*OFFICIAL* Alienware M17x Owners Lounge - Part 2

i thought the dpc was bad but now my lights on my keyboard are just flashin for no reason. even in the bios. even if i disable it in windows. my alien head that shows the hdd light isn't working. the media buttons are also blinking. the word alienware is also blinking.

dell build great computers


/sarcasm

 

Hey could i get a single gtx 260 from here? http://rjtech.com/shop/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=167, also what is the company that made the screen? Are there still problems with nvidia and the dpc lock ups?

Or cross fire 4870.

 

Sorry to hear that Don. I have pushed my system as hard is at is going to be pushed and have not had any of those problems

 

Did you install the new CC? If so it should be removed and reg cleaned and reinstall old version.

Seems like the new version is buggy and should not be used.

 

yeah. I'm going to uninstall it. I called dell and they said to wait for a fix coming out in a few days.

I heard that so much. I wanted to say some words but I remember that he is a llittle tech suppoort guy that doesn't know ish about anything that's going on in dell.

 

woot my ati replacement cards just arrived... I cant wait to pop those in.. I know it wont resolve my problems 100% but heck if it is better its a move in the right direction...

 

Is it normal for the m17x to mooove really slowly when playing Empire Total War on the very high in graphic settings with 4 x 4 (4 against four me + 3 cpu against 4 cpu)?

 

any other games you have?

 

Only this one the others like Dragon Age: Origins will only be lagging a bit from time to time as well as WOW due to the latency I think. I was thinking that the Empire Total issue could had something to do with my cpu. But I do not recall that my desktop with a Core 2 Duo 2.6 cpu ATI 3850 512 ram had this problem...

 

i dont have any of those sorry.

run vantage to see if we can compare although i think i know why it isn't working right but one step at a time.

 

Dwarf, did you try either the 10.2 or 10.3 ATI drivers yet? I'm getting much better performance out of 10.3

 

Will do it one of the days. However I fear that this might be due to the latency as well. Mostly the lagging. The other Empire Total War I am not sure about yet.

 

use the dpc checker but run 3dmark vantage to see where you stand.

 

tried the newest one but it broke down the catalyst center
Had to reinstall the one from Dell's home page again.

 

you need to install over dell's driver.

 

I believe I installed 10.3 fresh and it worked for me (which was a relief)

I uninstalled all other ati drivers and ran driver sweeper, then installed 10.3

 

I got my 10.3 drivers to work by installing just the drivers and leaving catalyst back on the 9.12 modded version. Weird, but it worked.

 

I could be worth a try Thanks

 

I'm thinking about selling my 260m GTX. Anyone interested?

I'll make a for-sale thread later, just wanted to give a heads-up.

 

can i jus install the 10.3 over the current 9.12 drivers?

or do i have to uninstall all of it then install dell's and then 10.3

 

since they load properly, I would do an uninstall and driver sweep before installing 10.3s

just to be safe

 

any bugs/problems with 10.3 since its a beta?

so i dont need to put dell's driver first to get the xfire option?

 

Hi, I'm planning on ordering a M17x in the coming months and was wondering if the SSD was worth it.

 

by the time u order it in the coming months you prolly wont be getting an r1. ssds dont improve in game performance. just general boot and load times.

so if you want a fast computer that loads and boots fast yes its worth but its prolly more worth if u buy it outside and install it yourself

 

I have a question for all of you.
Is there a way to keep the internal/built in monitor from activating when opening the lid?

Its such a nuisance, that I wake my computer from sleep (lid closed) using the keyboard so that the external monitor is activated before the internal/built in so I dont run into any refresh issues.
The problem is, once I want to play a game, i open the lid to keep excess heat from building up and it always enables my built in monitor when I dont want it to. So I have to launch NVidia and disable it and re-enable the external.. Is there a way to disable that auto turn on of the built in monitor when external display is hooked up when opening the lid??? I have tried finding a way to do this but I have been unsuccessful... I don't even know if its possible.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

dont think i have this issue with my atis. never really tried

used to have that problem with my nvidias as well. as far as i know there is no way u can deactivate it unless u manually disconnect the cables to the internal lcd

 

whr can i dl ati beta 10.3? ive tried the tech powerup site but it kept tell me not to direct link when i actually clicked the link from their site.

i found one from this forum but it dint say if its for 32 bit or 64 bit

http://forums.amd.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=310&threadid=128314


do i have to use mobility modder?

