Received Vortex II 17" laptop - Checking

[steyau]

Haven't switched it on but on the outside it looked really nice. But upon carefully unscrewing the bottom to see the inside it's not looking terribly good so far.

Some scratches, what looks like sand paper used on metal, and a bit of smudge marks. I haven't checked if anything's broken yet and still have to switch on my laptop to check it. I took a video of me unpacking the laptop and unscrewing it so guess that proves I haven't tampered with it.

Attaching some pics here. I'm not a happy customer so far but providing after I switched the laptop on and everything works I'll probably overlook these minor aesthetic issues on the inside.

Will update thread after I checked further.

EDIT: Just took off that plastic covering on the front and back of the glossy lcd screen. No scratches on the screen so happy with that. Read on the other thread packaging comes with a Instapak foam thingy, correct? Mines came in two layers of cardboard box, two large pieces of polystyrene and two small silica gel packs.

Will go read manuals before switching laptop on for OS installation etc.

 

[Maestro]

Ok, I am a bit confused and everybody has differing standards, but I am at a loss to understand why you would expect the internals of the laptop to be cosmetically perfect.
If you opened up any electrical device such as a television or washing machine I doubt you would see pristine internal parts, made to the standard you expect from the visible parts.
While every care is taken with the parts of the laptop that are actually visible, items such as heat sinks and internal casing bit etc. are just kept in bins, to be used as required. We don’t manufacture the laptops we simply add the processor Hdd etc. 90% of all laptops worldwide are manufactured by 4 or 5 large companies and i doubt very much whether you would find any laptop with sparkling internal bits.
If I am in the minority here, and I should expect the internal parts of electrical goods to be cosmetically perfect then let me know.

The instapak foam is an inflatable bag that we put inside a pc, so as to stop the items such as graphics cards coming out in transit. Doubt we would get this inside a laptop

 

[PaulH]

Foam comes with desktops, we dont "sand" internals, its how they come from the manufacturers, I also implore you to look inside any laptop made by anybody and you will see the heatsinks are like that on all laptops, without exception.

 

[PCS]

Why would you expect the internal parts of a laptop to look anything other than how they do? When you open up the bonnet on your car or look underneath it do you happen to see a metallic paint finish?

You have yet to turn the laptop on, but you've already pulled it apart and taken pictures! I hope you were earthed because you are clearly pushing the boundaries of voiding your warranty before you have even turned it on!

 

[steyau]

Voiding warranty? I didn't take off any component. I only unscrewed the lids to have a peek.

Switched laptop on and everything's already installed. Couldn't find product key on packaging but found it on the laptop's bottom. Laptop seems to be working great. How do I set up the RAM? The 64 bit OS is showing 4GB RAM only.

I thought the battery is 3800mAh. The battery I got is 5200mAh so not complaining about getting a bigger battery lol.

EDIT: Restarted computer and now it's showing 8GB. Don't know if it's using the full 1600MHz... any software I can download to check this?

 

[omens]

CPU-Z?

I just took the battery out and saw a blemish on the metal support underneath. TBH as long as the machine's okay, I'm not worried.

If you're that paranoid/concerned, rip apart your laptop and give everything a good clean and polish. Will void your warranty so you need to figure out if it's worth it.

 

[steyau]

Not going to polish it. I'm not touching any of the components inside just in case. I just finished using Windows Update and downloaded over 100MB in approx 15 minutes. That's for the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 incl Bluetooth. Much faster than my expectation. Now testing how long battery will last for when browsing websites and then the webcam and inbuilt mic.

EDIT: Um... after clicking on restart computer on the Windows Update box my laptop's showing "Shutting down.." for over 3 minutes now. Doesn't look like it's going to shut down. Should I pull out the plug and battery?

 

[PaulH]

Sometimes Windows Update can mess with the system, I would leave it for a little while longer, if no luck, yes, press and hold the power button to flick off the laptop and restart.