VORTEX III setup - anything i should know?

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AJ_

Active member
hey all!

my new vortex III arrives monday (wooo) but I was just wondering if there was anything I should know about setting it up / installing drivers etc? got it without windows since I have a copy on my old laptop which is in pieces at the moment..


Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 15.6" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3610QM (2.30GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
AMD® Radeon® HD 7970M - 2GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6235 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Firewire
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT
Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 180W AC Adaptor
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM


thanks! :)
 
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Jamwllms

Bronze Level Poster
It's actually decidedly self explanatory.

Although you do have to do the non-manly thing and read the manual. :p

It tells you what drivers you need to install, etc :)

It's all very well presented to be honest!
 
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AJ_

Active member
awesome thanks! guess i'll just have to quickly skim over the manual when nobody is home ;)
 
Luxas

Luxas

Bronze Level Poster
make sure after clean install of windows the chipset's driver will be installed before the gpu one
 
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AJ_

Active member
noted! anything else you guys can think of? would prefer not to bugger something up before I even use it ;)
 
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johnckeen

Active member
lock yourself in the toilet when you read the manual or put it inside a magazine, what ever you do dont let anyone see you!! The fate of men accross the globe is relying on you not to be seen :D
 
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AJ_

Active member
no worries! turned the lights off and hid under the bed with a flash light to read it ;)
 
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