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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Nova 3700X - Benchmarking & Manual OC\UV

    Managed to get a pretty decent and undervolt - All cores @ 4.2Ghz with 1.25V netted me: 81PPT Max usage - 83c Cinebench R20 scores (5024) Decided to go against using it and just letting Ryzen handle the voltages. What people forget is that using set clocks affects the single-core boost clock...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Nova 15.6 3700X

    Not too sure personally, I'll reach out and ask PCS and if they're not able to provide one I'll reach out to another manufacturer.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Nova 15.6 3700X

    I've toyed with using a laptop cooling pad (which also raises the laptop,) and I can honestly say there's not that much of a difference with regards to temperatures - although I still use the pad for ergonomics. That said - I removed the laptop bottom panel and used the cooling pad and Jesus...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Compacting C Drive

    If you're not too bothered about system restore points, you can delete them too. Open CMD as admin and type the following: VSSADMIN list shadows This will show you all the shadow copies / restore points for the drive. To delete all, you'd type vssadmin delete shadows /for=c To delete just...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Nova 15.6 Overheating CPU

    ahh okay - I've not really used ZenStates if i'm honest although I probably should (I hear great reviews.)
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Nova 15.6 Overheating CPU

    Hi mate, I hope you're well. Copper discolours over time - nothing to be concerned about. With regards to your Idle temperatures, the Ryzen's do idle far hotter than others. I wouldn't be overly concerned in all fairness. What you can do, is use the "slider" under balanced power-plan setting...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Nova Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

    Hi mate, You don't buy these type of laptops for battery life. You're looking at 1-1.5 hours potentially (I get about 30-45 mins, lol.)
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Wake on Lan - Nova 15

    I've finally figured it out - It appears that my router's "static arp entry" is not really static, and is actually not ARP but a DHCP reservation (despite the naming of this.) As a result, the ARP table is refreshing when the laptop is powered off for longer than 5 minutes. I've got a...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Wake on Lan - Nova 15

    Fast startup is indeed off - Never felt the need for it with SSD's. I've turned hibernation off - Never really felt a need for this either. When the missus gets home I'll ask her to power on so I can remote on and tinker around; so I should have further information. I believe it's in relation...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Wake on Lan - Nova 15

    Hey Spyder, Hope you're well mate, I do have CCC installed, however I have the main service set to disabled (so as to not interfere with the power to the CPU etc.) I'll have my partner home from work in a couple of hours so I'll ask her to resume the laptop from standby, that way I can at least...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Wake on Lan - Nova 15

    Oh it's most definitely easier that way - However what type of engineer would I be if I didn't spend hours trying to get this working? Haha. I just don't like things being left "on" if they're not made for it. I'm sure I'll figure it out tonight
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Wake on Lan - Nova 15

    Mainly, just because, haha - I've got a fair amount of downtime at work at the moment due to COVID unfortunately, so a lot of the network migration projects are currently on hiatus whilst we sort service provider engineers out. Due to this, i'm sat twiddling my thumbs for about 75% of my work...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Wake on Lan - Nova 15

    Sorry, WoL = Wake on Lan (ethernet), WoWLan = Wake on wireless Lan (which has never been made a standard.) I agree that there's something powering off the device; I can attest that all options within windows are set to not "allow device to turn off power," and all advanced driver configurations...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Wake on Lan - Nova 15

    Hey man, Hope you're well. All options have been configured windows side and firewall side - it works for about 5 minutes when laptop's sleeping, but then it doesn't work at all. Using wireshark I can see the packets reaching my laptop both internally and externally - I'm using UDP 9 internally...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Wake on Lan - Nova 15

    Hey guys, Hope you're all well. I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience with Wake on Lan on the Nova 15 (or other reseller devices?) I seem to have intermittent success - I've added a static route in my DHCP for the laptop and subsequently set a static IP within Windows. I've tested...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Oculus Rift S on Defiance 7

    Oh mate, good luck with them. Took over a month for one controller to be RMA'D
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Nova 15.6 Overheating CPU

    Hi Guys, These laptops do run hot, as we all know. However, there are times where the temperature is running too hot and close to thermal throttle point (95c) for extended periods of time. This is most definitely not normal. Before you go to further lengths like @JosDea has and use copper...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Adjust Brightness bar doesn't work

    Glad to hear you're now able to see the screen without headaches! In the grand scheme of things, the splash-screen's only a very short image :P
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST NOVA 15" - Unable to change the screen brightness (Possible fix)

    It's most definitely the panels that are on these DTR's, combined with the 2070 Refresh
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST NOVA 15" - Unable to change the screen brightness (Possible fix)

    Hey there, Sorry to hear you're having the screen brightness issue as well. I kept on pestering daily, is the honest answer. I work in IT and have worked on many service desks - keep on pestering daily. I absolutely hated it when clients did it with me, but you can bet your arse it got me to...
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