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    m17x acting like its in power saving mode

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by inpulze, Jul 9, 2010.

  1. inpulze

    inpulze Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys as title says laptop is pluged in to power yet all the games ive been playin fine with now is playing horribly i loged out last nite from wow sitting on 60fps shadow text -0 player text -0 i log in today 12-17fps same spot i unplug power relog no diffrence in fps bfbc2 now is unplayable? help me plz i did the remove bat hold button for 10sec due to the bat not charging it fixed that problem but soon as i restart laptop it does th same not chargin thing again
     
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    Did you accidentally activate Stealth Mode? The furthest most button to the right on the touch buttons, should be like a gauge, hit that and see if its on or not.
     
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    didnt seem to make a diffrence if it was on or not still preformed the same
     
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    when stealth is on is that when the gauge blinks on ur screen
     
    inpulze, Jul 9, 2010
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