M17 General Information Thread

WOw if that happens
it would be Awsome

 

i have a freind with a M17 that sometime complains about some sort of raid error at boot and requires a series of keystrokes to resolve. has this issue occured before, and would not using raid result in a fix? thanks!

 

What are keystrockes?


He only get's the error but has no problems after booting?

Jup this happens some times ... but I know those just ignor the "Error messge" on boot and go on gaming

Greetings
Julian

 

okay, i looked a bit too but not to in depth but does W7 support the alienware utilitys? IE the alien effects/touchpad manager/face recognition?

 

There is a W7 on M17 Thread:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=359344

I got the Command Center to work but I only tryed it one time and because I had no need for it I didn't install it after the second install of W7.

I am note quite sure, too long ago, but I had a problem with AlienSence, the other stuff worked ...

Greetings
Julian

 

one other quick question where can you get the tv tuner card for this and does it support HD?

 

The m17 can be fitted with a internal TV card and you can get it from AW. HD, sry I don't know ...

Greetings
Julian

 

TV Tuner Card Options:

• Internal Digital / Analog (ATSC) TV Tuner with Adapter
• Internal Digital / Analog (ATSC) MiniCard TV Tuner With Media Center Remote Control:
• Internal Digital / Analog (ATSC) TV Tuner with Adapter and ExpressCard Media Remote Control

ATSC Means it supports HD See here.

 

Base model of the M17 is now only $699...no 4850s but other upgrades all same price, this is getting cheap while still a great notebook!

 

cool But the resellprice will be even more horrible now^^


Greetings
Julian

 

tell me about it

I do no regret ONLY getting $1500 for the one I sold in july at all now haha (and I lost about $700 on it)

 

WoW 1500 isn't too bad butwat was your config?

Greetings
Julian

 

P9500, crossfire 3870, blu ray reader, intel 5300 wireless n, 1920x1200, 4gb ddr3-1333 g.skill

I took a loss, but that is because I bought the barebones kit and added parts myself - eg I was a noob at notebook stuff at the time (would have been much cheaper to get comparable from AW really )

 

WoW but with my "low" spects I'll get only around 1000 than ?!?

Greetings
Julian

 

I got my whitebook used in July for $1600 including a QX9300, 2x320 RAID 0, and a TVTuner. Thank you, M17x for coming out!

Julian, I would try to shoot for $1100 - $1200 but be ready to accept lower. Or just be happy with what you have. I wanted an M17x but I am definitely happy with my used m17/Whitebook after I added an SSD and tweaked everything.

 

That's a good point

Sure I am realy with what I have
*remember the reason why I didn't upgraded my m17 (hope veryone forgot xD)*

I can play everything maxed execpt of crysis and that's sadly my fafourit game

Greetings
Julian

PS: Microsoft is letting me wait ... still no W7 on my desk^^

 

you could probably get $1k for what you got now

Crysis is my achiles heal as well, I really like playing it haha - so all my computers are pretty nice...even my HTPC has a 4890 and a Q9550 lol

 

The sad thing is that my "old" 8800GTX can handel it maxed out (1280x1024) ... *cry*

Greetings
Julian

 

but I play at 1920x1200 on all my setups (desktop, HTPC is 1080p, laptop is 1920x2100)

 

you smell

That's not fair :-D you have dual Nvidia^^

Do you want to swap?

Greetings
Julian

 

you must have forgotten, I had a whitebook and sold, I take steps forward not backwards

Them 4870's caught my eye but i think i will hold out for next gen nvidia stuff to be safe (since nvidia plays happy with eachother but mixing nvidia/ati is trouble most likely)

 

That's completely impossible. It could be easly possible if they implemented lucid hydra in notebooks but that's very very unlikely. Though it would be awesome and would sell loads of notebooks.

 

...It is not impossible...ATI cards going into an Nvidia SLI Chipset.....I think you got confused somehow

 

I was referring to have a nvidia and an ati card at the same time in the same notebook working in sli/crossfire

 

I see, well I would also not recommend that haha, but I was simply referring to the chipset/GPU conflict

 

Quick question,

If a M17 is ordered with one hard drive, does the caddy for a 2nd come with it?

 

Yes the M17 comes with the second caddy. No Interposer needed. You just need 4 laptop screws, or borrow two from your 1st Hard Drive to install on your second drive.

 

well they finally killed it

No more recertified M17 on AW site

 

My M17 came with a bag of 4 spare screws as I suspect they should unless they have been forgotten.....not important now as Scook says its gone even as a recertified system.

 

Interesting, I looked in my box and didn't see any screws when I went to install my second drive. I wonder what I did with them.....

 

well not only were there 4 screws in this bag but a strange piece of metal that looked like some hard drive shim or spacer???
never figured out what that was?

From what Ive read many M17 owners did not get the screws either so your not alone Marvie!

 

Actually got mine ordered up before they were gone, only ordered it with one hard drive but planned to upgrade to a SSD myself once I get it.

 

Julian, Please swap out the Vista Drivers thread for this one, which includes Windows 7 Drivers as well.:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=426562

 

thats probably a good idea Marvie!

 

Anyone have issues with their trackpad? I usually use a mouse with my M17, and when I unplug it, I still can't use my trackpad. I updated the drivers for it, and even unchecked the "disable trackpad when USB mouse is detected".

 

yeah im having that issue, couldnt find the fix for it...so i just went into the synaptics options and unchecked the 'disable trackpad when mouse is connected' option

 

Did that fix your problem? I have that unchecked on mine but no matter what the trackpad doesn't work.

 

yeah that fixed the problem.

 

It is a shame these can't be bought anymore

 

well, if you know someone interested in one, i want to sell mine haha. ive had it for almost a month, and i want to get the M15x because it's more practical for my college classes

 

Anyone know if 9800mgt from the old M15x can fix into M17?

 

It should be able too, as long as it is in the master slot (the one next to the CPU) but you can only have 1 of these, no SLI

And dual 3870 will FAR out perform a single 9800gt and cost less

 

I've upgraded to a single 4850 1gb, how does it compare to 3870x2. I heard 4850 is better in non CrossFireX Optimized game and vice versa right?

 

Just get a second 4850 and don't worry about it

 

Beware, Alienware told me they don't support M17 anymore, because it's the end of life already, although it's actually out for less than 1 year.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=431081

 

Thanks for the heads up pal.

This is absolutely disgraceful behaviour.....to not allow us to extend our warranty past a year.
Now our M17s are worth even less than before! they will be much harder to sell on.
What do we do for parts? if they develop hardware faults do we throw them in the bin?
I wasnt surprised to hear that it took you hours upon hours of phone calls as mentioned in your other thread just to get this information.

Thanks fusionsenses!

 

Hi guys, I accidentally pulled out my quick launch bar from my m17 and I think I broke the house that is soldered in the motherboard. Do you guys have any ideas how to fix those? I know it is quite impossible to resoldered the house into the motherboard anymore, so is it any other way that I can boot my laptop with my mouse, my keyboard? Any inputs are welcomed, Thanks

 

house? if the cable came off, it is made to do that

give us some pictures, then we can help you much better

 

not the cable scook, it's the whole socket came out, damn it I guess I'm screwed.

 

hmmm still put up some pictures