*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M17x-R2 Edition Owner's Lounge - Part 2

As long as you return it in 21 days your good, even if you use it. When I returned mine, the CS person told me I had 30days, I played it safe and returned it after a week sitting unopened on my kitchen table. I did not want to get attached to it

Dell has great Customer Service I think.

 

Give them the new order number when you return it.

 

Off the Phone with Dell for a replacement, It seems i should get a email to confirm it. Time to see if i can buy a few upgrades before they put it into production.

 

Hey guys, I am new to this lounge and am about to get my M17x-R2. Is there anything I should know about the system? Such as any problems?

 

Really? Come on Dell! My laptop stopped at a fedex department last night...30 minutes away from house. Couldn't they have dropped it off last night

 

They don't have a proper W7 version and the Vista one screwed up my icons, had to use Stardock to revert back to W7 stock theme.

 

The same thing happened to me with my m11x, not a big fan right now.

 

Can't wait till I get the new system! Just can't wait another month...ahhhhhhhh

 

Yeah, I wouldn't try those modding programs on my main OS. I do have it installed on my XP VM, and it looks pretty sweet (not the Breed theme).

 

Yes! It arrived!


...but my dads hiding it and says I have to find it first.

 

Well it shouldn't be hard, the box is a beast. Unless your house is like a mansion.

 

My dad used to do this for xmas presents..why did he do it lol!

 

Found it.





THIS.THING.IS. AMAZING

THE SCREEN IS BLOWING MY MIND! I thought I was going to do dual monitor setups but not now, I never realised how good screens can actually be.

wowowowowowowo!!!!!!!

 

Welcome to the RGB LED bliss. All those other notebook owners don't know what they're missing out on..gotta feel sorry for them.

 

Of i totally do. I had no idea what I was missing.


Man, ive dreamed of having an alienware since I was little. This is all very out there

So im installing windows clean now. Are all the drivers and things i need listed on the wiki?

 

Pretty much though you've got the 5870 so maybe just go with the Dell drivers for the video card.

 

Alright cool. The hat is very stylin btw

Oh and the nebula red color body, is gorgeous. Best 100 spent...minutes the other 19 100s on the lappy itself . Im so happy.

 

Mine will probably get here as I'm headed home on leave, so actually playing with it will be about 2 months. Either way, I'm looking forward to see some benchmarks. Going to see how low I can get the boot time on X-25M RAID 0.

 

Huh. So windows is stuck installing at ' completing installation'. What do I do?

 

So when I follow the owners manual guide to repairing the computer, the repairer option sites not appear at the specified menu.

How can I do a factory reset?

 

When i reinstalled Windows Completing installation hanged a bit; but it usually worked after a few minutes or so, how long is it hanging?

 

Finally went through on the third install.


Man I had forgotten about all the crap you have to install after a complete system wipe.

 

Chipset,Driver,Audio,CC,Touchpad,Ethernet Controller,Ethernet (If you don't install the Ethernet controller ethernet connection wont work etc.), FFS (FreeFall Sensor) Etc. Oh and OSD.

 

CC as in catalyst control? Where do I find that?


Also, the 5870 drivers arent listed on dell or alienware. Wat do
My resolution won't go past 1600x900 btw. I take it thats a driver issue?

Edit: Didn't look hard neough. Found it

 

CC is Command Center, CCC is Catalyst Control Center.

 

Got everything installed and downloaded. Zero problems yet. I hope it stays that why when I start doing some games and movies later.

 

Congrats! How are the temps? Especially 5870!?

 

Not sure if this is the right place to ask but I just ordered my M17x and I might be buying a Intel 160gb SSD from a forum member. Would this be a difficult swap? Also for the ram I'm going to guess it's just 2 2gb and not 1 4gb? I would greatly appreciate any input/advice thanks!

 

Yay for new owners!

 

The swap is very easy, just release 2 screws on the back and you're there Though, I'd probably wait a month-two before getting an SSD, as the Gen.3 is gonna be here in June-July.

 

Ohh wow haven't heard about that. Then yes I might just wait. Thank you for the input.

 

haven't done any having quite yet, but it got a little warm when installing windows. Hwinfo32 if the correct program, right?

Ill check some (meaning the two ) some game fps and temps when I get home. Id also like to run vantage. Its freeware off the sure right? Ijr never done any kind of benchmarking before, but if like to start the addict ion soon

 

Heres the temps after installing Wow, SC2, and some drivers. It's been on for around 8 hours straight.

 

It appears the M17x is the coolest running 5870m laptop around. I haven't even seen Sagers run that cool. Have you tried running furmark? I'd like to see where it tops off.

 

I'd like to, but I don't own it . Vantage as well.

 

I think it's time for me to call again about my busted BR drive. It's been a week and no email. Doh.

Since a tech is coming out anyway I wonder if I should ask them to replace one of the fans. It rattles sometimes but not all the time.

Also, should I trust whoever they send to properly replace the BR drive?

I probably should have just tried to get a replacement last week when the drive went splat. Ugh.

 

FurMark: Graphics Card Stability and Stress Test, OpenGL Benchmark and GPU Temperature | oZone3D.Net

 

That's very good! My 5870 idles around 48c too.

 

popped it to say what's up..
i was a r2 owner for 2 days. then i shipped it out. lol.

 

why no more m17x don?

 

i sold it and built a desktop.

 

Ouch.

Furmark with the default Dell drivers.

Clocks are stock.

Idle and 5 Minute with Furmark-Extreme Burning Mode.

 

Sounds like Dell took care of your R1 issues.

That's furmark for ya.

 

Just fryin' some bacon.

I was surprised with the GPU only loaded.

I'm afraid, almost; to fire up prime95 alongside it.

/150 Watt

Hot, even had some chipset throttling. Had to lock the clocks at stock, or the GPU throttled as well. That was with the 150 watt adapter. Max GPU temp was 97.

/240 Watt

A little hotter, Max was 98.5. Did not have to lock the GPU clock, and the cpu did not throttle.

It'll be interesting to see if there is throttling with the CF 5870's.

 

lol. yeah they did but it was to late.

but i wont be on much cause i'll turn into a troll cause i don't have it anymore.

i'm considering a m1330 heavily cause there tiny and light and it should be alittle fun. i'm just looking for the best cpu that it can hold....

 

Wait for a core I series M11x don

 

nah. thats to much then i want to send.... for 800 dollars i could get something bigger and faster with a i5 in it.

 

My brother just got a Dell d620 for $200. Thought that was a fair deal. With a quadro gpu as well

love thy Craig list

 

that is very nice. indeed for the price.

 

Was from a GSA auction. Used government stuff gets auctioned off cheap

we upped it to 4gb and a 500gb hdd we already had. It had a core duo 2Ghz so is a screaming laptop now hehe