*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M15x Owners Lounge - Part 4

try using a old setting and editing that one.

 

My fans go nuts while gaming on BC2, temps are in the 60s. Is there anyway to control em?

 

fans are suppose to full blast when gaming that why your temps are low.

 

Yo...I've had the same problem many times...Did you see my post a few pages back? LEt me guess you also have rivatuner installed? Its most likely conflict between the two ( Rivatuner and NST). You don't gotta re-install your video drivers. Uninstall both NST, AND RIvatuner. Then only install one at a time. They work well together at first.. but as you OC.. you'll start running into problems. I occasionally get that msg from NST also, and by uninstalling, rebooting, then reinstalling, it always fixed the problem for me.

I would recommend only using Rivatuner if your staying stock...but if your going to OC, then only use NST.

 

anyone here that also has an M11x, posted this wuestion in the M11x owners lounge but never got a reply. how is the audio on it, planing on using it as a media center for my car.

 

I dont get it, simply closed and restarted my control panel and it worked.. even though I had done it before..
Baw, anyway gotcha, now running OC-ed and smoothly, still confused though!

 

You sure money doesn't grow on trees where u live? Lol... i'd imagine its good. But lemme look into it further for you

 

ok so i've been searching and havent found anything bout the sound card malfunctioning... so u should be good

 

sweet thanks bro. and yes money does grow on trees here also in canada too,lol you just gotta know what kind to grow. hahah just thinking about replacing my old pioneer z2 and put in my stock deck. thinking of selling my z2 for $500 and chip in a few hundo more for the base M11x. and no i'm not super rich, i'm just plan regular rich, hahahah. i work 6-7 days a week man, let me enjoy my money.

 

Hmm this is happening to me too now.

 

still drooling over the idea of a 5870...

 

Count me in as well!!!!

and yes i agree... only experienced throttling with prototype and you can't tell while playing the game ... you have to look at the logs. All other games like bfbc2, mw2, nfs shift.. everything runs fine.. even Just cause 2 runs smooth for me but with OC gpu...

 

I'm having the same problem that soccerthiery was having. WHen I try to OC in NST, I get the "The changes made were invalid and will not be applied" error. I don't have RivaTuner installed either.

I've also tried uninstalling both NST and the drivers, then reinstalling and it still happens.

 

Sure, I can help, if I've got any extra time between school work.

 

Try this... Might help...

1. Uninstall NST
2. Run CCleaner
3. Uninstall Nvidia GPU driver from device manager and tick the option to delete driver files from computer
4. Restart
5. Run CCleaner
6. Install GPU driver 197.xx
7. Restart
8. Install NST.
9. Restart

 

Damn Man.... UPGRADES!!!!

Stuck between 5870 and SSD... or both lol!!!!

 

given it a try right now..

 

do it, do it now, hahahhaha
hey you only live once, you may be broke but you'll be happy,lol

 

5870 for sure.

 

It worked! Thanks wizard

 

Lol, hard choice, just like I said earlier, my soldering capacities are not making me capable of installing a GPU [YET]. SO I went with the SSD, plus for now the 260Gtx runs great!
Oh also, I'm out of cash for my laptop, already put 3000$ in it and as I'm barely 17, I cant buy anything... YET.

 

I don't know why you guys say you don't see throttling in BC2... to me it's quite evident.

 

Have you updated your bios?

 

SoccerThierry,

You don't need to solder anything to swap the GPU in the M15x. It's simply a plug n play operation (if you have the right heatsink, which you do).

 

Just ordered me a new Timbuk2 bag, since my old one was a medium, and I think I'll need a large for the M15x. It's pretty awesome, I made a custom bag with them, so it's nice and personalized I'll be sure to post pics of my whole setup when my M15x arrives- I just wish I didn't have to wait any more, it's torture And this HP mini is starting to get more and more annoying every day.

 

lol jwest i know that too. i cant wait any longer either wish the thing was here already

 

As far as overclocking. The last I asked about it, the GPU couldn't be overclocked too much because of the voltage. Joker did post up a procedure to change the voltage on the GPU to allow further overclocking. Since I'm a complete O/C'ing noob, I decided to stay away from that type of change. Are things different now, can I just use NST and start testing, or are all of you doing that procedure to up the GPU voltage?

