Mr_Morningstar

Tinkerer

First, thanks for the overwhelming response and support to this thread; it's truly appreciated. Clearly with the staggering amount of responses and suggestions I received, I had no idea where to start, so I ended up just fixing it myself. Sarcasm intended. But on a serious note, for those that are still experiencing this…

Quick update, after doing more reading, seems I may not have conditioned the battery properly. Was supposed to be fully charged, which is obviously was not. Might be how we ended up here 🤷🏾‍♂️ Regardless, tried the 3 failed starts to force it enter the recovery environment process, which failed. 

"Light gaming" can be interpreted a variety of ways, I'm sure you understand, so might want to be a bit more specific with your inquiry :) For most games though, except the select few out there, they're mostly going to be GPU intensive, so that would be your primary concern, and then a reasonably robust CPU (quad core of…

Reporting in on this for the final time. Since purchase, and the slightly botched shipment packaging, I've had zero complaints. I think my main takeaway here was understanding that even though this is a "recertified" unit, at the end of the day it's still used, so expect signs of this. I will admit I did have expectations…

Decided to update on this for transparency sake. Surprisingly enough, I actually did get a call from them earlier today, an agent named Sharon. Unfortunately I didn't answer, as they called from a restricted number, and I typically do not answer those. She did leave a message though, so I will give credit when it is due,…

Appreciate the response. It does look like we're golden. Though it doesn't show the detailed information for root port 5, considering 3 and 4 are being used for connectivity, and root port 5 is definitely in use, process of elimination would mean the current M.2 is in the NVME capable slot. Good times. Throwing a couple…

Nicely done sir. Took the current 2280 M.2 out and discovered it had both the M and B keys cut out, confused the hell out of me since normally NVME drives only have an M key. I seriously don't want to buy this 950 Samsung drive if it's a no go, but based on what you're saying, this looks like we should be fine? I should…

I only have the lowly 960m, but can also report similar findings. Seems like a commonality across the board. Probably what I found even stranger was internet speeds on battery and plugged in. Did a test with a reasonably large file (6 gb) and monitored the transfer speed, and on battery I was averaging around 700 kb/s,…

Yes, unfortunately it looks like I'm going to be having some definite trouble with them as well. For starters, the packaged arrived open. Literally, the tape looks like it was either shabbily applied or someone checked what was in the box. Secondly, I ran checks on the drives installed, and both drives easily have over…

Wow Does sound like there's been a definite failure realized on the end of the customer service portion of this transaction. I'm curious if your item was purchased new or thru the recertified site? I ask primarily as I dropped just over a grand on a laptop from their recertified site, but nowhere was I able to actually…