Recent content by johnbonham

Hi all My 17.3" Optimus V is reaching 3 years old and I am due for an upgrade, but in the meantime I'm getting really frustrated with the fan noise. I've moved to a hotter country and the fan is on pretty constantly, it's almost like a jet engine starting up sometimes.. I remember there was a...

Hi all Doing a long flight next week and want to use my Optimus V for watching videos. Unfortunately the battery only lasts for around 1.5 hours when using VLC media player to watch movies. I've bought another battery and there will be no in-flight power. Are there any settings I can change on...

Hi all Taking a very long flight soon on BA. There is EMPOWER power in the seat. Is there any way to power my Optimus V by way of some type of adapter from the laptop to the EMPOWER jack ? If not, what would you recommend, take another battery? many thanks

Hi all I bought a good spec optimus just under 2 years ago and have been very happy with it. I'm wondering whether it is time to upgrade but it doesn't seem like I would get much more for my money at present? Are there any expected upgrades in processors/graphics etc in the coming months...

Hi all My in-built webcam on the 17.3" optimus V was working fine until xmas day to be exact when skyping my family, and now it is not being recognised at all. I've tried to update drivers using the usb stick provided at purchase but it says Device not found please install it before updating...

Hi, happy with the Optimus V but have a query regarding the in-game performance. I'm not a massive gamer but wanted to try out the performance so installed Need For Speed: Most Wanted. At high graphics settings the game is very jerky 70% of the time, and is thus unplayable. I've now had to...