M17/Ocz Whitebook Quad Problems

actually my nb is cooler then my cpu. that is what i was aiming for and it worked. my room is very very hot. i don't have a thermometer. but i will reapply thermal paste now.

 

I took the copper slit out and memory bank pads......stuttering came back....this proves the procedure I did works to fix the stutter

 

i am uploading all of pictures that is why it is taking long.

 

i did the same removed the copper and stutter comes back.... this WORKS

 

i am not using copper. i am using a thermal pad.

 

Awesome Don.....hopefully Alienware techs will pick up on this!

 

Pick up on what? Aw will never mod the heatsinks like I had to to fix the heat issu
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Well they'll have to figure out a fix similar to yours then which doesn't involve modding.

 

I doubt they will...plus it an easy mod ill show everyone soon

 

Cool cool, hopefully you won't get any shuttering! After I thought mine was fixed, I got shuttering about day later, but the method I chose was never going to fix it, it was basically what AW tech tell everyone.

 

Whell post the pictures and everything all of you than please

 

it's taking me a while because i have to make instuctions and set ups and organize the, but i uploaded the pics
http://tinypic.com/useralbum.php?ua=Ev9brbsMnfmfMKOUHcLz9A==

i will organize it. PS. there is thermal pad on the gpu. DO NOT PUT IT ON IT. USE AS5.

 

Are u gonna do the copper mod that I did or just the pad?

 

i am going to copper mod it for sure. i just a pick of it. or where i can get it. (i want to use a penny.)

 

Awesome job ya'll! It looks like ya'll found the issue that has plagued many an M17 owner! Just so I get the right people to +rep, Halo, Don, and Hellcry yes?

 

Oh yeah, I was also just thinking. If this fixes 90% of it but still leaves a tad due to power, maybe someone could probe around the MB with a voltmeter looking for voltage drops while under load? Reason I mention this is many MBs in desktops have some nasty Vdrop/droop and often times it's fixed via a new BIOS or even a pencil mod. =)

 

it's alot more i will update with everyone . quadzilla. zfactor. mr moo. omega. sneaky. alot of people have helped out.

 

Well cuz it's like 1am, I'm lazy at the moment so +rep for you three to start with. =D

 

great don great

 

SORRY FOR THE BAD JOB. I JUST SHOWED PICS SO WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I WILL DO A FULL BETTER REPORT.
this is a picture from rkcomputers with the back open.
sorry i will write a better report but i have to run and i promised that i would do something


sorry for the badd pictures but this was taking with my phone.
this is the gpu with nothing on it.
notice the memory chips, they are the black ones


this is the heatsink. this is how the pads got on it. i decided the cut the pads.


at the bottom you see the pads on it. this is how it is when i recieved it. and at the right i cut them to fit on the memory chips alone.


this is me


this is the finished job. NOTE: DO NOT PUT A PAD ON THE GPU. I TRYIED TO TEST 3DMARK AND IN 15 SECS I HIT 107 AND 108 ON THE GPUS. DO NOT PUT PADS ON THE GPUS.


clean off the heatsinks



this is the gpu. i recommend you to clean it off and then put as5 on it. my temps are right.


this the south brigde it is located near the battery i am going to copper mod it also


this is the pad i had on it.


this is the northbridge. i put the extra pad on it for now. THIS IS WHY I TOOK OF THE GPU HEATSINKS AND CUT OFF THE PADS TO PLACE ON THE NORTHBRIDGE. but the copper mod is the best.

 

I Really Am Sorry For The Bad Example. I Will Revise It But I Promised Something. And I Produced It. I Will Rewrite It.


Also I Am Testing Other Cooling Methods. I Am Waiting For Some Copper To Come Up. But I Am Trying Pads On It.

 

whoa don a resize is in order....lol i can get the pic and re host them if you want

 

thanks. i am so busy. i really don't have time.

 

i have a video i did it is 10mins long.

 

that might work better

 

Today i polished up the copper piece and made it thinner...i ran 3dmark06 with cooler temps and got another record....heat is def linked to performance in this laptop

 

could be why i was scoreing 15 k on my t9400

i took the bottom off and got 4 120 mm fans blowing directly on it gpu's never hit over 75c

 

tonight i will pm you halogod since you have more tools then me to make a customize heat mod. we will try to get it as cold as possible. i have all of data gathered up and we can make things work.