 

Pretty sure most do it without the voltage change. Temps get pretty toasty using the latest furmark on extreme burn, 16xAA on native resolution. But I haven't reached those numbers in actual gaming.

 

I still game on A02 bios and see no throttling in this game, ran @ 1600x900, everything but the horizon setting (the acronym escapes me atm) on high.

Although, I am getting old (almost 29) so I might not notice it.

 

Just got an email from one of the reps who's been helping me. Apparently the 620M is on backorder, as is the keyboard (the keyboard? really?). I have been assured that my order will be on expedited production once the parts arrive, but this kind of sucks

 

^^^ dude thats a bummer, nevered would of guessed they were out of keyboards.lol

 

yeah like villosa said no soldering at all, all you need is a scre driver and a tube of thermal paste and rubing alcohol and your set for a gpu upgrade.

most members have oc'ed to 20% gains without upping the voltage, so yeah fire up nst and have fun. also mess around with the drivers also, some drivers can push the gpu further and some can't.

 

i was told that last week on friday and now its being supposedly shipped out thursday from the last time i talked to a rep

just was called by the rep who i called on friday who told me that its now in the final production stage and should ship in 2-3 days WOOHOO.

 

wow 5870 in M15x is insane, just saw an oc'ed benchmark over 9k and a non oc'ed at 7k.

 

Awesome !!!!! when are u getting ur 5870m...

 

hopefully by end of the week or beginning next week. man can't wait.

 

Well, officially moving from the Dell XPS forum to the Alienware forum,.

Just got approval to replace my Studio XPS 1645 with an Alienware M15x.

 

wow congrats man!! you'll love it

 

Congratz man!!! you are the second person to get a dell 1645 replaced with a m15x....

 

Ya I can't wait, it can't get here fast enough. Now to sift through 4 threads of issues to see what I can look forward to. Unless someone wants to give me a rundown of things I need to look out for/do.

If any of you are familiar with the 1645 then you'll know about its throttling issues and "resolutions" so that being said anything similar (i know about throttling issues that some complain about) is there anything else?

 

Woa, lucky you!
I almost bought a SXPS also, but I changed my minds when I saw a great deal on dell.ca, it was a good idea

Congratz!

Can you link me to these benchmark? I'm curious to see the improvement from a 260GTX!

Aww, sorry to hear that, that sucks.. You should call him and ask for free stuff, it could work

 

here is the oc'ed bench:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=48588

 

Ohh, gotcha
Damn, thats more than 3k over the 260M scores O_O

 

whenever there is a stall in production, especially for replacement units, the CSR standard response is that the Keyboards are back ordered -- I found it hard to believe also but didn't help me get the system any faster -- Dell has it set up so that your rep who is taking the order can not access the information on the build so they can not verify which components are back ordered either -- if there is a good side to things, the new units do have keyboards that are better quality than those in the original units shipped in the Fall.
I am also another xps to M15 replacement beneficiary: once Dell has stepped up and given you a replacement M15 it does tend to bias you to view the corporation more favorably!

 

So out of curiosity has anyone gotten an i3/i5 model and tests the battery life?

I remember when I was looking into this notebook when they had i7 and the battery life was poop.

 

Well on the i7 the battery life was like 1 hour gaming, 2 hours basic stuff. I got the i3 because I don't need the extra speed or extra cores now. I got the 9 cell as well and I'm estimating perhaps 2 hours 45 minutes browsing with my SSD.

 

Agreed, although it truly is a nightmare trying to get them to make sure I have the right parts. On my 1645 I had the bluray and i7 820 installed by dell after the laptop was built so the original configuration shows dvd slot load and i7 720. Now i have to convince them that they issued me the wrong parts in the order details.

Hopefully everything goes well and I get my new PC without anymore issues (on the phone now having them re process the order with the correct parts)

 

Ah not a big increase but maybe a little I am assuming you have the 240 as well?, and how is the i3 treating you? do you regret not going for a faster option?

 

oh I don't have mine yet, it's on order. I got the 260m to make up for the i3. I'll upgrade via ebay when I decide to go the 5870 route.

Anyone got a list of the cards that do work on the M15x? I know 240m, 260m, but what about 280m, 285m, or even the 360m?

 

Ah okay gotcha