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

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by BatBoy, Feb 27, 2010.

  1. inap

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    hahahahha please add he's got a turn table needle stuck in his arm,lol.
     
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  2. HarryTheFish

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    That's an awesome booting time, Thierry! Mine needs abouts 45 seconds (if not more)!
    Damn Wizzard, aren't your fingers bleeding yet? 3 posts in 3 minutes! You're on fire, baby!
     
  3. tuenkamen

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    Ill let montreal pd put an abp out for him!
     
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  4. thewhitewizard

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    job done... lol!!!
     
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    I am ice cold when compared to inap... lol!!!!
     
  6. inap

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    what i'm a 2 finger typer takes me forever to post anything,lol
     
  7. Thierry19

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    Ahah, I too am a two finger typer but I can go fats enough to follow today's crazy rhythm and do my french paper at the same time :D
     
  8. thewhitewizard

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    its pretty nice but you won't need a cooler if you apply the thermal paste... think that Mr pras recently applied the paste and temperatures dropped by 8-10 c and still dropping... he made thread about that let me dig it out..
     
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    Harry, I just did a google on Margarita Island. Beautiful place and I can see why you like it there. Wow, looks like really nice hotels for for $40+ a night. Is this for real? You pay $200 per night to stay in practically a dump in DC.
     
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    yeah i can type with all my fingers... pretty fast when typin...
     
  11. HarryTheFish

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    Even without reapplying the thermal paste this machine keeps cool like no other laptop! Definitely the best build quality available to time.
     
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    At this pace the admin will open up a new thread for m15x owners lounge... PART 5 lol!!!!...
     
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    which is what im hopeful for to happen when i get new thermal paste for my system.
     
  14. inap

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    yeah 260m temp are way awesome, but when benching the cooler the better.
    i stuck my laptop in my companies ac vents yesterday just to bench,lol you should see the people faces walking by looking at me like i'm crazy.
     
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    this thread jumps like 15-20 pages a day sometimes lol wouldn't be surprised if there is a new thread in the near future
     
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    Couldn't have put it in any better way...
     
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    dude that's awesome what temps were you getting on the 5870 benching?
     
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    the main reason for my decision to change the thermal paste is the db noise so i can lower the fan noise to not be as high as it can be for both the cpu and gpu.

    oops double post sry mods
     
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    Good news for you because MrPras also got reduced db levels because the fans won't push in due low temperatures...
     
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    see for yourself, the high temps were from before i put it in the ac vent. the fans nevered kick in the whole time, hahah look at my low temps
     
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    Yeah seriously sometimes I want my fans to actually spin so I can hear them. It freaks me out sometimes and I have to exit my browser to check my temps; always at CPU 29-32C, GPU 40-43C.
     
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    Yes, it's true Pickels. Groceries are getting more and more expensive, but many things are dirt cheap.
    Some examples:
    Gas/petrol: 100 liter for 1 euro
    Top brand jeans: 25 euro
    Clothing in general
    Cars
    Ocean front apartment in my building, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 91 m2: 65000 euro
    Cigarettes 2 euro per pack
    1 liter of the finest Scotch 30 euro, and so on and so on.

    Shopping however:
    450 grams of peanut butter: 18 euro
    2 liters of Pepsi: 1 euro 50
    150 gram of mustard 5 euro
    Satellite internet, 4 gig/month: 2100 euro(!)

    The good things are: always sunny, beautiful women, lots of corruption (you can benefit of that), and cheap and excellent medical service.
     
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    wow 4gig a month i can do that in a day,lol
     
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    wow great temps i was getting that when my M15x was improperly set on top of my nc-2000 cooler lol
     
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    That's what I have now as well. It's not much but I can live with it. But did you see the price, Inap?
    Now I have slow internet but I only pay 20 bucks per month.
     
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    Ahah thought the same! Man that must be the bad part! :p
    So how much is a plane ticket from montreal to your paradise? :D
     
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    wow 4 gig a month for $20 thats a big rip off.
     
  28. HarryTheFish

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    Ha ha ha! I don't know Thierry but make sure you book your flight in the low season, because that will save you at least 50%. Also, always book all inclusive as it is a lot cheaper than lodging only. :)
     
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    Ah, but I was talking about the price of satellite internet before. Did you see that price? 2100 euros per month! (That's $2730.°°/month).
    $20 is a steal! :D
     
  30. tuenkamen

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    yea that's a huge difference
     
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    holy cow!!! dang thats expensive, sorry i can't live there with crappy internet,lol
     
  32. HarryTheFish

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    A question Tuenkamen, how long does your 9-cell battery hold out?
     
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    with the estimation given by the power meter when unplugged 3:13 total but that would only be with batt saver and light internet use and doing word docs so its 3 times better than my 5100 inspiron very pleased with the batt life. :D

    haven't tried it in actual practice as i haven't yet need to find that out still not sure where im going for college so won't know till where ever i move.
     
  34. HarryTheFish

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    Ha ha ha! Don't worry Inap, you can still live here. There are 315 beaches and only at about 60 of them you have a crappy internet connection. Plenty of beautiful places with normal broadband internet. I just decided to live in a very quiet place where it's saver for my 4-year-old.
     
  35. tuenkamen

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    rather have peace and quite over fast internet imho

    also better for when the clock hits 4:20
     
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    alright guy have to go just been chillin at work and need to go home, be back later
     
  37. Thierry19

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    Wait a minute, you were at work? Lmao!
     
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    Thanks. That would be interesting for me. That's all I need to work. Internet, a couple of programs open, and a bunch of docs. I can only squeeze 2 hours out of the 6 cell with the brightness uncomfortably low.
     
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    HA HA HA HA HA!!! You're at work! You're just too much, bro!
    You see, you're my hero!!! Drive safely bro.
     
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    I bet you're jealous now, Thierry! You working your butt of and then there's this! :D ;)
     
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    ahah! I sure am :(
    Oh well, gotta work now so I can chill out later :D
     
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    Ha ha ha! Can't you chill out at work :D
    Just study hard and become your own boss someday Thierry, and you'll be able to do whatever you want, whenever you want!
     
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    I think I'm gonna watch that movie now that I wanted to watch the day before yesterday when my drive crashed and burned!

    A jolly good night to all of you - to you too, J, wherever you are!
     
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    Have a good one Harry!
    See y'all tomorrow :p
     
  45. thewhitewizard

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    C ya all tommorow!!!!
     
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    Man everyone going to sleep already? My day isn't over for another 4 hours lol.
     
  47. inap

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    Hahha nvm didn't read right.
     
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    happy b-day Jstar live it up while its COLLEGE! :D :D
     
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    - Hi everyone , i'm from VietNam ! i used my M15X 2 months ago , after fixing somes problem my M15X working great and i love my M15X so much :D , thanks everyone here for helping me to fix many issues of my M15X !

    - I waiting for my M15X out of warranty to replace GTX 260M with 5870 , but i hear someone tell me M15X cooling system is poor for 5870 and will cause overheating ?? are this true ???

    - Sorry if my English is too bad :D
     
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    no it cools it well with the 260m heatsink which is also used for the 240m but now the 5850 being offered by dell is claiming to need a new heatsink for it so im thinking this heatsink is designed for ati cards
     
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