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Hey guys, I have a question about the OSD icons. Whenever I use the fn+F2 combination for enabling and disabling the battery, why are there three icons? One says it's disabled, and the other two say enabled, except one shows the battery logo with color as being less than 100% charge, while the other shows it as a full battery with no color. (I have done the OSD mod) What do the different icons mean?

 

Good question Zswick, I've always wondered that too.

I'm a believer in the 1080p screen too. I love it. Takes getting used to though (My last laptop was 1280x800 LOL)

 

i have yet to discover what the battery button does period. Forget the OSD lol... never used it once...

 

I think I figured it out! When you push the battery button (fn+F2) it tells you what the charge of your battery is. If you push it again while the OSD is still up, it disables the battery (stops it from charging if you want to save your battery life without removing it) and if you tap it again it re-enables it. It all has to be done while the OSD is still on the screen, however, and the battery that shows a charge is just showing what the charge of your battery is. It's a quick way to check it if your too lazy to look in the task bar. Hope this helps!

 

Lol cool thanks! but i always thought it was quicker to look at the lower right of the screen, instead of pressing two buttons... Lol hahaha

 

Haha yeah me too... I'll never use the combination, it just irritated me not knowing

 

think im getting confused.
i downloaded 10.6 and it says true not false so i didnt change anything is that correct.
also how do i find out if ive installed it correctly cant seem to find 10.6 anywhere?

 

if you did it right you will get ccc working. and ccc will tell you what version you are using.

 

Driver Packaging Version 8.683.2-091217a-093134C-Dell
Provider ATI Technologies Inc.
2D Driver Version 8.01.01.984
2D Driver File Path /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/CLASS/{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}/0000
Direct3D Version 8.14.10.0716
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.9236
Catalyst™ Control Center Version 2009.1217.1710.30775


thats what i get?

update: (sorted it now, my bad)
im sure i installed it on an other laptop and it sid 10.6 some where
sorted.

dont know what i was looking at but sure in the config file i saw work arround = true but guess what it was false.

set it to true and all ok.

need new eyes, or at least some sleep.


in case others have same problem i wasnt getting the control center and it shows an error log during install.

 

alienware wallpaper and themes now available on driver download page, sweet.

 

It's about time!

 

If you uninstall the Synaptics driver, is there a way to disable the tapping option?
I can't seem to find it with the windows driver.

 

sweet guide!

hmm, i may sound noobish, but would be great if u could include a small section on a fresh install of windows (including formatting and subsequent driver installs or things to watch out for).

Thanks tho, I'm sure to use whatever guide when I get back to the states and reinstall windows.

 

Sorry, I can ask, "why?"

 

i think codec packs are fine, i'm using one for window media player. working much better then vlc, well at least for what i'm using it for.

 

try the latest synaptics driver on the m15x dell drivers web site, seems good to me.
and no i dont think basic windows drivers have the advanced features such s disable tapping in them.

you could also try going to synaptics web site and download their generic driver.

 

im new to vlc and have to agree its a bit bloated and not easy to use as the other codex packages.

two reasons i installed and not saying its worth it were

1. the quote on this thread to install it.
2. ATI 10.6 + having code for it to run HD better or something.

 

Here is why I cant recommend using codec packs:

Why Codec Packs Are Bad - How-To Geek Wiki

Separate decoders are fine though

 

6) DO NOT install codec packs. Instead use VLC

May I ask why is so ??

 

Already posted the answer:

 

Added video on how to clean the M15x radiators. YouTube - ‪Cleaning the Alienware M15x‬‎

 

nice video, and nice shorts,lol +rep

 

hey, I like those shorts!

I made another video on how to get to the GFX card safely. You can add it to your guide

YouTube - ‪Accessing the Graphics card on the M15X‬‎

 

hahha thats why i said nice shorts, wearing a similar pair right now.

i guess your video is still being processed. but i'll check it out in a bit.

