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

280 works. not sure about the 285.

 

all of these have mxm 3.0 type connections, so they should work, but only the 280 has been proven to work on the M15x.

 

Hehe, much win with your avatar Inap 8D

 

Anyone knows if the GTX 240 can be upgraded in the new M15x? Is it built into the motherboard or what?

Thanks

 

It can be upgraded, as it is not built into the motherboard, but it's much less expensive (and much easier) to buy the computer with the 260 rather than upgrading it yourself later.

 

haha thanks bro

yes very upgradable not solder at all, if you can read a few post back you will see a few compatable cards.

 

I received my Dell outlet m15x yesterday, and it has a dead pixel.

I read some forums online about possible fixes (software and hardware), does anyone have any experience fixing a dead pixel on these 1080p glass covered screens? Any help is appreciated!

Also, wonder if its worth returning for that problem??

 

okay, is it a dead pixel or a bright pixel?

dead pixel - always dark - (use a completely white background to see it)
bright pixel - always lit lit up - (use a completely black background to see it)

You may be able to fix a birght pixel with UDPixel ( http://udpix.free.fr/) if you use it for long enough. Sometimes they go away forever, sometimes they come back after the lcd has been off for sometime.

I dont know if you get the full dell warranty on a refurbished machine, but the dell warranty (for the alienware machines) states that you are eligible for a screen replacement if you have even 1 bright pixel. With dead pixels, you need to have at least a group of these.

Unfortunately it is very hard to "massage" the screen because of the glass cover. In my case, when I had a bright pixel, I first tried UDPixel, which worked, but the pixel kept coming back. Then I called up Dell and after an hour on the phone explaining that I am indeed eligible for a replacement, they replaced the screen without any problem.

 

Bright pixel, sorry. Its red in color.

Thank you for your help, I will try it.

 

Hey, Good news.

It would seem that you are eligible for a screen replacement. According to this:

and then just use this policy for dead pixels. The page refers to the M17x but its exactly the same as for the M15x.

 

dell has a pretty good policy on dead pixels, just gave them a call, should be repaired the next day in most cases.

 

thanks a lot guys, very helpful.

also, I was wondering which DP to HDMI adapter everyone was using... I read here that you can call Dell and request an adapter when you receive your new m15x, but I doubt that will work since I purchased mine at dell outlet.

any popular adapter other than the one provided by dell?

 

This is the one we use:

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Cables/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=330-1271

but you probably can buy one off ebay cheaper

 

thanks.. what about this 1?

product id 4826 on monoprice. site wont let me post links

 

I have an i7-920XM for sale
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=6141170#post6141170

 

It seems to look fine, but I cannot give you any guarantee as I have not used it. Also, I prefer it to be a cable for two reasons:

1) harder to get lost
2) less stress on the port.

but I guess its up to what you prefer

 

link doesn't work...how much you asking for it? im assuming its used..?

 

I am interested.

 

IT SHIPPED WOOOHOOOOOO next week YES

 

wow congrats bro, the M15x is grrrrrrrrrreattt!!!

 

THEY'RRRRRRREEE GRRRRRREAT
finally get to enjoy this beast of a machine

cant wait to see what kind of scores i get with the 620m!!!!!

 

Yeah I'm curious to see how that faster clocked dual core performs with the 260M!
Quick, to the bench!

Edit: Btw bummer, my Logitech MX rev mouse's click wheel ain't working anymore, which makes gaming much harder
Now bored
Damn you Logitech!

 

Congrats man, hope mine ships soon

 

Just ordered my 5870 from babyhemi...

 

wow sweet welcome to the club. can't wait to get mine.

 

Ordered 4/12, hope I can join you guys soon!

 

question any games that you could suggest from steam or other places that are good rpg's and fps's havent had my head in pc games for awhile been stuck in xbox 360 land

 

quick to newegg.ca and order up an awesome gaming mouse

 

steam is probably the best place to go. most of the time they have demos for the new games, so you can try out before you buy it. and once in awhile they would have awesome sells.

 

Lol, I'll try to get logitech to send me a new one, then I'll sell it and buy a razor mamba or something!

 

Conversation moved from Benchmark thread;
Yeah I feel like I need a reformat too, good thing my sexy SSD is on its way

 

the mamba is awesome, the only downside is the big dongle.

sorry again about the hook up bro, that was my bad.

 

Lol, no prob. It was pretty official with Forge anyway!
Everyone cant get crazy good deal, somewhere someone's gotta pay more, hehe. And I think 385 is a great price

 

alright thanks will be demo'lishing' a few of those then a probably get some that will be entertaining for my style of game play thanks for the quick response

 

Yea i know i asked about it. but he doesn't know if it has trim and what read/write speeds it got.

****ANd how's that for moving it over ahahaha. *****

 

If your not into online gaming ( or even so with online gaming just a little trickier ) I could could help you out with acquiring games to play, free of charge

 

sweet will definately pm you once i get my M15x about that cause i dont have much cash after buying it lol

looked at some games that im interested
borderlands
NWN2
Dawn of War 2 (cause i actually have legit army of blood angels i had it as a hobby when i was in england where they have model shops there for actual board game play and all the figures)
and any you think i should acquire

+rep for the offer but gotta spread to someone else hmmm lets ima randomn someone in the forum whos always been helpful i know Inap and a few select others now gotta wait 24hrs

 

yes more rep please,hahahahaha. yeah J got alot of those "special" deals for games,lol

 

Just look at the SSD thread in alienware's side forum, its the one they ship in every dell laptops!

 

also how long after they first change the status to shipped do they give you a tracking #

 

Probably next day you will get tracking number.

 

awesome knew i placed rep in the right places

 

A site like like to get my apps from is egydown.com but sadly it closing down soon, so check it put before it closes.

 

Oh btw Inap, demonoid is back to invite, so if you need a code tell me

 

Delivery tomorrow

Can't wait!

Next is the 5870, then colorware

Still can't decide on the 920 from alitunay...

 

Sleey0, when did you order? It seemed like it was only a couple of days ago.

 

Whats your setup :O

 

thanks for that ive really only known about rlslog.net for apps

also since its being shut down ima dl some stuff quick so i can install right away for my M15X when it gets here

 

Yeah few software are really useful, like avast and few benchmarking tools

 

It seems like I ordered only a couple of days ago because that is exactly what happened.

3.5 days from day I ordered --> boxing (Monday) and shipped today (Wednesday) So only 2.5 days in boxing, too.

Specs are lunar shadow, 620, 240 (5870), 250GB 7200 RPM (either 160GB G2 or 256GB Samsung SSD), 5300 (6300).

Everything in () I have and am swapping into the machine as soon as I open the box.