*OFFICIAL* Alienware 15 R1/R2 Owner's Lounge

So that noise is completely normal? kinda annoying though.. im not using 4k, just 1080p.

 

its kinda weird that my frying pan HP from 2011 is running at the same temp/cooler than aw15... why do you think the cooling is so poor?

 

Are all you with BIOS a02 installed? This BIOS seems to put temps much higher than original BIOS a00 (10 celsius degree of diff)

 

Yup... i have bios a02 installed. is it a good idea to revert to defualt bios? im not even sure how to do this. but using this hot of a laptop on my lap if i wanna just do homework... will be very annoying

 

I dont know if its a good idea..but yesterday i revert from a02 to a00 and it went well. But my aw15 was shipped with BIOS a00 as default and i have upgraded it to a02 manually before going back to a00

 

how do you revert the bios update?

 

I've downloaded it from dell website: (there are both a02 and a00 bios)

http://www.dell.com/support/home/it...e=W764&productCode=alienware-15&categoryId=BI

 

do i just run the a00 one? will it interfere or mess up even though i have the a02 bios?

 

I dont think its a good Idea reverting the BIOS, since upgrading to A02 I have noticed better performance especially with MMO gaming

 

I think that if your laptop has the A02 bios as default maybe it could be a risk to revert the bios.
I suggest you to wait for A03 bios that maybe could resolve temps issues. (I read they are working on that)

 

My default was A01 Bios, just today I got the laptop and downloaded the A02 bios from Dell.

 

will the hot temps of the laptop ever change? i just play league of legends, cs go and daily surfing on this thing. hot temps isnt very convienent

 

Also mine was with a01 BIOS as default... but i didnt found it on dell website so I thought wrongly that it was shipped with a00.
Anyway now i have the a00 installed (maybe I'm lucky to have installed it without brick my laptop i dont know) and temps are much lower than before (honestly i dont remember with a01 BIOS)

 

i have question .. is the cpu upgradable?
i talked with dell live chat and he said its upgradable

 

Shouldn't be its soldered as the GPU is

 

I don't notice a lot of heat when playing LoL, but make sure you do the bios update to A002 as I found the system was bogging down before I upgraded it. also CS go is very lightweight on ur GPU.

another note, LOL does not scale well on 4k, run it in 1920x1080

 

A laptop with such a powerful GPU and components in such a small enclosure will get quite hot, that's inevitable.

 

Does anyone use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Software?

And if so how do you have it setup

 

I just received my laptop yesterday, I'm really happy with it, I don't have time to try everything yet, overall hardware cosmetic looks great but I miss old alienware keyboard.


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No excuse for a high quality laptop to get toasting hot while doing moderate activities. I was literally just downloading drivers and it got toasty. Especially on the bottom and middle. Maybe I'm a fool for thinking IC diamond would improve any cooling.

 

No, it's not.

 

A classic keyboard on a modern laptop... I thought I would never see this again in my life.

Thank God for Alienware, I don't have to use these horrible "chiclets" keyboards.

Thank God for a traditional trackpad too with real buttons, I hate that every laptop is trying to become a clone of the Macbook, which includes the once venerable ThinkPad line.

I was ready to pay $2500 for a laptop just to avoid that trash.

 

just noticed something VERY annoying about my alienware 15.
Just like a TV, when there are too many black/dark colored items on the screen, the brightness of the screen is lowered to gain a "better" black level. I cannot find a way to turn this off, and this is very annoying, since the switch from that low brightness to higher brightness takes a couple seconds, which makes it VERY noticeable.

I checked online and people stated that it's a dynamic contrast feature that cannot be disabled. Wanted to confirm, anyone knows this issue?

 

Never mind found the solution, and the brightness of my screen actually got a little higher too. Nice

 

Tell us the solution.

 

1) Right-click on the desktop, select "Graphics Properties..."
2) Choose "Advanced Mode" and click OK
3) Click "Power"
4) Pull down the "Power Source" drop down in the upper left corner and switch it to "On battery" (even though you might be on the power adapter, I got affected)
5) Uncheck "Display Power Saving Technology"
6) Click "OK"

 

I got the 980M, what is this that I read about a 240W power supply? Can I contact Dell Canada and ask for one? Or can this be bought from another source?

