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Hello there My PCS PC has been working fine until the last week or so when the screen display started disappearing for a couple of seconds before returning without displaying any error message. It seemed as though it might have been triggered when browsing the internet but this may be a red...

Hello there I am monitoring my new PC in idle state using HWMONITOR and it is giving a reading of 118 degrees centigrade on the Mainboard which is obviously excessively high. The CPU temp is 36/35/44 and the core temperatures vary between 32 and 46 centigrade. This was confirmed by checking...

Sorry about the stupidity of the question but just so I know. An email from PCS tells me that "Most importantly, after turning on your computer for the first time you MUST NOT turn off the power to your computer until the initial Windows setup has completed. This normally takes less than five...

I have sent this mail to PCSPECIALIST but I would be interested to know whether this is "normal" or not bearing in mind that this is what was shown on my order at 8.50 am on 24th September. Hello there I have just logged into my PCSPECIALIST account at 8.55 this morning to see that my order is...

Hello there I have a PCS 64bit machine running Windows 7. I can no longer play video DVDs (I could previously) and when I run the windows media player troubleshooter it informs me that I co not have a DVD video encoder. I am assuming one of my codecs has gone missing? Would it be sensible to...

Hello all I am looking to purchase a basic laptop for my son (to keep him off my PC!) - his needs are pretty simple a) homework (general office applications) b) games (nothing too heavy - football and train sims) c) video editing I have come up with the following (see below) but would ideally...

All Apologies for asking such a lame question but.. When I am away for a period i like to unplug my computer. Do I have to set the on/off switch ot OFF first or does it not really matter. Indeed what is the purpose of the ON/OFF switch on the PC - is it just to save you having to unplug. Any...

Hello all Had my new PC for a few weeks now and all has been well until last night. I was watching a DVD and the sound slurred and the screen went black. A couple of seconds later everthing returned and an error message briefly popped up stating somrthing like "nvidia window kernel driver...

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All I've had my PC for almost a week now and (hoping to not tempt fate) I am delighted with it and delighted with my whole buying experience so here is a quick review. Pre-order The website and configurator are logically presented and easy to use making speccing a PC very easy. The forum is...

Hello all My new PC arrived yesterday and so far I am very pleases (full review of my PCS experience to follow) but I have one question. The PC runs very quiet and cool however the HD seems to make quite a lot of ("clattering") noise when it is being read from/written to. it is not a loud...

Hello there I am expecting my PC to be delivered today (Order No 3887716) as it arrived at my local office (Gateshead) during the night. However the latest tracking shows "re-routed to another courier" which I am a bit concerned about. Does anybody have any experience of this? Does anybody...

Okay I've got my spec and I've got my money and i really want to buy from PC Specialist. I love the forum and have been following it avidly whilst saving and it has really helped me choose my spec BUT it also gives you an idea of complaints and PCs with problems. I'm well aware that all...

Hello all I had my motherboard sorted as: ASUS® P8H67-M LX SI: MICRO ATX MAINBOARD, LG 1155, SATA 6.0Gb/s However for my price range the choice now seems to be between the above and : ASUS® P8H61 (NEW REV 3.0): ATX, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 3 x PCI The price is virtually identical so can...

Hello there After 6 months of intensive ebay selling I am almost ready to splash out. Using the great advice from the regulars on the forum I have come up with this spec. Uses: Animation (2D/3D) and Video processing and Unreal game Engine Restrictions: nVidia GPU and no overclocking...