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Hi all My backlit k/b has stopped working, only comes on blue and I can't restore it to my normal multi colour setting. I keep getting a popup message when I boot up saying something along the lines of "driver did not load, system need to be restarted. This used to happen occasionally and a...

Hi Guys Just bought Doom and it won't run. Getting the GL_ARB_CLIP_CONTROL fatal error. Seems it's probably my old (not updated for 2 years, in fact ever) graphics drivers. Has anyone used the above drivers and do they cause any problems. Just that i've never had driver issues before which is...

Hi all I've had the above for nearly 2 years now (bought mine around same time as Spyder tracks). I realise I'm very overdue to clean all the dust out but i'm rather unsure of how to go about it regarding what panels to take off etc. I've noticed that the GPU fan ramps up a lot more now and...

Hi all Does anyone have a PCS blu ray writer in their laptop and found it a bit slow ?? I'm fairly sure it's rated at 6 x Mine very gradually gets up to a maximum of 4 x during the burn (using TDK or Verbatim discs), the same discs reach a full speed almost immediately of 10 x and 6 x...

Hi all Recently when booting laptop (vortex IV win 7 64 bit) randomly the usb ports seem to fail (wireless mouse fails to initiate) although i can use the track pad. However when i try to shut down the pc it stays on "shutting down" for ages and i have to do a hard shut down with the power...

Hi guys n gals i've seen several people mention that they are able to customise their backlit keyboard to any colour of their choice. However i only seem to have a choice of 8 colours in the palette offered (including black). The software says "ver 2.3" in the bottom right hand corner of the...

I'm a bit confused about a fan in my recently purchased Vortex IV that is permanently running. I can't say for sure if it has always done this but now that i've noticed it it does always seem to be on (although it only blows hot when gaming). I'm guessing it's the GPU (770M) fan as it's GPU-Z...

It's probably only news to me but when i was browsing the PC World site last night i spotted a PCS laptop for sale ! It's called the Vortex IV RS-880 and based around the 4710 MQ cpu and GTX 880 processor. Also seems rather pricey as you might expect at pc world :yes:. I didn't realise PCS sold...

I finally put my order in on 23rd April after months of deliberation and indecision. Chassis & Display Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4710MQ (2.50GHz) 6MB Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz...

Just pondering a thought...which is more likely to fail on the Vortex IV, the backlit keyboard or the power brick ? There are 729 backlit keyboards available for purchase but the power supplies are out of stock. Has anyone successfully ordered a spare power supply in the past ? (i'm hoping the...

Well i'm looking forward to receiving my Vortex IV (day 6 still in testing-has been since day 2 !)... I was wondering if anyone has some experience of the Killer card...do i have to install my own drivers before it will work ? I realise there is a downloads page with drivers specific to my...

Hi all I finally ordered my long awaited laptop as follows.... Chassis & Display Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4710MQ (2.50GHz) 6MB Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB) Graphics Card...

Hello Can anyone confirm if the 15.6 and 17.3 screen Optimus V's do or don't have a backlit keyboard. There seems to be a bit of contradiction between the "configure a laptop" main screen, the compare 3 laptops screen and the configurator screen. My impression is that the 17.3 probably doesn't...

Hello all, i've noticed there have been a few changes on the configurator recently. I see that now the basic 15 inch Vortex IV costs £1130 and the 17 inch version costs £960. I think the 17 inch has been that price for quite a while so i assume the 15 inch prices are wrong ?

Hi I have a quick question about the optional blu-ray writer with the Vortex IV 17. I had assumed that it was internal, but looking at the info tab it seems to me to suggest that it is an external drive, it describes it as having a cordless option. Could anyone clarify what i would get ? I do...

Hi as above, i've been running the configurator for the past month or two trying to decide exactly what i want. I noticed tonight when configuring the Skyfire III for the nth time that i suddenly wasn't allowed to have two hard drives and a blu ray burner, the messge said i had to either lose...

Hi all, just a thought about the laptop insurance that is free for the first month. Is it "opt in" or "opt out" after the first month. i.e. would you have to ring up and cancel if you don't want to continue with it ?? And if it's the "opt out" scenario how would the payments be taken/authorised...

Last night i was trying to find a cheaper way to get close to my optimum laptop spec than the Skyfire III I've been considering. I stumbled on an Optimus IV which had pretty much everything i want apart from backlit keyboard for around £350 less than the Skyfire spec i'd chosen. It had an...

Hi guys n gals I've been agonising over the exact configuration of my proposed Skyfire 3 17 inch to almost OCD proportions as i want the machine to be as trouble free as possible with me spending the thick end of £1200 on it. My latest concern is the wireless card. Whilst i won't need...

Hi all, just looking at the recent testimonials on the pcs website. Very impressive and the sort of thing that can help you decide whether to order. I did notice however that testimonials 2317 (26.10.13) and 2316 (24.10.13) were identical (including spelling mistakes) apart from the persons...