUs are not the size of a brick like the typical desktop variants (and much less powerful, they pack a punch into that >$800 brick), thus they are "discreet" by comparison to the desktop unit.
A:AnswerThe ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543MJ) supports NVMe M.2 SSDs. It has two M.2 slots that can accommodate PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs, allowing for fast storage and quick data access.
A:AnswerAny USB-C or USB-A docking station will be compatible with this laptop. To learn more about supported USB docking station, please go to: https://www.asus.com/us/, select "Accessories" from the menu, then click on "Docks, Dongles and cables".
A:AnswerThe ASUS Q543MJ (Vivobook Pro 15 OLED) comes with integrated graphics, which means the VRAM is not upgradable. The GPU is part of the CPU and cannot be replaced or upgraded like a dedicated graphics card.
A:AnswerYou mean how to uninstall what you have installed on your system as the first step to returning it? If so, you can either use the Windows Settings (search "Uninstall" and it should come up) or you download the recovery media on a flash drive (see Microsoft's website) to reinstall Windows that way or you can boot into recovery and reinstall from there.
Installing the whole OS from scratch takes about 3 hours (for no good reason, downloading the ISO from Microsoft and flashing it to a USB drive takes <10 minutes on Linux), but will insure that any data has been cleared from the drive effectively enough that 99% of the population would never be able to recover anything from it (the other 1% that could uses Linux, probably not concerned with data you have in Windows applications outside of the cache for your browser and so that data is safe regardless).
The flash drive option will also mean the OEM's bloatware will be gone (not Microsoft, CandyCrush will be there still), which BestBuy might care about but if they are truly refurbishing the machine, it shouldn't be an issue as they are just as able as the rest of to get from Asus the bloatware to put back on it and likely have a streamlined way of doing this provided by Asus as they do significant business with one another.
A:AnswerTo start using the Dial, simply click it. This will enable the Dial overlay on your screen. Turn the Dial to select the option you like, and press again to control the function.
To start using the DialPad, move your finger to the icon on the top-right of your touchpad, and slide the finger diagonally toward the middle of the touchpad. An illuminated circle will appear on the left side of your touchpad. To learn more about the DialPad, please go to: https://www.asus.com/us/content/how-to-create-like-a-pro-with-asus-dial-and-dialpad/.