 

Don't buy it, contact Dell they have to give it to you for free.
Basically your laptop with everything uses more power than what the 180W can give you.

 

What should I say to be convincing, especially if the rep is unaware of this or refuses?

 

Show him the link of the Ask Frank Azor on Alienware forum or here. They should know anyways.

 

Link to specific post?

 

I've currently got the AW15 (970M/4K/16GB) and the Razer Blade 14 2015 (970M/3K/16GB) and I am comparing the two to see which I want to keep. On the AW15 Has anyone figured out a fix for the touchpad issues in Chrome? I have set the reverse scrolling to off, which works in everything except Chrome. I've checked online and it appears to a widespread issue, so i'm curious if anyone else is having the same problems.The Blade does not seem to have the same issues with the touchpad in Chrome, and though it's not a deal breaker it really is annoying. That and battery life are making me seriously lean towards the Blade.

 

Found it

http://na.alienwarearena.com/forums...er-frank-azor-anything/2#post-content-1040326

He in fact denies it changes anything, so that isn't of any help to get a 240W power supply for free from Dell.

 

Uhh, that's the wrong one.
It should be in here.

 

Ok I sent an e-mail to Dell. Hopefully they oblige without making me jump through hoops.

 

Wow, is that frog type noise from the HDD spinning annoying anyone else?

 

are you sure is noise coming from HDD or from the fan?
My fan has this noise when it starts

 

Yup I have the exact same thing. Happens every hour or at random times. Wtf is this? if its absolutely normal and not a hardware issue, I'll probably get used to it. Anyone else experience this noise?

 

Hello everyone.
I ' m thinking of selling my Asus G751JT as it is very large and heavy , and yesterday since I ordered AW15 and is Already in production .

I ve been read the review of notebookcheck and I fear the noise generated by fans (especially if I compare With G751 )
Notebookcheck says the AW15 has maximum of 52dB . Is that true ?
It is as noisy as a MSI GT60 / GT70 ??

What about CPU temps under load in a demanding game like BF4 ?
Thanks and sorry my bad english.

 

Alright guys.. that clacking/frog like noise from the fans/hdd (whatever its coming from) is getting extremely annoying. Sitting on my bed here and this thing does this every 5 minutes or something

 

this noise is not from hdd (i've ssd) but from cpu fan..it's the same sound it does when you power on the laptop. Is the fan that starts to rotate from idle. I think it's normal..

 

why the hell does it do it like every minute? gets annoying. haven't heard of any other computer doing this

 

I don't know why..mine starts not every minute, it depends on how many times the cpu temperature increase from idle 50-55 °C to higher value.

 

i wouldn't say every minute , but its frequently. Happens at random times. it can happen 10 sec, 10 min etc. just annoying

 

I was just surfing the web and watching online, but the bottom of AW15 is almost burning hot... is this normal? I know it gets warm but it's almost burning hot on the bottom (middle)

 

Yes it does gett pretty warm unfortunally

 

Hey, Nice 2 laptops you got
i was in between those 2, i got Alien cuz of international warranty and i dont care much about ultrabook portability and such, still you mind making a quick comparison between these 2 machines in your daily use?

 

Will it hurt the longevity of hardware being that it gets this hot so often? its a bummer... I thought cooling was going to be top notch. I don't mind heat while gaming, but it shouldn't be getting hot when just surfing

 

It shouldnt hurt the longevity, but its still annoying, they made it thinner but its not like the Razer, i was expecting a lot better as well, meybe they will fux it a bit with updates even if i doubt.

 

Should I be considering returning this? my only problem is that it would cost a restock fee ($150) ... plus there isn't really a on par 15.6 laptop with 970m right now (pls don't suggest Sager). I'd rather not with 17 inches due to weight tho. I had an AW17 r1 and it just felt way too huge and hefty. This laptop is almost perfect but heat/ fan clacking makes it far from it