Recent content by Mattsim

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    Lenovo z500 overheating

    Thanks, will try this and let you know if it works.
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    Lenovo z500 overheating

    Hi, I have a Lenovo Z500 ideapad which I've recently (last few weeks, maybe longer) noticed is overheating. The fan is running at incredibly fast speeds and is very noisy but seems to be unable to deal with the heat generated even when running nothing. I am currently clocking these temperatures...
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    Video stutter/mini-freeze issue

    Hi, I have a Lenovo z500 which I purchased around a year ago. Recently I have noticed that whenever I watch video and also now as I am typing I get a very short (<1 second) but noticeable lag/stutter/mini-freeze roughly every three seconds. Audio is not affected at all. One small quirk is that...
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    Acer E1-571 vs Lenovo G505s

    Hi all, I'm looking at buying a new laptop and have narrowed my search down to three laptops (although open to new suggestions). The Acer E1-571 with a i7-3632QM 2.2GHz processor and 6Gb of RAM...