NV41 Series 14 inch coreboot laptop
From: 1.040 EUR
Equipped with a powerful yet energy-efficient 12th generation Intel Core (Alder Lake) processor and Dasharo coreboot firmware! This laptop is redesigned to be more secure and to give the freedom back to the user, thanks to the open-source firmware code. This high-end laptop is built to deliver the very best in performance, in a case with a screen of only 14.0 inches. In addition, the latest technologies are also not lacking, this model is equipped with support for charging via USB-C, Thunderbolt 4, the very latest Intel Xe Graphics graphics chip, a beautiful display with 90% sRGB display and much more.
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Wessel klein Snakenborg (Director of NovaCustom)
About the author: Wessel Klein Snakenborg is passionate about technology since childhood. He launched NovaCustom in 2015, crafting tailor-made laptops with privacy and security in mind. With a focus on user-friendliness, NovaCustom continues to redefine the laptop experience, led by Wessel's commitment to innovation and collaboration.
Specifications
Specifications
Processor CPU | Refer to configurator. |
Display | 14.0” inch (35.56 cm) Full HD (1920×1080) N7 16:9 LED-Backlit display 2.85 mm, 60 Hz. Colour reproduction: 72% NTSC, ~ 98% sRGB Luminance: 300 cd/m² Contrast ratio: 800:1 Treatment: anti-glare, Hard coating (3H), IPS likely Screen model: BOE NV140FHM-N62 or Panda LM140LF4L01 |
Memory | Dual Channel DDR4 2 x 260 Pins SODIMM sockets DDR4-3200MHz Expandable memory up to 64GB, depends on 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB SODIMM module |
Video Controller GPU | Intel Xe integrated graphics |
Storage | 1x M.2 2280 SSD PCIe3/PCIe4 interface |
Audio | High Definition Audio 2 channel HD audio Headphone/MIC-in phone jack Built in two speakers Array Microphone |
Keyboard | A4 size isolated keyboard Keyboard illumination with 4 brightness levels Keyboard layout: refer to configurator. |
Pointing device |
Integrated Touchpad with multi-gesture and scrolling function |
I/O Ports | 2 x USB 3.2 Gen. 1 port (Type A) 1 x USB 3.2 Gen. 2 port (Type C) with Thunderbolt™ 4 support and charging over USB-C and Display Alt Mode (up to two external displays via USB-C) 1 x USB 3.2 Gen. 2 port (Type C) 1 x HDMI™ output port (with HDCP) 1 x Headphone/microphone combined jack 1 x RJ-45 LAN port 1 x DC-in jack |
Card Reader |
6-in-1 Card Reader (MMC / RSMMC / SD / Mini SD / SDHC / SDXC)
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Slot | Two M.2 Card Slots, – 1st for WLAN Combo M.2 2230 card with PCIe and USB interface. It does not support SSDs. – 2nd for SSD M.2 2280 Card with SATA / PCIe Gen4 interface. |
Communication | Built-in 10/100/1000Mb Base-TX Ethernet LAN Camera 1.0MP with microphone. The camera can be covered with a slider or the camera module can be removed entirely, refer to configurator. |
Power supply |
90W AC Adapter AC-in 100~240V, 50~60Hz, DC output 19V, 4.7A 4 cells Smart Lithium-Ion battery pack, 53WH Battery life: up to 360 minutes – The battery life is a realistic value based on a mix of light tasks in Windows 11 such as web surfing and watching videos. This was tested with WiFi enabled, Bluetooth disabled, the screen brightness level at 50% and the keyboard backlight enabled at the lowest level. The battery life indication is highly dependent on the intensity of the laptop use and the health of the battery. Therefore, no rights can be derived from this value. PowerDelivery (PD) support for charging via USB-C (min. 87W) |
Security | Kensington® Slot TPM 2.0 |
OS Support | Windows® 11 (64-bit) GNU/Linux (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, and so on) Qubes OS (certified) with kernel-latest and S3 set in BIOS. Please select the Qubes OS certified option in our configurator to assure full compatibility and to contribute to the project. |
Firmware | NovaCustom open source coreboot firmware with 5 years of security updates, provided by Dasharo.
Main SPI (BIOS) firmware: coreboot+EDK-II (or coreboot+Heads -> Dasharo Entry Subscription) More details and the test scope can be found here. Open source Embedded Controller (EC) firmware. Dasharo firmware features: Further Dasharo firmware features (October 2023): The laptop supports both modern standby (S0ix) and S3 suspend mode. It can be switched in the firmware settings. S3 suspend mode is only working for GNU/Linux operating systems, including Qubes OS. Further firmware information can be found on this page. |
Cooling system | High quality copper cooling element.
