I was recently on chat with support for Alienware, and they confirmed that you can change motherboards.
Here is the chat
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Be the first to try
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Ahhhh......
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I checked the M14X R2 pictures and the ports are placed differently on the outside. Please note I owned M14X R1.
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Thats a M11x.
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Yeah Dell Reps are useless for tech questions, dont get excited
That is the m11x though
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, and yes nearly all of the tech support I met, most of which are no idea of what they talking about.
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Hmm, you can buy a m14x r1 motherboard now for around $200-300. I hope it's around the same price for the r2 mobo because if it is that is a DEFINITE buy as soon as the r2 mobo part becomes available.
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...i would not trust the dell rep
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How about I say I am a Dell rep, and I tell you that you CAN NOT use an R2 mobo in an R1 chassis. That way, when someone gets their R2 and tries it out, and by chance finds that it is compatible... you can get excited for good reason. Even if he did have pictures of both mobos sitting right in front of him he could not tell you with 100% certainty that they would be interchangeable.
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Alienware M14x R1 CAN TAKE M14x R2 motherboard!
Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by owatch15, Apr 30, 2012.