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Hi all I've had my Vortex II about a year and a half now, and I'm only just needing to use the firewire port! It's a 4 pin. I just wondered if anyone knew what chipset it wis and if it supports isochronous transfer. I have been specifically told that 'The Computer itself and the Firewire card...

Hi all Im having difficulty using/accessing the built in webcam on my laptop. Ive tried skype and its telling me that no webcam is detected. Ive tried the drivers cd that came with the laptop and it registers as device was not found or please enable it before installing this driver. Can...

Hi all I thought i would add to the reviews on here and share my PC Specialist experience with everyone, old and new. Theres also only a few laptop reviews, so here's mine... 1st the Spec... Chassis & Display Vortex II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Processor (CPU) Intel®...

Hi all Im having some difficulty pklaying HD movies using VLC medial player For example the movie is 720p, 4.37Gb in size and an mkv file. Ive also tried other files, including 1080p movies and the results are all the same Specs are as follows... Chassis & Display Vortex II: 17.3" Glossy...

Afternoon all Does anyone know how to change my icons for my external drives in My Computer. E.g. when i connect my iphone, it appears as a picture of an iphone 4 If i right click on the drive and go to properties and customise, there is an options to 'choose a file to show on this folder...

Evening all I received today my nice new Vortex 2 17 laptop :DD However, there appears to be 1 single pixel that simply will not go away. It is about 2cm from the top of the screen, right in the centre, and appears to be light blue in colour. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how i might...

Afternoon all Ive just received my epic Vortex 2 17 laptop. One question before i do a full review with pic... I can only see one drive in My Computer, this is my C drive. There is no 750Gb drive showing which should be my second drive. Please can someone advise on how to make it show...

Hi PCS My laptop flew through the testing andquality control stages this morning (which can only be a good thing) It is now awaiting dispatch. Is there a chance i can somehow upgrade my delivery to receive it tomorrow on Saturday. I know that it may not be dispatched today and it can take up...

Hi all. I'm looking for a bit of advice over the i7 processors on the 17" Vortex II. I'm not looking to spend silly money, so the 2920XM is out of the question. I think it's a bit overkill and a bit unnecessary for my uses IMO. The laptop will be for heavy image editing, every day tasks etc...

Hi Im looking to get the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD Audiophile Grade Notebook Sound Card with my Vortex ii 17 laptop, ordering in the next week or so. Im just checking that it is an internal sound card? Im trying to research it a bit more and all im really finding out is this...

Chassis & Display Vortex II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2820QM (2.30GHz) 8MB Cache Memory (RAM) 16GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (4 x 4GB) Graphics Card 2GB AMD® Radeon® HD 6970M - DirectX® 11 (Special...