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    PCSPECIALIST Enter key problems

    Hi, my enter key seems to have stopped working. This happened once before and worked fine after reboot. I haven't tried to reboot it yet this time. The little enter key in the corner works fine... but the main enter key is not working at all. I have gone in to device manager and ran ''scan for...
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    PCSPECIALIST Insurance

    Heya, I got my laptop like a year ago and I want to get insurance (yea, I don't know what took me so long, lol). But I don't know what to choose for the brand and model?? What is the brand for pc specialist laptops? And what do I put for the model? Cos my order just says ''Vortex series'' ...
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    PCSPECIALIST Restore to factory

    Hey guys. This might be a stupid question, but I'd rather ask than risk it! Lol. I bought a laptop from PC specialist last year (Nov 2014), it's one of the Vortex's. I bought windows 7 with it which came installed on it. If I restore to factory will it still have win 7 or it or would I have to...
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    PCSPECIALIST Blue screen :(

    Hello. I have had my laptop for only about 10 months. It is a Vortex. It just blue screened on me :/ I had a youtube video running and was mooching about on amazon and suddenly the laptop went off and went on to a blue screen saying it had shut down to protect windows or something or other...
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    PCSPECIALIST GPU temperature

    So my laptop was feeling pretty hot and a lot of heat was coming out the fan. So I downloaded something called ''speedfan,'' which told me my GPU is currently 66'C. I am have a few tabs open at the min, the radio on and am running minecraft. So is that good or bad? The temp in my city is only...
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    PCSPECIALIST What is the brand?

    Hi. I have the 15.6'' Vortex IV LE and I want to know what the ''brand'' is? It's so I can get laptop insurance, because it asks for brand. Thank you :)
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    PCSPECIALIST Webcam

    Hiya, I have the Vortex IV LE laptop with windows 7. And I have a question about the webcam. On my old Acer laptop there was a program on it called 'Acer Crystal Eye Webcam' and I could click this program and it would open a window where I could see myself on the webcam, and then I could take...
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    PCSPECIALIST Usb sound

    So, I sent my laptop back to pcs due to touch pad and earphone issues (had only had the laptop for less than a week). It's the 15.6'' vortex iv le. I got the laptop back yesterday and so far the previous issues seem to be resolved. However it now seems to have an issue it didn't have before...
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    PCSPECIALIST headphone Jack stopped working

    Hi, I got a vortex IV LE, it came yesterday. At first everything seemed fine, then earlier today the mouse pointer started spazzing out and jumping when I tried to move it. I called pcs and they got me a different driver and *so far* it seems to be working ok again. Now my headphone Jack seems...
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    PCSPECIALIST Mothboards

    I'm confused about the motherboards. I went with the gigabyte z97-hd3 because I thought gigabyte was a good one for gaming (and I didn't need the z97x gaming as I have no intention of using 2 graphics cards)... But I've just noticed the asus one's are more expensive... that could just be because...
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    PCSPECIALIST Graphics card? Cpu cooling? Please help

    Hiya, I've been looking at graphics cards and was wondering... The 750Ti 2GB is maxwell based and the 760 4GB is kepler based.... which one is better? Also, is tripple copper heat pipe cooler good enough for i7-4790? Thank you
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    PCSPECIALIST Do these sound ok?

    Hiya, I have ordered a desktop and a laptop. Both will mostly be used for things like world of warcraft, elder scrolls online and minecraft and I just wanted to check that they sound ok? Thanks Desktop: Case InWIN G7 BRUSHED EFFECT DARK GREY CASE Processor (CPU): Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core...
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    PCSPECIALIST Hiya

    Hey, just joined the forum a couple of days ago and thought I'd say hi. Ordered 2 new computers on Friday and can't wait for them to come! :) Got a custom built desktop for my partner and a Vortex IV LE laptop for myself :D
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    PCSPECIALIST Curious about delivery times

    Hey, don't know if I'm posting this in the right place or not, as I just signed up to the forum. I ordered both a desktop and a laptop on Friday (the desktop is for my partner and the laptop is for me). The delivery times are estimated at 6-8 days for the desktop, and 5-7 days for the laptop...
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