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

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by 5150Joker, Jan 14, 2010.

  1. Desertf0x9

    Desertf0x9 Notebook Evangelist

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    wow, I turned off turbo boost and now my cpus run cooler, and I'm getting a lot better performance in my games (RE5 & GTAIV)
     
    Desertf0x9, Jun 29, 2010
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  2. rubyboy79

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    yea i tried turning turbo boost off and max temps were like 60 on max load.. cant really agree on better performance though.. i thought the auto ocing was supposed to increase performance
     
    rubyboy79, Jun 30, 2010
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  3. the3vilGenius

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    What brand is the RAM of the 2X2GB 1066 on the m17x? And how much can i sell them for?
     
    the3vilGenius, Jun 30, 2010
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  4. eYe-I-aïe...

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    Depends on what Dell has in stock: Samsung, Elpida (or so), etc...
     
    eYe-I-aïe..., Jun 30, 2010
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  5. the3vilGenius

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    There is no manufatername on the stick, only a M with a cirkel around it. never mind i googled the serial its from Micron Technology Inc
     
    the3vilGenius, Jun 30, 2010
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  6. eYe-I-aïe...

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    They also use Hynix (Hyunday)...

    Glad you found your answer !
     
    eYe-I-aïe..., Jun 30, 2010
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  7. the3vilGenius

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    any idea on how much i can sell it, its brand new
     
    the3vilGenius, Jun 30, 2010
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  8. mfractal

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    about 90 bucks i'd say, a little more if you're lucky ;)
     
    mfractal, Jun 30, 2010
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  9. eYe-I-aïe...

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    I was about to shoot ± $100...

    :D
     
    eYe-I-aïe..., Jun 30, 2010
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  10. mfractal

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    Great minds think alike :D
     
    mfractal, Jun 30, 2010
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  11. eYe-I-aïe...

    eYe-I-aïe... Notebook Evangelist

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    :D

    /10 char.
     
    eYe-I-aïe..., Jun 30, 2010
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  12. the3vilGenius

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    Lol indeed i took the price of the same spec. samsung link and it was 100€ so i did -10% and told him 90€ so yes great minds think alike
     
    the3vilGenius, Jun 30, 2010
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  13. the3vilGenius

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    is the RAM in the alienware always CL7?
     
    the3vilGenius, Jun 30, 2010
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  14. eYe-I-aïe...

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    It's always what's available on the market.

    It's most likely never the fastest available...

    It's most likely the cheapest available...

    Here's a screenshot of mine...
     

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    eYe-I-aïe..., Jun 30, 2010
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  15. the3vilGenius

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    okay thx man.
     
    the3vilGenius, Jun 30, 2010
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    How does one turn Turbo mode?
     
    rippeer, Jul 1, 2010
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    Quick Q,

    Does the alienware m17x have a motorized eject? Or a poor, crap, poor manual pull eject?
     
    Merk1b2, Jul 1, 2010
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  18. Desertf0x9

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    in the bios
     
    Desertf0x9, Jul 1, 2010
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  19. cookinwitdiesel

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    It is a powered eject all you have to do is push the touch button or trigger it from the OS
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Jul 2, 2010
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  20. mazda_dalvandi

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    hi

    i want to buy alienware m17x .
    tell me which option is better :

    1-dual 5870 or dual 4870
    2-640 raid 0 or 128 ssd (speed is important for me)
    3-ati 5870 or dual ati 4870

    please help me to my choise

    tnx
     
    mazda_dalvandi, Jul 2, 2010
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  21. ceshimm

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    1. dual 5870
    2. SSD if speed is important than volume
    3. dual 4870
     
    ceshimm, Jul 2, 2010
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  22. Aristotelhs2060

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    buy ssd from ebay or any electronics store (you have may in US with very good prices). so i would recommend just buy the cheapest hdds from Dell for a start . as for gpus i have to get my 5870 CF spare parts to be fair.
     
    Aristotelhs2060, Jul 2, 2010
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  23. mfractal

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    1=3=Dual 5870 and if money is an issue single 5870 and upgrade later.
    2 - 320/500gb single HDD from Dell + aftermarket SSD is the way to go.
     
    mfractal, Jul 2, 2010
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  24. cookinwitdiesel

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    The SSD's from Dell are reasonably priced so getting those ones is ok
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Jul 2, 2010
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  25. Luigo

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    Not sure if this is the place to ask, but I want to compare the throughput on my SDD to my HDD. What is a good tool to check the Read/Write speeds of hard drives. Something that will show sequential, random, etc? Any one have a link to a good tool that will do this on Windows 7 64-bit.
     
