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    I Have Some Problems And Would Like Some Help

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Wulverion, Dec 25, 2010.

  1. Wulverion

    Wulverion Newbie

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    G'day,

    For Xmas my girlfriend bought me the MX11R2 Laptop, now she got me to mainly for gaming and at me saying that Alienware made some of the best gaming PC's in the world.

    My Spec's Are:

    Intel(R) Core(TM) i3CPU @ 1.20 ghz 1.20 ghz
    4.00GB Ram (3.80 Usable)
    Nivida Geforce GT 355M
    Windows 7 Home Premium

    Now, for some reason, I cannot play even Starcraft 2 at low settings without the CPU going above 100% and crashing the game.

    And when programs crash, I cannot end their process with Task Manager, despite begin an admin, I cannot even end it with 3rd Party programs such as WinPatrol, or even through command prompt with kill commands. It says its killed but the process keeps running and sucks up CPU. This then refuses to shutdown because a program is running despite clicking "Force Cancel" and therefore I have to press the button down to restart which is not good for it.

    Also I don't seem to be able to switch between the two graphics cards, my FN f1 and FN f6 do nothing, no screen flicker or anything. Also world of Warcraft is prone to the same problem as Starcarft 2 on low settings aswell.

    Can someone please tell me the fixes to these problems, I feel really bad that my girlfriend spend so much money on a machine that doesn't even play Starcarft 2 on low.
     
    Wulverion, Dec 25, 2010
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  2. Batstone

    Batstone Notebook Enthusiast

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    have you updated the drivers? thats what worked for me. There on Dells site
     
    Batstone, Dec 25, 2010
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  3. c4sc4

    c4sc4 Notebook Consultant

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    Well, fn + F1 is for switching to an external monitor and fn + F6 is for graphics card switching on the R1. You have an R2 which utilizes the optimus software for switching the graphics cards and does it automatically. Make sure Starcraft 2 is on the optimus whitelist.
     
    c4sc4, Dec 25, 2010
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  4. TalonH

    TalonH Notebook Evangelist

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    You probably didn't whitelist it. Or it's because you have an i3 but I've never heard of an i3 M11x.
     
    TalonH, Dec 25, 2010
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  5. Salue

    Salue Notebook Consultant

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    TalonH there is an M11x I3 they just made a few and stoped making them XD
    they sell one here :p in kuwait but very expansive an i3 for like 1200dollars XD
     
    Salue, Dec 26, 2010
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  6. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    BatBoy, Dec 26, 2010
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  7. Bendak

    Bendak Notebook Evangelist

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    Although the i3 is considerably weaker than the i7 it'll be at least on par with a non-OC'd SU7300 which can run SC2 on med settings. Wow does work relatively well on low/med graphics using the integrated gfx chip so i'm certain you've just neglected to whitelist your games.
     
    Bendak, Dec 26, 2010
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  8. Paddon

    Paddon Notebook Evangelist

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    you can ask for i3 on the phone
     
    Paddon, Dec 26, 2010
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