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    M17 General Information Thread

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by julian-nold, Feb 27, 2009.

  1. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    yes that was it thanks alot
    i guess i will have to buy a separate toaster oven to test this hopefully i will be able to repair both gpu by the end of the month
     
  2. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    I tested it with a heat gun and the experiece didn't go to well ethier i did not keep it hot long enough and the heat damaged even more the faulty connexion or i kept it hot for to long and damaged soem other parts
     
  3. lordmach

    lordmach Newbie

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    Hi.

    Hey I have a M17 with Q9300 and s x 3870's. I have been having the stuttering issue. Do you know if there is a way to fix this? Sorry I am asking you but i noticed you machine is similar. Thank you.
     
  4. halofanman

    halofanman Notebook Guru

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    The Oem Power brick is massive and makes transporting the laptop a real pain. Does anyone know of a Slimmer Power Brick That works with the M17-R1, and the right voltage too, I don't want to fry my mobo :eek:
     
  5. halofanman

    halofanman Notebook Guru

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    also, somebody here did a vent mod for the bottom panel, there was a link to a blog.... I think maybe Granyte did the mod?? but I am not sure. anyway I can't find it. it involved cutting the bottom panel with a dremmel tool and using wire-mesh to increase the airflow.

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  6. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    I've been running my M17 with my M18x's old 240 watt power brick.
     
  7. Rotary Heart

    Rotary Heart Notebook Evangelist

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    With one like this? http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Dell-240W-PA-9E-AC-Adapter-Power-Cord-For-Alienware-M17X-M18X-Laptops-NEW-/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/z/ixAAAMXQySpRWaXH/$T2eC16NHJHgE9n0yEiY!BRW,(Glu0g~~60_35.JPG
     
  8. Rotary Heart

    Rotary Heart Notebook Evangelist

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    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah, that's the adapter there. I don't get any adapter warnings on boot or anything. Runs strong.

    Now what I would like to know is if this adapter provides more juice and could possibly stop or reduce M17 stutter?

    I've been out of the M17 game for too long, and I'm not sure if an actual reason was ever discovered for the problem before the 17x came out and no one cared anymore.

    Neither of mine have had the stuttering issues, so I cannot test the theory myself.

    Off topic here, but what version of Intel XTU actually works with the M17? I'm getting some kind of incompatible hardware error.
     
  10. Rotary Heart

    Rotary Heart Notebook Evangelist

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    The funny thing is that everyone says that the Q9000 was free of the stuttering, but mine came with an Q9000 and I had the stuttering... I have been reading a lot of post where people says don't get the QX9300 because it have stuttering go and get the Q9000 who is free of it. lol how many people have missed that amazing QX9300 for those posts. Anyway good thing is that I have that adapter laying in my house. So I will be trying to use it for now on. Maybe it could let me do more mods to it. Thanks
     
  11. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    You might want to check the voltages. I never bothered to do that.

    OK, I just checked.

    Stock M17 adapter is 20VDC out.
    M18x adapter is 19.5VDC out.

    I'm not sure how big of a deal that is.
     
  12. Storey

    Storey Newbie

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    I have a pdf copy of the M17 service manual if anyone cant find it (cant actually recall where I found it so apologies if it was actually on this forum)
    Ian
     
  13. nodeffect

    nodeffect Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi Guys, are you still using this machine in year 2016? Yes, I am!....

    Anyways, wanted to check if there are any drivers for windows 10.... I've just updated my windows to 10 recently but not able to find drivers for this wonderful machine... Thanks!
     
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  14. brooklonsfinest

    brooklonsfinest Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is almost two years late but my m17 is still pushing along. Such a great investment IMO.
     
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