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    Alienware 17 lags and warps! help!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Drumguy92, Mar 13, 2014.

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    Hey guys! i just came back from the states and i brought an Alienware 17.

    But it has a huge problem! all the games i play online, they warp!! its imposible to play! but the problem is online only, when i play solo it works like a charm!

    My internet, router or modem aint the problem because i played the same games on my old computer and worked just fine, no warps no lag!

    i tryied pluggin the computer to a wired conextion, but the computer does not read the cable, i don't know why!

    Anyway i do sure hope that there is a solution for this problem, even though i search high and low for one without any luck.


    Please help me!


    BTW it has windows 8
     
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    sunster168 Notebook Consultant

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    Have you tried re-installing your drivers?
     
    sunster168, Mar 13, 2014
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  3. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    I used to have this same problem with my m11x while playing bf2. I would be running, then my guy would warp 10 feet away.

    Turned out if you go into the wireless card settings (i think in device manager)
    then set "allow windows to turn off this device to save power"
    this cleared up all issues I had with my m11x.... my m14x and m17x never had these problems, but I always changed that setting right out of the box.
     
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    What drivers? and how do i do that?
     
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    i have windows 8 i forgot to say, and how do i set that?
     
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  6. ejohnson

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    Open Device Manager, by pressing Windows Key + R key combination and inputting devmgmt.msc in the Run dialog box and hit Enter

    In the Device Manager, expand the wireless controllers, right click on the device and select Properties for which you’re facing the issue.

    click the tab that says power managment.
    unclick the box the says allow windows to turn off this device (so there is no check mark in the box)

    click ok and then restart and try games.
     
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    wait i didn't find the wireless controller option in it.. and i dont know what is the issue!

    so i couldn't even finish the second step :(

    is there another way?
     
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    shinji257 Notebook Deity

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    It should be network adapters. Not wireless controller.

    Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk
     
    shinji257, Mar 13, 2014
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    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    Yes network adapters... not sure why I put wireless controllers....
     
    ejohnson, Mar 13, 2014
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