Recent content by njmarkham

Extremely happy with my new optimus laptop. So glag I got the 17 inch version and very happy with the after sale support (couldnt get the caddy out for my second hard drive had a face palm moment when they told me within a minute on the phone to them after trying for 30 mins myself). Only had...

Hi Guys, I'm hoping someone maybe able to advise. I am close to getting the optimus 17inch and I can see from the pics that the GPU vent is on the bottom. Whilst this is not unheard of I was thinking coupled with the use of a laptop cooling pad the GPU vent is trying to vent air out, whilst...

Hi All, I currently have a beast of a PC that I am selling to fund a new laptop. I need the space in the house really with a young family. I will mainly be using the laptop for web development (not too much design stuff more on the programming side) and gaming, I do not game for long periods...

I have just reinstalled windows but have lost my driver CD that PC Specialist supplied me. I can see from the website that my optimus is using the Intel® HM65 Express Chipset. I have been on intels website to download the Intel® Chipset Device Software (INF Update Utility) but it does nothing...

Hoping someone can help with this. How do you change the sensitivity on the touchpad, when I type the cursor jumps all over the place which is so annoying. Alternatively can it be disabled? All help appreciated.

Got my new optimus II the other day and installed an SSD. The install went fine, after loading the right drivers part way through the windows install. However now on boot my SSD (one and only drive) is not always detected. I have made sure it is in place correctly. Now when I switch the laptop...

My Optimus II notebook arrived today and I'm very impressed, thank you so much PC Specialist. I've had a bit of an issue with Yodel delivery but I'm hopeful PCS will resolve. The notebook is fantastic and I would really recommend it and PCS as a company. One thing I would like to query though...

Hi Guys, I'm looking at buying a notebook from PC Specialist and would like some input on what processor to get. I will be doing a bit of photoshop, playing the latest games BF3, fifa 12 F1 2011 etc... so it's really an all round notebook. The processors I'm tied between are; Intel® Core™i7...