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You said that overheating indicates the laptop configuration may not be correct. But for the laptop to be incorrectly configured on arrival it'd have to have left the vendor incorrectly configured or have been modified after it left the vendor. It's clearly possible that, given the pressure...

The configuration of the laptop was almost certainly not modified by the delivery company.

Thanks. I've looked at a couple (and have seen several other similar "Top N cooling pads" articles). They all seem to recommend more or less the same ones. The one I'm currently trying out is the Teknet-branded one that appears in the reviews as the Havit HV-2056. It manages to keep the...

I've got the latest and I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling. It didn't make a difference.

I don't see how it's possible to test the temperatures with just a clean install of windows because not having the machine doing things other than initial setup doesn't put the machine under any pressure. The temperature when I initially turned the machine on was the same as the general...

I had tried reinstalling audio, video and chipset. But, as expected, they were all the versions that were already installed. Not really surprising since it'd be pretty weird to set the laptop up with drivers that are not the latest ones available. Anything demanding (I played some Borderlands...

The problem is knowing what constitutes correct configuration. I've seen people on here talking about changing the max CPU power in power settings to 99%, but that makes no difference on my machine. So, not knowing which specific Windows settings affect temperatures, it'll be a lot of hours of...

Unfortunately that brand isn't available in the UK as far as I can tell. Amazon has one, but it's shipped from the US, so costs a lot. I've tried a Klim with 2 large fans, but it provided no cooling at all. I've also got a Teknet with 3 fans, but it's badly designed - two fans towards the...

What cooling stand do you use? I'm trying to find one that provides at least some cooling. Ideally one that weighs less than 750g since otherwise it's heading deep into non-portable territory.

But then what constitutes correct configuration? I'm not aware of any Windows settings that impact how hot the machine runs. Though I've also never had a machine that runs hot enough that touching it is not the best idea. And how would I be able to tell if the paste job was done properly without...

Doesn't that imply that PCS is not configuring systems correctly? My Recoil IV runs really hot - the keyboard is getting to around 45 degrees C when gaming and the area above the keyboard hits about 53 degrees C. I haven't checked the temperature of the bottom, but it's way too hot to have the...

This appears to be a bug in Gaming Center - every time I close it and re-open it the light settings are partially lost. The timer on turning off the backlighting is off and keyboard lighting is off.

The Recoil IV has Realtek and THX. I ordered the laptop with Windows installed and configured. I downloaded and reinstalled the Realtek audio drivers from PCS just in case, but the version is the same as was already installed. I'm not using the THX audio for the microphone, but when I tested...

There's no option to control anything related to microphone volume in settings -> system -> sound, only master volume. There is an option in the sound control panel, but unfortunately it's not possible to move the slider higher than 100%. With microphone boost set to +20dB the microphone...

Hi I've seen various posts over the years about low microphone volume for several laptops from PCS, including the Recoils. Most recently someone having low mic volume problems on a Recoil III. Has anyone else had these problems and, if so, how did you resolve them? Or is there just some...

Hi I know this thread is fairly old now, but I'm wondering if you ever got this solved. I've got a new Recoil IV and I'm having the same problem - plugging in a microphone or using the on-board microphones (which I likely won't ever use for anything because they pick up a lot of exhaust noise)...

I'm having the same problem with the W key on mine. It just randomly pops off while I'm typing.

I've posted my first impressions at https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/how-its-going-with-my-recoil-iv.70339/. I'll update it after I've run the machine in some proper gaming over the weekend.

Basic components - i7 10875H, RTX 2070 Super, 32GB 2666MHz RAM, Arctic MX thermal paste. My first impressions - First, the good stuff. The power supply is a lot lighter than PCS told me it would be, coming in at around 1kg, as most other 230 power supplies do. That made me happy because it...

I received a Recoil IV yesterday. The keyboard lighting was disabled in the BIOS for some reason, so that's a place to go and look. This actually broke Gaming Center, which was very weird. I've also had the lighting randomly turn off after a restart as well. Clearly there are still bugs that...