Two fans running at low speed (you cannot or barely hear them, unless the performance fan profile is selected). Fan profiles in UEFI firmware settings: |
Case material | These laptop body case parts are made of sturdy synthetic material:
– D cover (bottom case) The A cover (screen backside) is made of metal. |
Dimension & Weight |
Width: 324.9 mm Depth: 225 mm Height: 17.6 mm Weight: 1.4 kg |
coreboot firmware
This laptop is very unique because of its firmware. Where other laptop suppliers use the default Insyde proprietary BIOS, we supply our laptops with open source Dasharo coreboot based firmware.
You will get at least 5 years* of security updates which can be downloaded and installed via Easy Firmware Update Mode which uses the Dasharo Tools Suite (DTS).
*Default EDK II version only. The Heads firmware version requires a Dasharo Entry Subscription.
Check out the Firmware section under the Specifications tab for more details about the firmware features of this laptop model.
Maintenance
We offer spare parts up to at least 7 years after your purchase.
Spare parts can be ordered here.
Before performing any maintenance, please consult the following video tutorials:
- How to update the firmware
- How to replace the battery
- How to replace the memory module (RAM)
- How to replace the SSD
- How to replace the WiFi module
- How to replace the thermal paste
- How to replace the screen display
- How to replace the keyboard
- How to replace the fans
- How to replace the motherboard
- How perform a CMOS reset
For more technical details about the laptop, please consult the service manual.
Drivers
Windows drivers should preferably always be installed automatically via Windows Updates. All drivers should be available there. Please also check the ‘Optional updates’ tab.
Using your laptop offline? Download offline Windows drivers from our external TransIP-Stack server.
Please note that GNU/Linux operating systems do not require additional drivers. We highly recommend the latest (LTS) version of your Linux OS.
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Cristian Zanetti (verified owner) –
Excellent laptop.
Excellent service, perfect packaging.
The fans aren’t noisy, you can just hear them if there’s absolute silence in the room. Excellent heat removal from behind the screen, keyboard and palmrest always cold even with heavy cpu workloads (I did some cpu stress-tests).
The screen is very bright, the anti-glare treatment works very well and my eyes don’t get tired when it’s evening.
Keyboard: good quality and feedback, there’s a slight bending when you click Y, U, 8, keys. The “click” sounds pleasant and the key travel is good (I prefer this feedback rather than my previous macbook).
Touchpad: mid-range but it’s accurate, well sized and it does its job.
Speakers: powerful volume, not excellent bass, but we’re on a laptop not specifically designed for music.
The chassis is well refined, the top is hard, just a little bending effect if you push hard in the center of it. It looks durable.
The booting time is very low (Coreboot + Ubuntu, 500gb ssd), the pc is ready in less than 60 seconds.
Support (email): excellent, in a working day Wessel always answered (and solved) my questions.
Conclusions: I’m very satisfied with this laptop and the service of NovaCustom.
sbatushe (verified owner) –
NV41 is a very nice laptop: small, elegant and powerful.
– Power: The i5 hexa-core processor is blazing fast while compiling Gentoo packages and it’s very solid. Drivers for this CPU are supported on Linux and a generic not-compiled kernel install is ready out of the box. Animations (using Hyprland and Wayland) are smooth.
– Display: Compared to my old 2010 T410 this display is very very good. Resolution is high and colors are sharp and realistic.
– Keyboard: It’s a good keyboard. Surely the old thinkpad one was better but, as a new 2023 laptop, the keyboard is solid, elegant, slim and comfortable. Characters on the keyboard are well printed and precise.
– Chassis: It’s shiny, metallic, cold and solid. It can cool the laptop very fast and it’s a good thing.
– Fans: They are very powerful and noisy, but for me it’s not a problem. You can use a shortcut (fn+1) to enhance the speed to maximum. Probably you can choose a low-power profile or even disable fans, but I’ve not tried it yet. Heat removing is the most efficient i ever saw. The temperature goes from 81° to 30°-40° in just seconds.
– Firmware: It’s fast and not proprietary. I like it.
– Engraved logo: It’s precise and well done. It’s not heavily visible, but I’m pleased with it.
– Nova Custom support: The support is very nice, Wessel answered all my questions professionally.
– Packaging: It was done nicely, laptop traveled around Europe and arrived in perfect state.
– Construction: I never saw such precision. Perfect.
– Touchpad: it’s big, clean and elegant. It works but i don’t like the fact you have to press and bend it strongly the left and right buttons to make clicks. To avoid that, I never use the left and right click. It’s not a big problem, you can just tap the touchpad to make clicks. Strange fact: the middle click works fine.
– Linux support: Everything works: camera, mic, fans, display, touchpad, volume, hibernation.
Overall I can say I love this laptop. Before buying it I wandered across all the web to find the perfect 14 inch laptop. Nova is not the only one selling Clevo laptops, but surely they offer the most complete customization with a premium service and quality. If you’re looking for a small, powerful, clean, premium and 100% customization this is the choice.
Divan Santana (verified owner) –
It really is better then I expected. From researching, I could see
novacustom was customer focused and very good at service delivery.
