The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Magical Smoke!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ncbfc1, Aug 28, 2012.

  1. ncbfc1

    ncbfc1 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    43
    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    My M17xR3 finally gave up the magic smoke from the video card. I just recently transferred to Japan and went to power up my laptop after taking it out of the box.
    I am going to have to figure out where to buy a damn video card for this beast so I can get it back up and running.
    Good thing I have my m14xR2 to keep me company until I can figure it out......
     
    ncbfc1, Aug 28, 2012
    #1
  2. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

    Reputations:
    3,658
    Messages:
    6,874
    Likes Received:
    969
    Trophy Points:
    281
    Alienware-L_Porras, Aug 29, 2012
    #2
  3. ncbfc1

    ncbfc1 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    43
    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Unfortunately my warranty ended the week I received my personal property shipment. I didnt have a chance to login and update it. It was more of an out of sight, out of mind thing. All I could think of was getting it out of the box and firing it up and playing my summer of steam purchases on it!
    I need to figure out a way to order a new card to replace the old one now.
     
    ncbfc1, Aug 29, 2012
    #3