How long have you had m17x / any problems?

Hey guys, I was wondering how long you guys have had your M17x R3, and If you've had any problems. I recently ordered one and it seems like everyone has had problems. Does anyone's M17x work? Thanks!

 

I had a 460/3d and had all kinds of issues....returned it and got the system in my signature with a 6970...NO problems and i have had it a few months now...i always prefered nVidia over ATI until now

 

Oops, I ordered the nVidia

 

Anyone Else?

 

Got mine with the 6970 last week. I only use it for gaming and ran it this entire holiday weekend with non-stop Starcraft 2 & Company of Heroes.

Worked great, except Company of Heroes still have a DX10/11 bug that crashes the game (not the computer). Other than that, AOE 3, Titan's Quest Immortal Throne and Starcraft 2 worked great.

Cheers,

 

Mine came with a messed up keyboard but system came from outlet and its a known issue. Besides that system has been running great (only had for two weeks).

 

You're also an AOE fan? I was looking forward to playing it when I get this laptop.

 

Zero problems. Nicest piece of electronic/computer gear I have ever owned. And the most expensive

 

had mine for 2 months now,only prob i have is a driver Rapid storage not compatible with my OCZ vertex 2
when i first got it had to call AW as the enter key on the keyboard was slighty raised and the lcd when shut was not allin with the chassy wich AW replcace the LCD and Keyboard on the same week and it all good now

 

Yes, AOE 3 is fantastic with all the highest settings at 1080p.

Also, this I must say this is the best laptop I've owned. Extremely versatile. I'm using it as a second monitor connected to my iMac while I work and it's connected to my HDTV for the occasional gaming session at the same time. Outstanding!

Cheers,

 

Nmm got mine from outlet , came in like brand new condition
after about 1 week of having it i got 1 dead pixel , although if another one will appear i can always get a replacement monitor (its in the warranty..)

At first i had some problems with games but it all working fine now
And seems like my hdd is dying but i need to contact dell so they will send me new one , no real major problems like bsod's and such (since hdd is replaceable and so is the dead pixel if another 1 will appear..)

 

It's cool to see that not everyone has like fatal problems, haha. My laptop is now In Production! Anyone else want to join the party?

 

Have TWO of the first R3's which have been used every single day for five months with no issues.

 

I'm having crazy random reboots with my system at least once a day... still working with tech support to try and figure out why. So far we haven't found a reason. I'm hoping it gets fixed or replaced ASAP...

 

I have had mine for about 2 months with no issues at all.

 

Two of them? How come?

 

Twin Sons...

 

lol, I've had my fair share of problems.. I have the gtx460m 3D
-Reinstalled windows because It was freezing occasionally
-Took me 4 clean reinstalls in a row to figure out the SD card driver causes bluescreens on re-install so I left it out..
-Now it randomly shuts down with no cause, suspecting a faulty power supply, going to contact dell

 

In 14 days, i've had 12 bsod's, mostly caused by ntoskrnl.exe, 1 by igdkmd64.sys, and 1 by tcpip.sys

Otherwise, it works great for gaming. Just need to make sure nothing's faulty.

 

I have had mine for a month (or about that), 460m w/ 3d. Installed Solid 3 SSD. Had bsod repeat during first install of windows (I installed a ton of drivers at once then rebooted), then re-installed windows and did each driver separately and now my system is perfect!

Runs fast, no BSOD (knock on wood). Love my machine, 460m is wonderful enough for me I like the 3d even though many ppl don't.

Jeff.

 

I'm getting scaredddd i hope my laptop isn't broken...

 

About a year now since I got mine. No issues except really really minor ones that I could care less about troubleshooting them. I'm a happy owner

 

The keyboard and top control panel flex like there is no tomorrow. Much worse then the cheap dells and acers I've had. Very puzzling as to why the engineers couldn't solve it.

 

Company of Heroes seems worthless to play at DX 10, I'd rather use DX 9 and still have my Alt Tab...

With that being said I love my M17x R3, I have an M17x R2, and I haven't touched my R2 for about 2.5 weeks now, the R3 is easier for me type on and much more usable in terms of everyday computing. The R2 is a gaming Beast but it isn't nearly as practical as the R3 for everyday computing.

 

Why does the m17x r3 have so many problems?

 

Is there any fixes for the flex in the keyboard? Like a in home mod? Something to put under there?

One thing I noticed, my keyboard looks like it slopes towards the screen... of course this could be a trick of the eyes.

 

Just had my keyboard replaced and the flex is just something to live with I think. Its not horrible but can raise caution (or did for me as my m15x had no flex).

 

Ive had mine for a month and so far I only have windows aero fail on me once in a while, also sometimes windows explorer just crashes without explanation, and Alientouch sometimes gives me errors and I have to uninstall and reinstall .......... mostly software related bugs though....

 

sooo why are there so many problems?

 

Just avoid the 460m, and make sure you install the drivers in proper orders, which according to dell is "Uninstall, restart, install, restart, done."

 

Why avoid the 460M exactly? I guess it's just too outdated? (I'm delaying ordering a system based on my impression that it's not powerful enough anymore and that the 560M is around the corner)

 

Oops I ordered the 460m What do you mean by uninstall?