 

i can try cooling mine and recoreding stock n cool temps if yall want ... im curious now ...

 

alright sounds good...im using the old water cooler from my desktop parts to make something for the m17....but for now we need to make a practical one that everyone can easily do themselves

 

i dont trust water cooling specially something i make

 

yup i will keep you posted. i would love to post everything. but some is trial and error and i don't want to confuse everyone.

 

i undervolted the cpu from original 1.2v to 1.750v at 3.06ghz clockspeed, and then i realized that cpu ran after 3dmark06 the heat reduced 8C

 

show us your undervlot. i found that any undervloting made my system unstable.

 

1st posted updated.

 

WOW... Don those photos are eh .. huge great work though. Does the system still stutter after that mod?

I am still curious about the copper mod everyone is talking about.. Might finally have some use for those 1-5 euro cent pieces However I have never polished anything before. I guess its gonna take some elbow grease.

Hopefully my MX2 will come in today.

I am still puzzled why AW never tried to separate pads on the GPU's. And use better conductive pads on the north and south bridge.

 

keep up up to date on what is happening. i couldn't do the copper mod myself because i didn't have any but halogod try it and it worked and so did zfactor and someone else. i used the thermal pads from the gpu memory that i had left after cutting them perfectly. right now. i have not stutter. it came one time today but i willl use the copper to elimate this issue.

it seemed as though the northbridge is a sensative spot for this notebook. i don't know why flex made the same heatsink for the cpu and NB.

 

OK guys here a little something its a labeled diagram (crude i know) of where stuff is when i get the silver imma use ill let yall all see better.



Here is how to copper mod and all the resources you EVER will need
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=268081


this is a simple fix and if you have any question ask Me HaloGod or Don

 

Holy wet bikini batman...That is a great guide...I dont know if Ill do it or not, but I did order some AS5 since newegg had no mx2. Cant wait to get to work with it.

 

Wow, thats a damn shame if it really is the cooling system that is faulty. I specifically purchased my Alienware thinking that someone who specializes in high end gaming laptops sure would know how to keep it cool, especially when their high end desktops come with liquid cooling.

 

great pic mr moo!!!
snowmobile are you stuttering?

marvie100. i wouldn't say that completely. yes i argee with you that the cooling show have been covered in all types of weather conditions.... and the fans should be more active. but my excuse for them is that flex made this system during the winter time. Lol.

also intel should of made the qx9300 better. for a expensive cpu it should be flawless. yes it is a quad core but the it should have a lower tdp.

 

I agree but then again AlienWare should have looked at thermal issues in the system as well.. I mean my AW wasn't that cheap..

 

yeah mines wasn't either.

have you tried to put back your quad in?

 

naw, I still have not recieved my notebook. Its sad. I think I might kill someone next week if it doesnt get here.

jk ;x

 

no you not. Lol. but it is soppuse to come today right?

 

It would have been here already ;x mailmanz already came.

So if its not here sat, or next thurs, or next sat then I get my money back.

Seriously, its rediculous.

It "shipped out" from AW hq Miami, to USPS Miami Apr 21...but USPS did not recieve it until May 5th. Which makes me assume they got someone to walk it over to them instead of putting it in a truck like a good little boy would do.

So if I dont get it by next week, thats 2 months since I ordered it. My friend ordered an ipod May 5th and it got here today... My dad sent me a huge box with a whole bunch of crap on apr 27th and it got here May 3...

Why does it take so long for this package? who knows, I guess its not following its nose.

sorry for this long post, just venting ;x

 

I'm not getting something here, are you getting this system shipped to Africa? And if so, why is it coming from Miami? You do know what the 2nd A in EMEA stands for right?

 

i don't. care to enlighten us? Lol.

 

ha yes it is getting sent to Africa. The military has its own postal service you know...FPO/APO AE addresses?

Anyways, I didnt want to get off topic lol

And Im guessing there is no second A? i dont get it

edit: and it shouldnt be coming from Miami, thats just where USPS accepted it. It should be coming out from NY I think..

 

Haha sorry guys, I was a little over-stressed about an interview earlier and I can't even count properly... (foot-in-mouth)

What I meant was that Europe-Middle-East-Africa is still the purview of the Athlone manufacturing center, but I understand if you had to get it through the military program that it would have been hard to do it through here.

Best of luck though and I hope you get it soon!