 

works now and nice vid and nice camera loving the 1080p

+rep fo sho

 

Hey guys just got my M15x and im loving it. Already reset the thermal paste for the CPU/GPU thanks for inaps guide!

Small question though (hope this is the right place to post). I'm trying to run the FFXIV benchmark and I get an error... Can't recall it exactly, but long story short the program closes with the error message.... I look into the issue and apparently it mentions that atixxxxx.dll is the fault. I downloaded the new drivers (they didnt need the fix since dell actually fixed it) and everything went smoothly.

Any help?

Also +1 rep for inap for his awesome tutorial!\

Update: FFXIV Benchmark not running due to ATI 10.7 drivers, rolled back to 10.6 drivers and it fixed the issues.

 

FFXIV Benchmark runs fine on 10.7 drivers here, so must be something else in play.

 

I just show my next laptop.

 

I ordered my M15X on the 9th, when do I say what I want engraved?

 

unfortunately, Engraving is only available in the US after the dell merger. If you hadnt been asked, then you cannot get custom engravings.

 

I have a question, would you mind telling me how I can do that?

 

I have a question, would you mind telling me how I can do that?

 

My nameplate (from Australia) simply had "M15x"

 

I checked, like Wattos said. Sorry, man!

 

go into Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Select Synaptics driver -> press uninstall -> reboot

 

Could you tell me the names of there programs? Sorry about my technology

 

its called "synaptics pointings device driver" under the control panel unstall progams section. just right click it and select uninstall.
<< this logo

 

@dotrunghieu
You should get the 5850 instead of 260m. Its way better.

 

How about graphic card driver? ( How I can uninstall it?)

Could I ask "why?"

 

Same way. Just look for ATI and uninstall everything with the ATI name in it.

Because the 5850 is newer, faster and supports Direct X 11 compared to the 260m. Also,it doesnt seem to throttle and overclocks beautifully.

 

Thanks for your time.

Could you tell me about AlienRespawn 2.0, It will come will my laptop (installed inside or they will give me a dist). What will I do when I want restore factory system. Just click F10 and step by step?

Thanks again.

 

Personally I'll never use AlienRespawn. If I ever needed to restore to factory defaults I'd just reinstall windows from the disc. Less issues, bloatware and other such stuff that Dell has graced us with

 

Actually I didn't find it came with any bloatware. The only programs which I removed were Dell Data Safe and McAffee.

 

Wattos already explained it in just a line but if you are curious, just read some topics from this board.
5850 is one year newer than 260m. 5850 supports DX11 and SM5 while 260m is stuck with DX10 and SM4. Most importantly 5850 is 1GB GDDR 5 while 260M is 1GB GDDR 3. There are many other factors like 5850's power consumption being half of the 260m etc..

 

@Phoestre and Wattos: I got it

You guys could tell me how we can restore factory system without using Norton Ghost?

 

@Phoestre and Wattos: I got it

You guys could tell me how we can restore factory system without using Norton Ghost?

 

Wattos already answered your question, everything with ATI name in it.

Why would you ever use Ghost? You can use Dell DataSafe Local/AlienRespawn OR just format with the Windows7 disk you received with your system and install drivers from Dell's website or Resource Disk(DO NOT INSTALL ALIENWARE COMMAND CENTER FROM RESOURCE DISK).

 

@Wattos -- love the Stealth Mode Indicator. The Enable/Disable functions completely eliminate Stealth mode issues. Added it to the Startup folder with disable function -- no more Stealth mode. +Rep when allowed.

 

Mind telling me how you got it working on start up? I put mine in the folder and the program doesnt launch/ work.

 

Well, I don't remember doing anything special. Created a shortcut on the desktop, ran the program, right clicked on the Tray icon and selected StealthMode|Disable (icon green). Then, I just moved the shortcut into the Start|Startup folder. Now, at Startup, it runs and switches to Disable (icon starts red and turns green and the touch bar emblem dims). I don't even have to think about Stealth mode anymore.