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You're in the same situation as me. Spooky coincidence! I bought a PCS gaming laptop back in July 2016 and just last Saturday it has decided to completely die. Won't switch on at all. Computer fixing people I use can't save it. I've been looking to upgrade for a little while, but have been...

Been enjoying games on my new PCS laptop, but have noticed something recently. When the screen is displaying very dark colours (i.e. black or grey), on the right-hand edge of the screen - along the border between the screen and plastic frame - there is a yellowish, blurred tinge. It tends to be...

I think I understand the basic difference between the three different methods; fixed refresh v-sync (the original method) which can cause frame rate drops, adaptive v-sync which only activates when the frame rate goes above the monitor's refresh rate, and GSYNC which is NVIDIA's version of...

Recently purchased an 17.3" Octane II laptop for modern gaming and am nearly done with setting it up. I'm trying out my games with headphones on, and I'm noticing that the sound quality is generally not that great... My laptop had the standard "Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio +...

Do fans on PCS laptops not run by default? Should I install the "Command Center" driv Currently setting up a powerful 17.3" Octane II laptop I bought. I've noticed in the the User's Manual it talks of a "Control Center" where you can adjust certain things, including fan speed. This doesn't seem...

I recently got a new gaming laptop from PCS and have come across a small, personal preference issue. Windows 10 is the pre-installed OS and whenever I turn on the laptop, instead of a Windows logo appearing onscreen as the OS boots up, a PC Specialist logo sits on the screen. I just asked their...

I got myself a PCS laptop for gaming back at the start of 2013. It had good specs for the time (i7-3630QM @ 2.40GHz; 8GB RAM; GTX 675MX w/ 4GB VRAM; 120GB SSD; 750GB HDD 7200rpm) but is now struggling with the demands of modern gaming, so I feel it’s time for an upgrade. I’ll set out my needs...

So I got myself a nice gaming laptop from PC Specialist three years ago. It’s done me well, but what with the new console generation and modern games’ increasing hardware demands, I think it’s about time to upgrade. But before I start asking about possible builds in the “Check this spec!”...

Got a laptop from PC Specialist a year and a half ago. Here are the specs: Chassis & Display Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x...

I've got myself a nice laptop I've had for about a year now, having had few problems. Just recently though, I tried to load some CDs into my iTunes collection. I haven't had problems with this before, but two or three specific CDs just haven't been working this time. I open up iTunes and put...

So I've been having some issues with updating my laptop's software recently. If I update my graphics driver (my GPU is a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX) to anything dated after last September, BioShock Infinite stops running properly with the same settings that normally work. If I update my web...

I have a laptop with SSD C: drive and 750GB HDD D: drive. I recently found that on the D: drive and also an external HDD (F: ) I have, there was less free space than there should be. If I added up the amount of GB my files were using, it came to less than what my computer says the D: and F...

I have a laptop (although I'm sure these questions are universal, so I'm posting here) with Windows 7 and both a SSD C: drive and 750GB HDD D: drive. I noticed recently that the D: drive seemed to be missing about 100GB of space, and I've just found out that this is being taken up by System...

(I actually have a laptop but I'm sure this question is applicable to all PCs.) I have a laptop with a SSD (for a few programs and the Windows 7 OS) and a (supposedly) 750GB HDD as my D: drive. I store all my personal files, pictures, music and Steam games on drive D:. When I look in Computer...

This new computer is sadly just stressing me out. I keep coming across more problems with it! :( My Vortex III laptop arrived on Monday and I've just got round to putting my headphones in for the first time. Just wanted to settle down and watch a TV episode before going to bed. However, I...

Got a new Vortex III laptop from PCS yesterday with Windows 7 and I am setting it up. It's got a SSD C: drive ad HDD D: drive. I had a few problems at first moving the My Documents and other folders over the to the D: drive (it wouldn't display things in the User folder), but I managed to reset...

I got a new Vortex III laptop with two drives today. A C: SSD and a D: HDD. All the My Documents/My Pictures/etc. were under C:/Users/MY NAME, and I've wanted to move all these folders to have a defaul location in D:. I've been using this guide (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147) to do so...

So I recently got a Logitech MX Anywhere Mouse (http://www.logitech.com/en-gb/product/9832) and it's pretty nice. The only problem is the left and right mouse buttons are really loud! (I don't mean the noice the computer makes, I mean the sound of the physical clicks.) It's quite distracting...

I'm just about to order my fancy new Vortex III laptop so I can get some high quality gaming done, and I've realised I really don't know what type of screen I should go for. I seem to be getting conflicting opinions from all over the place. Should I get a matte screen or a glossy? What I will...

I'm planning to get myself a new all-purpose/gaming laptop, and have been persuaded by people to invest in the luxury of a solid state drive. This'll be the first time I've ever come across one, so I have a few questions about which I should get and how I should use it. I guess before I ask...