    Luigo, Jul 2, 2010
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  26. cookinwitdiesel

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    CrystalDiskMark
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Jul 2, 2010
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  27. Luigo

    Luigo Notebook Consultant

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    That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
     
    Luigo, Jul 2, 2010
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  28. TipTip

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    Hello Fellows,

    I want to ask you, after fully charging the battery of the M17X-R2, should I remove the battery inorder to increade it's timespan or should I keep it and disabling the battery from Fn+F2?

    Thanks
     
    TipTip, Jul 2, 2010
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  29. mfractal

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    disabling the battery by Fn+F2 is good enough imho. Removing the battery is too much hassle, what if you want to move the laptop, what if electricity is interrupted.. what if .. what if ?
     
    mfractal, Jul 2, 2010
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  30. WaR

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    Fn + F2 is enough. It's what I do too.
     
    WaR, Jul 2, 2010
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    Hey WaR, gonna cheer up for Argentina tomorrow ?
    I was so sorry to see Brazil loose today :(
     
    mfractal, Jul 2, 2010
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    Does anybody with the R2 getting an error after pressing the power button and during POST, saying:

     
    stamatisx, Jul 2, 2010
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  33. Ryan

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    I got that error once when I booted from battery..

    weird, but it booted up fine.

    I disabled the Adapter error notification in the BIOS.

    You should try, because I mean, who plugs the wrong adapters...?
     
    Ryan, Jul 2, 2010
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  34. mfractal

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    @stimatisx, there's a thread discussing power adapter issues, you might want to take a look there if you haven't already...
    But a power drain would remedy the problem i think.
    It's a bios thing....
     
    mfractal, Jul 2, 2010
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    +rep mfractal, I totally missed this one. I was only aware of the R1 issue...

    If I disable the warning in the BIOS it's fine but I want to try the power drain as well and see if it stops.

    Thanks
     
    stamatisx, Jul 2, 2010
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  36. stamatisx

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    Another thing I noticed is that when I enter the BIOS to make a change, after exiting the screen remains black and the GPU fans start spinning, I have to press the power button to turn it off and then press it again to power it on...
     
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  37. GadgetBoi

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    When you power it on hit F12 to get the boot menu and run diagnostics to see an error code is thrown. I had a similar issue with my R1, system failed to post. I captured an MB error code on the diagnostics run after the reboot.
     
    GadgetBoi, Jul 2, 2010
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  38. stamatisx

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    Diagnostics were clean, unfortunately I get BSOD in windows as well and after I enter the BIOS and exit, the screen goes black but now I have to remove the AC and the battery to shut it down otherwise it stays like that. Something's not right here.
     
    stamatisx, Jul 2, 2010
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  39. WaR

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    Absolutely man. Too bad Argentina and Germany are my all time favorite teams. I'll be rooting for Argentina though because I'm eager to see Maradona win the cup as a coach, after having it won as a player.

    I was actually glad to see Brazil go home.

    Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...
     
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  40. stamatisx

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    It seems that the 940XM I got is not a good one, only 4% OC through BIOS, at 5% with IntelBurn Test I crash... :(

    **EDIT**
    It wasn't the CPU, I had to increase the memory voltage to 1.7V and now it is stable (but it throttles... 31 C ambient temp... no extra cooling)
     
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  41. cookinwitdiesel

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    I do not know if this is the case on the lynnfield parts (socket 1156 desktop and all laptop i7 stuff) but with the bloomfields (socket 1366) Intel highly recommends not going over 1.65 V since it can damage the integrated memory controller

    just a heads up
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Jul 3, 2010
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  42. stamatisx

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    Thanks scook for the heads up, unfortunately I am aware of that... and I am more disappointed because I can't keep it stable without the 1.7V... (the values are 1.5 1.6 1.7 )
     
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  43. cookinwitdiesel

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    I see...another stellar Dell Bios then.....lol
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Jul 3, 2010
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    yeah, I don't understand why didn't they give 0.05V steps. Was it that hard?
    anyways, I used the aircondition to drop the ambient temp by 2 degrees and now I am stable at 1.6V
     
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  45. cookinwitdiesel

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    Memory is picky about temps and being stable. Cooler always helps there - it is much more apparent with memory than anything else in my experience
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Jul 3, 2010
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    Indeed... I wish they didn't place the RAM modules on top of each other...
     
    stamatisx, Jul 3, 2010
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  47. cookinwitdiesel

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    Most individual applications don't need the full 4 GB. For benches try just using one stick so it is not getting the heat off the other
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Jul 3, 2010
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  48. Lord-Anubis

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    Great, after the original order placed on 6/25 was going fine, some supervisor in Alienware CANCELLED my order and re-placed it today with no explanation.

    This is pissing me off, I need a working computer.
     
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  49. ceshimm

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    happens everywhere. take it easy.
     
    ceshimm, Jul 3, 2010
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    Not sure it's the case but there is a known issue with A05: if you disable wwan/Bluetooth/integrated LAN in the bios then the lappy won't post.
     
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