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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Optimus II laptop - (almost) 2 years on

    Intel i7 2670QM 2.2GHz quad core Nvidia GT 555M 2GB DDR3 4GB RAM 17.3” screen, 1920x1080 resolution About £750 excluding extras Build quality – 2/5 This isn’t a well-built laptop. The plastic creaks, the keyboard flexes, and the power button and hotkeys sometimes will not register a push. The...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Remove keys from Optimus II laptop keyboard for cleaning

    Is it possible to remove the keys from my Optimus II keyboard to clean underneath them? Some of them are accumulating dust and don't work as well as they should do.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Screen flashes black occasionally in Bad Company 2

    When I play Bad Company 2 the screen will often flash back every other frame for up to 30 seconds at a time, after which it'll go back to normal. Earlier I also noticed shadows throughout the game turning on and off every frame. I figured it was due to temperatures, but when I run Furmark I get...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Hard drive error: End to End Error Detection

    I ran HD Tune Pro to check the health of my Maxtor Momentus XT ST95005620AS 500GB hard drive in my Optimus ii, purchased October last year, and this shows up under Health: (B8) End To End Error Detection Current: 94 Worst: 94 Threshold: 99 Data: 6 Status: Failed Error! Threshold reached...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Optimus II laptop temperature and underclocking

    I ran a Prime95 stability test earlier while monitoring temperatures. Temps got up to 99 degrees after a few minutes and the CPU started underclocking itself to lower than 1000MHz to try and control the heat. I'm worried that this is happening during gaming and that this will adversely affect...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Optimus II - graphics card not turning on

    I started up a few games that normally work great on my laptop (Fallout New Vegas, TF2) today but the framerate was terrible. Went into the Nvidia control panel but it says no Nvidia GPU is attached to the display. The Optimus button is lit up orange and the laptop is plugged in. How can I get...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Optimus II 17" Laptop review

    My specs: Chassis & Display Optimus II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2670QM (2.20GHz) 6MB Memory (RAM) 4GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 2GB) Graphics Card nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM -...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Considering a gaming laptop

    Hello :) I'm looking for a laptop to replace my current PC. I play a few games on medium/high settings, mainly TF2, Civ 5, BFBC2 and looking forward to Skyrim. Current specs of my desktop PC, which I'll be getting rid of. It plays most games quite well on medium/high settings but I'd like an...
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