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    M14x out of the box Issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by solrac13, May 13, 2011.

  1. solrac13

    solrac13 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hello

    Can somebody with an M14x can confirm that there are no fan lights on the M14x

    Mine when i light it on i dont see the light on the fan same as in the M11x who he has why?

    Also notice not having the rubber that goes under the battery goge were you presses the bouton to see how much battery you have left, mine is just plain plastic with no sticker what so ever as we can see on the m11x who the lat also has and no the m14x why ?

    Also notice a scrash on the back and I have one issue with the Bluetooth on the device manager is showing missing driver

    I try to download it and i get to the point i down load something then when i clik it says missing file then i go and download again and i run into the same window saying empty file, I did try to download other drivers just to see and get same error

    Also no face recognition and no hat ( wish i dont min but 2k usd for a not working out of the box with scratches and now reading NO sata 3 and no gaming while on battery mmmmmmmmmm

    Please confirm as I bought this from a store yesterday in china and I may like to send it back and ask for my money
     
  2. Second2Last33

    Second2Last33 Notebook Consultant

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    He just made a two thousand dollar purchase, he should have gotten exactly what he wanted. Instead of criticizing him why not answer one of his questions since I see you have a m14x?

    solrac13 sorry I can't be of any help, but I'd like to see what others say before I purchase a m14x!
     
  3. takeabyte

    takeabyte Notebook Evangelist

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    No light on the fan.
    No rubber thing-a-majig on the battery button on back..it's plain plastic.
    Regarding bluetooth, try to reinstall your wifi drivers from the resource cd.
    Facial recognition, can't tell you about that because my webcam doesn't work (STILL waiting for tech to call :().
    Out of the box, you CAN game on battery no problem.
    Sata 3 is pending a BIOS update I guess..
     
  4. MikeeDinh

    MikeeDinh Notebook Evangelist

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    isn't the light on the fans from the keyboard leds? haven't gotten my unit yet but that how it looks like on my m11x r2
     
  5. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The 14x is different from the 11x. The LED light does not show through, so the fan is not going to be lit.
     
  6. solrac13

    solrac13 Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks guys,

    Well I did went back to the store and i told them i did not liked and they gave me a new sealed box with a new machine RED !!!!!!!

    In my opinion, avoid the black i had it and is fingers friendly really gets dirty !

    Well i opened the box of these second m14x RED and there is no hat, there is no face recognition software (wandering if we can use the software from the M11r2? as one of my friends bought 2 of those at the same time with me)

    After doing the windows update and Windows Upgrade to Ultimate (wish was necessary as we dont know how to read Chinese, Ultimate was the only solution i found to get the English system (if interested pim me by the way)

    Windows experience Index is 5.9
    i7-2720QM 8 gb with til now unknown hard driver, wish if i keep this machine i will like to swap for an SDD or Momentus

    So it was definitely worth going back to the store as the Black unit was giving me windows index 5.6

    I can confirm best price same day buy, in china now is 13000 RMB (1.99332 usd) With 2 years full coverage included in the price.

    I got one carrying case ACME selling price 399 rmb i paid 100 rmb (15 usd)

    NO FAN Light on M14x
    No adecive steaker on the battery juge
    No face recognition software
    No Hat


    Battery life on low settings 3 hours, on wifi, doing tons of downloads for upgrading and updating windows