so i've had my Optimus III laptop for over 4 years and its still working perfectly, but showing its age. after 4 years with a laptop i really don't want to have to deal with a full-size PC (finding desk space, moving house, etc) so have decided to look into mini PC's. i quite like the Node 304...
i want to try to restore my system from an image, to try and fix the driver errors i've been getting recently. i have a system image from a year or so ago, but its on a 500GB hard drive, and my laptop has a 750GB hard drive in it.
will i be able to restore from a smaller HDD or do both drives...
ive had this Optimus III for a long time and its been a great laptop, but recently i updated to the Nvidia 335.32 drivers and started getting Kernel Mode Driver crashes.
so i rolled back to the earlier driver and got BSODs. then i went all the way back to january's driver, still got BSODs.
then...
after a reboot i did a clean install of the original driver in safe mode (from the CD provided by PCS) but it happened again (when i tried to update the WEI rating, which i now know uses WINsat.exe) and this time showed 'Nvidia Kernel Mode Driver has stopped responding' but it recovered. the WEI...
i was playing Guild Wars 2 and it died on me, i put a new set of Batteries in (after dying :() and turned it back on, only to find it wasn't responding. the turn it on and the blue sensor light comes on and then turns off again, the light on top does not flash red or green. when i remove the...
ok, some 768p screenshots coming along soon (same High preset and mods as the 1080 screenshots) :)
it runs very fluently at 768, and you can push it to 1080 if you dont mind 30FPS maximum :)
i'll take some screens of Just Cause 2 and Fallout New Vegas next. JC2 runs at 1080 on medium-high...
i turned my Optimus 3 on, followed the Win7 instrusctions that pop up and im on the desktop, without drivers.
i haven't ordered any AV software, as i have MSE on an external HDD. but i need drivers. are they on the CD or do i need to download them (connecting to the internet without AV)?
i cannot login with my email address and password on the homepage, having ordered an Optimus III earlier today. i know my details are correct because i have logged into the forum several times since ordering it, and my email address received the order confirmation. i did a forum search, and...
i was originally going for a Genesis IV, but the GT650m is a lot better than the GT630m in the Benchmarks i viewed (Skyrim on high vs Skyrim on medium for example).
Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 15.6" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile...