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    PCSPECIALIST Ultranote IV CMOS battery

    Just in case anyone in future has the same question, the battery was a CR2032..
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    PCSPECIALIST Ultranote IV CMOS battery

    I've got a Ultranote reporting the CMOS battery (i.e. the little coin sized one) is failing. Putting aside the question of why on such a reasonably new laptop, does anyone know what size it takes?
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    PCSPECIALIST Ultranote IV - screen flickering - odd one

    I have an utranote IV where the screen flickers on and off. Feels hardware related and not software as it also presents on the bitlocker screen and a physical poke of the machine may cure it I've seen things like this before, and reseating the cable connecting the cable to the motherboard would...
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    PCSPECIALIST Ultranote IVs - power connection failing after ~14 months

    I have a number of Ultranote IV machines I look after for a small school. They are great laptops However, we now have a second laptop where the power connection *on the laptop* is somehow failed. This can be remedied by firmly holding the power lead in, or even holding it in place with an...
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    PCSPECIALIST Ultranote IV - Wireless card (Intel 9260) Failing

    Encouraged by the fact the fault diagnosis agree with my view and that of many here, I was pleased to get it back. In the bios, I have to disable TPM and enabled PXE boot as the first boot option... Having ordered a few Ultranote IVs I know this is not the default config. I was therefore...
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    PCSPECIALIST wifi problem

    Yep. Still has aerial connections though The 1 and 2 I've circled here are attached to cables which usually go into the laptop lid. Speaking as someone who has disturbed them in the past when putting in RAM etc. Matches the symptoms.
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    PCSPECIALIST Ultranote IV - Wireless card (Intel 9260) Failing

    Bit of background, I work in End User Computing and also look after my sons small Primary school for their IT. We have purchased a few Ultranote IVs and am very happy with them in general. One particular machine has been problematic. The wireless card fails, after a period windows notices it...
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    PCSPECIALIST Defiance (Clevo P650SE) Replacement case

    I bought a fully tricked out Defiance from PC Specialist almost two years ago and it's being doint me sterling work since. However, it's had a few accidents in its life and had a few misadventures. It needs a new screen bezel and a new palmrest I can't find these anywhere online for love nor...
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    PCSPECIALIST PC Specialist Defiance 15"

    This is billed as a gaming laptop. I was looking for a ultra high resolution screen, 32GB Ram and oddles of SSD and reasonable portability for a work machine that'll run Visio, Word alongside a lot of Virtual Machines at once. By trade, I'm a freelance IT consultant designing IT infrastructures...
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