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    My Vertex 3 and Ram is here but no m17x!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by dopebohy, Apr 12, 2011.

  1. dopebohy

    dopebohy Notebook Enthusiast

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    the wait is unbearable....EDD 4/21....hopefully there are no delays.. [​IMG]
     
    dopebohy, Apr 12, 2011
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    hah i know the feeling, I have my ram and blu-ray drive, but no laptop...
     
    custom90gt, Apr 12, 2011
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  3. dopebohy

    dopebohy Notebook Enthusiast

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    which bluray drive did you buy? i was thinking of getting one for a future upgrade.
     
    dopebohy, Apr 12, 2011
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    I would also like to know which blu-ray drive you picked up (and from where)
     
    kunekaden, Apr 12, 2011
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    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    Poor Vertex and RAM. Bet you are singing lullabies to them when you go to sleep too. Or maybe just have random conversations on how hard and fast you are going to run that poor SSD when you get the R3 :p
     
    Cloudfire, Apr 12, 2011
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    mmmmm. Jealous! Still waiting to find / afford the SSD I want.
     
    X3NIA, Apr 12, 2011
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    Azureal Notebook Consultant

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    I think it would be better to have the SSD before getting the machine, my Vertex 3 won't arrive until after 4/20 and the R3 should be here this week, this gives me about a week, possibly more, to customize Windows on the little 320GB drive before I yank it out and do a clean build on the new Vertex 3 drive.

    You'll be all set up to slap those babies in yours after a little playing around and then do your new build and tweak the OS once ...
     
    Azureal, Apr 12, 2011
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    The part number is CA10N, I purchased mine through e-bay, was a bit cheaper than going through dell.
     
    custom90gt, Apr 12, 2011
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    Careful with those e-bay seller guys. I bought a CA10N from a big seller in Texas. He advertised it as refurbished. It was used, and non-operational. Not to mentioned it scratched up my Alienware CD because it ate it, grinded a bit, then would not eject. The seller sent me two replacements, and both were bad. The replacements even had physical damage on them. Normally I wouldn't mind as purchases are covered with Paypal, but do you know what's involved with taking the M15x apart to get to the optical drive. Just pay a little more and make sure the drive is new. I wouldn't trust the refurbs, most are just used pulls that have never even been tested.
     
    kosti, Apr 12, 2011
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  10. BlazeGaj

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    We're the same then.

    I'm still waiting for my M17 to arrive. My hyper x ram is dispatched but the laptop still in production. Vertex 3 240gb is my next upgrade to get.

    Tired of waiting.
     
    BlazeGaj, Apr 13, 2011
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    I do not know if I can request this here, so please admins or mods move it wherever you may consider fit.
    I woule like to know if you guys know where to get those "famous" vertex 3 ssd drives... I haven't been able to find them here in France so I am also looking at e-shops that do deliver to France... any help?
    my 8gb hyperX are on the way... should arrive next week and lappy 1 week later (praying for that...)
     
    hosuke, Apr 13, 2011
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    I have both them sitting in my carts...

    waiting for the day that Dell changes my order status from the infamous "In Production"
     
    BigBlondeViking, Apr 13, 2011
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    Tearing down the m17x was pretty daunting. Its very difficult to pry off that palmrest; I got it off to finally realize that it was my optical drive that was the source of the rattling. I'm going to swap my replacement's optical with the one I'm returning; the old one didn't rattle.
     
    shadowyani, Apr 13, 2011
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