They were excellent at handling my delivery query and other queries
and you can see attention to detail everywhere you look when looking
at the laptop, the service, etc
Everything from ordering, to customising to delivery, to the end
product feels like customer first is a priority.
The laptop (nv41) itself surpasses my expectations. I didnt like the
light baby blue color and look. I thought it was maybe purple-ish.
Either way, wasnt too much of a fan, but I bought it for other
reasons.
The look in real life is much better then I thought.
But the really great thing is the laptop is built for the user and
optimised for a free OS (linux bsd etc). I love the dasharo core
boot. SOO easy to update the firmware. Everything works great and I
find the hardware support and linux integration better then my lenovo
e14 gen5 laptop. I still prefer the look of the lenovo though. But
that’s very minor and not worth the difference for me. I also prefer
the keyboard of the lenovo, but this one is fine.
I guess, it would be nice, if the hard drive bay was easy to access.
Its still easy now, but one needs to remove the whole back cover. It
would be nice if it was even easier, so I can swap the hard drive
frequently and try different OS’es on the machine quickly.
I shopped around but in the end, I’m happy with buying through them
and wish them luck.
dwayneking (verified owner) –
期待したより良かったです。人生ではじめてノートパソコンを買うと完璧ぐらいに満足されました。デュアルブートウィンドウズ11とキューブスが選んだ。まじでパソコンが思ったより速いです。パソコンを買った後にもキューブスについての質問が尋ねたら数時間後でヴェッセルさんから優しくに教えてくれたメールが届きました。日本に負けないレベルお客様サッポトしてくれると良い値段があるのでパソコンを買いたいなら絶対にノヴァカスタムがお薦めです。
我找Qubes OS可以用的電腦的時候很多公司的網站見面。但是NovaCustom的NV41看起來最好的。買以前送給Wessel電視郵件。我問了他很多問題。他的回答讓我更有信心購買。電腦比我預想的還要好。即使我在設定 Qubes OS 時遇到困難,他的電子郵件回答也很好地指導了我。我買的客製化電腦的價格和品質超出了我的預期。我強烈建議從 Nova Custom 購買一台客製化電腦。
I’ve bought laptops in Japan and Taiwan. So I’m accustomed to a high level of customer support and quality specifications when purchasing laptops. Nova Custom has exceeded my expectations and I’m thoroughly satisfied with my purchase. The NV41 runs very fast and smooth in both Windows 11 and Qubes OS. The customization is top notch. This is my first time using a laptop without bloatware on it right out of the box. Wessel is very knowledgable, thorough, friendly, informative and helpful in his prompt email responses. I highly recommend buying laptops from Nova Custom.
hikari_shinkansen (verified owner) –
Bought this model recently. Here are some notes about the laptop: It is quite slim and light. Before this, I was using Thinkpad X230, which was bulky, light but fragile (plastic body doesn’t give confidence). This NV41 has some metallic (aluminum?) body on its top side, and on its bottom side has a much sturdy plastic body. I ordered the model with 4 TB SSD, and 64 GB RAM, which work flawlessly for my QubesOS daily-driving. Screen is great. Not so great is its keyboard and its touchpad. But unfortunately all the modern laptops are like this, nowadays. I like the Coreboot aspect of this machine, which provides me privacy from potentially malicious Intel Management Engine. I also like that I can use my 100 Watt USB-C charger with its Thunderbolt port. Very nice using experience.
Here are some points about customs process if you are in Turkiye and want to order this:
1) novacustom guarantee: “the payment you make to novacustom is the final one, and includes the customs fee, VAT fee, etc.” is CORRECT. I made a single payment to novacustom, and that payment covered VAT and customs import fees with UPS Turkiye.
2) For your customs process to go through, you will have to give authorization to UPS Turkiye, which involves you going to a local notary and getting one such authorization paper. UPS Turkiye will provide you with an example document of such, and you will give it to the notary office, which then they will prepare you the real document. Then you will post that to the customs office of UPS Turkiye (which, again, will SMS you their postal address), and in 3 working days, your import process will be completed.
Lastly, I absolutely like NovaCustom’s professionalism and helping attitude during my purchase process. It was easy to reach NovaCustom over the Signal messenger, and they were replying my questions and addressing my concerns daily. Good customer support they have.
My 4 stars review is mainly due to the NV41’s keyboard and touchpad, which becomes a hurdle to use after hours of working on the computer itself. Apart from that, machine is good for what it does. It’s a good buy.
Jerzy Drozdz (verified owner) –
Overall very good build quality. Very fast delivery.
Dasharo coreboot is a charm, lots of config options and clean of PK key (I’m still before generating my own PK and KEK keys)
Keyboard is not flexing much, but it’s not great, “Page Up” and “Page Down” keys pushed to arrow keys are causing problems.
16:10 display would be perfect, there is enough place for it.