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So after further correspondence with PCS Staff it looks like i'm out of luck lol. The system is to old for them to be able to do anything and its questionable if any GPU I buy will work because of VBIOS. I will have to start saving pennies for a new system. Such a shame as I love this laptop...

I will definitely do that. many thanks.

RE Bios i would need premamod i believe but obviously i'll do the homework first as its a minefield. Many thanks.

my gpu is a much older model GTX 675m. I can definitely get it f that price. I'd probably upgrade to a 680m if i could which is about another £20 to £30.

I'm currently in contact. I'm really impressed with their speed of response and willingness to help. Is it not possible the issues the GPU? I have tried re-seating both sticks of RAM, swapping and trying just one in one slot etc. No change. My thinking is its either GPU or Motherboard. Both are...

Bios successfully updated. Unfortunately the issue still persists.

These are the options I have in bios.

Hi guys further update. The awesome guys at PCS have supplied me with the BIOS software and a very straightforward guide of what to do. Fantastic. However I have an issue. step 2 of the guide after creating the bootable USB says the following. Before flashing, we will need to put the boot into...

Many thanks i'll do that.

Thanks for the reply. Even after 7 or so years?

Hi guys I have the following system Chassis & Display Vortex Series:17.3" AUO Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) (£79) Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3720QM (2.60GHz) 6MB Memory (RAM) 16GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (4 x 4GB) Change to: 16GB...

Update. Changed the cpu fan today and repasted the cpu. Thermal paste definitely needed changeing. System is running quieter and cooler but the crash still persists. This is from even viewer. When they arrive i'm replacing gpu fan and heat sink and will repaste gpu then update.

I will indeed try that I also found this fan's tachyo not reporting its rpm to the EC; it will auto-shutdown after ~6x beeping and flashing caps/num lock leds

yes the GPU

ok all sorted. ran a prime95 test for just under 30 minutes this evening 0 errors and 0 warnings but temperatures exceeded 100 degrees at times see details attached.

ran furmark for 5 minutes. Peaked at 96 degrees and held steady with no crashes.

I'll do that now thank you. For reference, every stress test i've tried cpu has been very stable. when I ran heaven it crashed very quickly. I'll run the tests now.

Update. just worked out how to add overlay on afterburner. Ran a game for a few minutes thats been crashing. GPU steady at 55 degrees.

Without sounding like a total noob, whats the best way to check gpu temps when gaming please? I have afterburner and speccy installed.

no i left the heat sinks in place as I did not want to cause further issues by doing the wrong thing I really appreciate your time btw thank you.