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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Crap Battery Life

    Nothing seems to indicate Control Center isn't working. All the functionality appears to be working. Switching from "Turbo Mode" to "Performance Mode" makes the corrosponding LED button change brightness/ off for example. Navigating through all the menus, I'm not getting any errors. I'm not...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Crap Battery Life

    Not sure why I need to do a clean install. Gaming center is installed and all drivers are via Windows update and manufacturer website where needed. Laptop is in office mode and battery saver mode. I think advertising 7 hours could be a case of false advertising.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Crap Battery Life

    I can't remember exactly. I bought Windows 10, made a boot image and followed the steps.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Crap Battery Life

    Sorry, I meant that I installed a fresh version of Windows 10. I believe it came with Windows 11, but upgraded to 10.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Crap Battery Life

    Windows 10, activated. Drivers mostly automatically installed. Got Geforce Experience updated. Also downloaded control center from PCS. Screenshots below showing optimus disabled or enabled. Seems to make little to no difference on battery life. Perhaps it late and I'm an idiot, but the way the...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Crap Battery Life

    Got a fancy laptop. Pretty high spec, so understadably the battery life isn't going to be great compared to most other laptops out there. But this particular one was advertised to have a big battery with up to 7 hours. With light usage (surfing the web), I'll get less than 2 hours. Maybe a bit...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST DPD Absolutely Useless

    Used to be a good company. Driver today lied about no one being home. Checked reviews and seems like it's a common thing now with DPD messing up everything.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST How's everyone doing?

    I am (now unemployed) chef. Was a bit hectic - was living in Berlin then just packed my bags and was gone in 2 days. Back in UK since 16th March. Was a long drive. I am now living with my mum and brother, spoiling them with delicious meals every day! Here's some of the stuff I been doing in the...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Laptop won't turn on

    Looks like a Defiance chassis, so I don't think so.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST 15.6" Vortex IX review

    Did you get the 4k screen and does it flicker? I'm getting really annoyed with my Vortex. Sometimes just clicking the "fullscreen" button on youtube causes it to spaz out and possibly restart. But apparently there is no fault according to PCS after doing an RMA.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Vortex IX [4K / 9750H / RTX2070]: Discrete Mode = Dead Screen

    OK nevermind, switching to default settings in BIOS fixed the problem. So what, is Discrete not supported? I asked someone at PCS on the phone about this but didn't really understand what he was saying. I didn't know about this MSHybrid thingy until now. I would also be interested to learn how...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Vortex IX [4K / 9750H / RTX2070]: Discrete Mode = Dead Screen

    Ah, I just switched to discrete and the monitor is dead. Can't even get signal on external monitor when Windows loads (but can view BIOS). How can I access safe mode now??
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Vortex IX [4K / 9750H / RTX2070]: Discrete Mode = Dead Screen

    I have not tried switching from MSHybrid to Discrete. What is MSHybrid? My laptop just arrived today from an RMA, will be able to try what you're doing tomorrow when I'm back. Regarding the RMA (strange flickering and artifacting), PCSpecialist reported no faults and sent the laptop back home...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Recoil III RTX Overheating Issues?

    Does thermal throttling not count as performance?
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Vortex IX (4K) Review

    That's unfortunate you have the strange flickering glitch too. It is much worse when running on just battery. My laptop started to do it when booting Windows as well, so I sent it back to PCS. They've had it since Wednesday, so I'm just waiting for an update. Regarding your performance on 4k -...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Vortex IX (4K) Review

    The photos PCSpecialist are using are stock photos of US keyboard layouts. Most European layouts use the big Return/ Enter keys. At least for the UK anyway. What country keyboard did you order? If it's a US keyboard, then the Enter key will always be small. All UK keyboards have the big Enter...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Vortex IX first look

    Hi there, Have you noticed any artifacting on the screen when booting up or launching certain programs? Thanks
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Vortex IX (4K) Review

    Indeed laptop GPU's have come a long way! I had a quick look in the BIOS but didn't see anything to do with the memory. Will have another look again at some point. What makes you think the RAM might not be the correct speed? But yeah, I'm not too worried about the OLED burn in thing either, I...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Vortex IX (4K) Review

    The control centre app from clevo lets you adjust fan profiles. It's quite versatile, and I just stick with auto mode which does a good job. It also comes with a tool to overclock the GPU, but I won't be touching that. No need really since the 2070 is so powerful anyway. The laptop didn't come...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Vortex IX (4K) Review

    Thank you. Voltage offset makes no difference. Gameplay remains unaffected however. Just loading & closing or alt & tabbing. Doesn't affect all games.
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