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    M15X with GPU GT 240M problem !

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by bajasu520, Aug 19, 2010.

  1. bajasu520

    bajasu520 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi ! every boby, my knowledge Eng is very bad, I have a problem with my M15x, I have post it on several 4rum, but not had a best solution..Help Plz

    I have a M15x with GPU GT 240M (not GTX 260M)
    I had upgrade driver to newest, my M15x's BIOS is A03
    I was try Win 7 64bit and Vista 64bit
    I try to test game on it, but...

    1.StreetFighter IV with 1280x720, all effect is LOW ==>>FPS is 20~25
    2. Modern warface II =>> Bad too

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  2. Breaking Brian

    Breaking Brian Notebook Evangelist

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    Umm, update your bios to A07?
     
  3. bajasu520

    bajasu520 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks ! problem was fix ,, hi I love U
     
  4. LastKnown1

    LastKnown1 Notebook Consultant

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    Stunning work Brian. *applauds*
     
  5. Breaking Brian

    Breaking Brian Notebook Evangelist

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    Thank you, thank you ^_^
     
  6. inap

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    yup excellent work there brian!!! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
     
  7. elquetefocka

    elquetefocka Notebook Evangelist

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    is my impression or the battery of bajasu520 has a real high wear level and low full charge capacity? mine is around 56144mWh and a wear level of 2%
     
  8. xeroxide

    xeroxide Notebook Deity

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    ^^ yup i was thinking the same thing.
    keep an eye on that wear level, see if it increases at an abnormal rate.

    i must have a battery from the gods because in the months i've had this laptop, mines still 0% wear.
     
  9. elquetefocka

    elquetefocka Notebook Evangelist

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    you lucky man xD
    if i were he, i would call dell for a replacement
     
  10. corrupt05

    corrupt05 Notebook Consultant

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    hmm i thought this was normal?

    mine is already at 7% ! 9cell... and I do a full discharge on it about once 2 weeks...bought laptop in january
     
  11. inap

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    yeah mine is at 8% got it in jan also. thought it would be more since i push it kind of hard. i only discharge once a month.
     
  12. darth voldemort

    darth voldemort Notebook Evangelist

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    I too, have an M15x and have been chronically having this problem where the driver crashes and then it downclocks to 405/810/324 JUST AS I SAW HAPPENED TO YOU TOO. You say, this problem was fixed by updating your bios? mine are still a05 and i was going to do it but it said that if i update it while not on phone with dell it would kill my warranty and i was too lazy to call dell. So, is it true that this problem is fixed by updating bios?
     
  13. danyune

    danyune Notebook Evangelist

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    nah you can do it yourself

    however if you are uncomfortable doing it alone or have 0 experience then you should be on the phone with dell and go step by step. Recovering from a bad bios flash is really really really difficult to overcome or impossible, nothing like a regular driver
     
  14. madoon

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    you should not do a full discharge.
    modern batteries do not like reaching very low charge levels this causes heavy wear.

    i would try not to let my battery reach under 20%, differently not under 5%.
     
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    Well i have the same CPU and the same graphics card on an Acer Aspire 8940G . I get crashes on flash applications, low performance on games, that shouldnt occur.
    People with same problems:
    Aspire 8940g - Irregular Crash The Acer Guy Forum
    what do we do? :confused: :(
     

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