Hi all.
This is an amalgamation of a post I previously had in a non-tech help section, so posted here instead:
I have just received my Recoil IV yesterday and I have just installed my own Windows 10 Pro copy. I have installed all the software and drivers from PCS and updated drivers further where necessary. Windows is also up to date.
However, I'm having 2 huge issues at the moment.
1st is - insane, and quite frankly unacceptable, fan speeds/noise that I wouldn't even use it if I can't manage this somehow.
Even after installing everything and setting everything to either eco, best battery life, office mode etc. I think the fans still are way too much for just general browsing folders in Windows or searching Google, writing a document etc.
I even set the fan curve as low as I could and it still was kicking in loud without really doing anything that I would call strenuous.
The fans turned off really briefly for a few seconds and it felt like it was definitely the way it should be, considering the low level of constant utilisation needed for the tasks in hand. It didn't last long and fans randomly kicking in with high speed when it really shouldn't.
I noticed another user had mentioned that they were able to get the system to run quiet under light gaming, which is my expectation really. Currently I can just be sitting idle and it's very noticeable in a room with plenty of other noise going on.
And 2nd issue - the battery life. Now, the spec suggests a "huge" battery with "typical" usage of 8 hours. I am experienced enough to know that 8 hours is not likely to be achievable most of the time BUT - just with a clean Windows 10 install and the the battery settings set to eco, I'm getting just over an hour at best while I'm simply configuring Windows and settings etc. This can't be right? I had the battery on charge over the night and today it's just not going to last me much more than an hour. Yikes.
I restarted my system during a driver install and the percentage dropped 10% with the "1 hour remaining" ending up giving me close to 40 mins in reality.
I'm a new member here and any further tips and advice on setup here would be much appreciated.
CPU, GPU, RAM spec:
This is an amalgamation of a post I previously had in a non-tech help section, so posted here instead:
I have just received my Recoil IV yesterday and I have just installed my own Windows 10 Pro copy. I have installed all the software and drivers from PCS and updated drivers further where necessary. Windows is also up to date.
However, I'm having 2 huge issues at the moment.
1st is - insane, and quite frankly unacceptable, fan speeds/noise that I wouldn't even use it if I can't manage this somehow.
Even after installing everything and setting everything to either eco, best battery life, office mode etc. I think the fans still are way too much for just general browsing folders in Windows or searching Google, writing a document etc.
I even set the fan curve as low as I could and it still was kicking in loud without really doing anything that I would call strenuous.
The fans turned off really briefly for a few seconds and it felt like it was definitely the way it should be, considering the low level of constant utilisation needed for the tasks in hand. It didn't last long and fans randomly kicking in with high speed when it really shouldn't.
I noticed another user had mentioned that they were able to get the system to run quiet under light gaming, which is my expectation really. Currently I can just be sitting idle and it's very noticeable in a room with plenty of other noise going on.
And 2nd issue - the battery life. Now, the spec suggests a "huge" battery with "typical" usage of 8 hours. I am experienced enough to know that 8 hours is not likely to be achievable most of the time BUT - just with a clean Windows 10 install and the the battery settings set to eco, I'm getting just over an hour at best while I'm simply configuring Windows and settings etc. This can't be right? I had the battery on charge over the night and today it's just not going to last me much more than an hour. Yikes.
I restarted my system during a driver install and the percentage dropped 10% with the "1 hour remaining" ending up giving me close to 40 mins in reality.
I'm a new member here and any further tips and advice on setup here would be much appreciated.
CPU, GPU, RAM spec:
| Processor (CPU) | Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor 10875H (2.3GHz, 5.1GHz Turbo) |
| Graphics Card | Change to: NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1 |
| Memory (RAM) | 32GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 16GB) |
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