 

Since I got my ATIs installed I did some testing on the above.
It does seem to be an issue with the NVIDIAs.
With the ATIs, I can see a mirror image of the BIOS and pre windows screens on built in and internal where I couldn't on the 280m's.

Once I disabled the Internal Monitor, I can open the lid at any time and it doesn't activate the built in monitor, I can wake from sleep with the lid open and it doesn't activate it, ect..

So it does appear that it is either software related or hardware related on the 280m's

 

I have to say this is a really rich and colorful deep blacks, everything amazing for a screen i never knew it was going to be this good and people complain about how the ccfl sucks lol

 

Welcome aboard!

 

The RGB is CCFL?

 

I was talking about CCFL, the brightness is really great too. I own a machine with RGB LED so i do know a difference.

 

hello whos selling there ati 4850 1 gig 2.1 3 card ? i am an misi gt725 user looking to upgrade please

 

that's the m17 not the m17x. The m17x uses 3.0b me slots meanwhle the m17 uses 2.1 mxm which your notebok supports.

 

I have the same problem with my new M17x... what gives?

 

Yeah I was comparing the M15x 1920x1080 screen to the RGB LED 1920x1200 screen... difference in night and day... the RGB color saturation is so much better in games and with video is fantastic!

 

You are making me feel bad that I cannot have RGB

 

Yeah it kinda bothers me too a lot, especially since i saw right away with mass effect 2 when i was playing it compared to my precision! This is what i hate about these companies they throw out the old machine and gives us crap, I would love to have a RGB LED screen or at least a LED one.

 

hey guys im watching some dvds on my new m17x and the picture looks kinda grainy i guess. Is there a way to fix it? or is it normal.

i have the rgb led screen btw.

 

I have heard the grainy-ness is part of owning a samsung LCD haha

 

So I see from the service manual that the optical drive is connected via a SATA bus. Does anyone know for sure if this is SATA 2, like the harddrive buses? Am considering taking the optical drive out and stick another drive in there.

Anyone do this yet with this computer?

 

yes hank you can add another HDD pretty sure

 

It will not take a harddrive because it is a mini SATA port not the full size one that the harddrives use. You would need some sort of adapter I have yet to have seen. And even if you did it, not sure you could include it in any raid arrays

mini SATA

 

+
Slot loading 9.5mm SATA caddy Mini-SATA to SATA adapter

 

Hi all, posted in the R2 forum a moment ago, and promptly corrected I was in the wrong place, heh.

Nebula Red |dual nVidia 260M | Core2Duo T9800 (2.93GHz) | 1900 x 1200 | 8GB 1066 Mushkin | 500GB SATA | slot-load bluray | Win7 Ultimate | 3DMark: P10937 -- 9335 GPU, 22803 CPU

 

Those descriptions are too vague for me to be certain they are what is needed

 

well corm were all friends here!! WELCOME

 

Everest and HWMonitor won't show my HDD's temperature anymore, does anyone know how to fix this?

 

That is probably due to installing the nvidia controller driver. They have problems seeing the temps when that driver is installed.

Do you have the nvidia controller software installed or the windows 7 default?

If you have the nvidia installed, you should remove it anyways as it causes problems on windows 7.

Everest has a beta version out that will allow it to see the temps when that software is installed. However the beta version is flaky and I had to remove it when I was testing it.

 

Yay, I got the temp back, thank you very much kilthro.
I have another question, does it have virtualization feature in A03 BIOS? (I'm still at A02)