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This can happen if your laptop is drawing more power than your power brick can supply.

Hi, I'm considering purchasing the Recoil 15.6 with the AMD Ryzen 9 5900H and Nvidia RTX 3070. Does anyone know if it's possible to completely power off the Nvidia GPU (so the unit runs off completely off the integrated GPU on the Ryzen 9 5900HX)?

Did you end up getting the touchpad working? I'm thinking about ordering this laptop (with the AMD CPU), will be running Arch Linux (so latest kernels etc). It has been a while since I've bought a new laptop, I have a couple of questions about Linux on this unit: Can you completely power down...

Thanks @jimmy1. I was even thinking of just going for an i7-10700KF (to play it safe), but I've been fascinated by Ryzen. What motherboard do you have? What RAM modules do you use? I'm running Arch too :)

Just a stab in the dark here (wild guess), but perhaps add acpi_osi="!Windows 2015" to your boot params? So in your /etc/default/grub, you'd have something like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2015\"" Then run: sudo update-grub Then reboot.

I'm still running an ancient Intel i7 4790 in my desktop, and have decided it's time to take the plunge and buy something modern. I'm considering a desktop with an AMD 3800X, 5800X, 3900X or 5900X. Is anyone running Linux on any of the above? If so, are there any compatibility issues?

I'm pretty sure they used to - when I bought my Defiance II, I'm pretty sure there was a 2560x1440 option. It's a shame, personally I think 2560x1440 is the sweet spot on a 15.6 inch panel.

I bought a Defiance II laptop from PCS many years ago, and have been extremely happy with it. I recall having the option to configure it with a 2K panel, but decided to go with FHD instead. I'm now looking for a laptop with a 2K panel, but haven't seen any configuration options for PCS laptops...

I have an old Defiance II from PCS. I absolutely love it, and it runs Linux very well (for the most part). However, when I first purchased it, installing Linux wasn't exactly straight forward - many things needed to be done to get everything working. Today, however, I can basically install the...

They don't seem to be available from PCSpecialists at this time. There's no option in the CPU dropdown for a 3950x. Also, from what I understand, there's a significant price jump between the 3900x and 3950x?

I'm currently in the market for a new desktop rig, and I'm currently eye-balling the Ryzen 9 3900x. 12 cores (24 threads), 105 watt TDP, 32GB of RAM for just under £900! I have my own GPU and don't need Windows installed as I use Linux. I'm completely blown away by how reasonably priced such a...

I thought I'd take Kubuntu 19.04 for a spin, and have just installed it on my Defiance II. Installation was fairly painless, almost everything seems to be working okay. I'm using the Nvidia 430 driver. In Intel GPU mode, it's idling at around 10W (which is great - better than previous...

The following are the steps I used to install Ubuntu 16.10 (and Kubuntu 16.10) on my Defiance II: 1. Make sure the GPU is set to DISCRETE in the BIOS. 2. Boot from the Ubuntu (or Kubuntu) installation media (press F7 repeatedly when you see the "PC Specialist" logo). 3. Press the 'e' key the...

Does anyone know if it's possible to get an alternative power brick for the Defiance II? I want to get something smaller and lighter.

The biggest problem I have found with Linux on my Defiance II (Skylake) laptop is the inability to reliably switch between the nVidia graphics and Intel HD graphics. With the latest nVidia drivers (364.12), while you can select the Intel HD graphics (by going in to the BIOS) and use the Intel...

I received my Defiance II laptop a couple of days ago, and I love it (a big "THANK YOU" to the team at PC Specialist). The screen, the keyboard, the performance - everything is exactly what I was looking for (and then some!). I'm primarily using it for a side-project that involves a lot of...

My Defiance II laptop has just been delivered - very nice machine! I wanted an OS free laptop, but it has come with Windows 10 (not activated). How do you get in to the BIOS? I've tried F10, F12, F2, and the Del key while booting, but nothing seems to work - it always boots in to Windows.

I'm thinking of purchasing the Defiance II (15.6") with 32GB of RAM and a 480GB SSD (standard SATA SSD, not the M2). Just wanted to know if anyone has been able to install Ubuntu (preferably 15.10) on this laptop, and if so, how they did it, what problems were encountered (if any) etc... Thanks...