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

Mine also came with A05.

 

Congratulations! This machine is awesome.

 

Woooooooooo... feels good to be back and thanks for all the warm welcomes

And hey ramusbjork, congratz on the new system!! and welcome to the familty... As you may already know.. the M15x is friggin awesome. We'll be here every step of the way to guide you through any problems, should you encounter any.

And about the 5850, its still not 100% confirmed...but i would think its GDDR5...unless alienware is really that dumb...

 

last month dell replaced my motherboard because the lights were not working
after i upgrade my bios to A05
now everything works fine..
currently my bios version is A01
is it necessary to upgrade my bios to A05 again?
by the way my alien touch and fusion are not working =/
anyone can help please?

 

Yesterday i applied MX-3 thermal paste and the new thermal pads from frozen cpu, and FINALLY my temps is now stable at 84c max from playing battlefield bad company 2! IM LOVING my 5870m even more now.

Speaking of 5870m, the colors is little off, how do i calibrate it correctly? any suggestions?

Ramusbjork, welcome! M15x owners rocks

 

A05 is a good update, it fixed an issue with my razer mamba mouse For the alien FX try a discharge: Pull the power plug and remove the battery then hold the power button for 30 seconds. You may also need to remove command center and reinstall it.

 

yea definately update your bios to A05! its a must as it fixes tons of little bugs with previous versions.

After you've done that do what smeggit said .. a bios reset will most prob fix the lights not coming on.

 

Hey Jstar! Wasssup!
Btw if there is anyone from canada, the signature event gives you an awesome deal, 1699$ for the 720QM, the 5850, 6gb of ram and a 500gb HDD 350$ saving. O_O
Thats actually the first time there is a better deal than what I actually had back in january. Take makes me a sad panda.. I wish I had buy the 1080p screen >_>

 

nice !!! frozen cpu pads are awesome. i'll try to find my screen calibrator, my boss rented out, now i have to wait for it. but once i get it i'll upload a icc profile.

make sure to uninstalled the current command center if its the older version. before you update the bios, then only use the newest version of cc to install or the fx controller will be fried again.

nice find bro. don't sweat it the 900p screen is still awesome. glad to see almost everyone is back in action but where is harry?

 

He's busy
Needs more Harry here.

 

thanks for the update soccer.

len888, i have a sticky up in the front page, if you could read it and see if this was your case, so i can add you to the names on the list.

 

No prob, I gotta study in physic and mechanic.. is boring.. >.>

 

hahhaha yeah school is boring but at least you got a goal now. maybe one of these days i will have a laptop designed by you. hahaha

if i had a chance to do it all over again, i would work my butt off and have my dream job by now. too bad i didn't have a real goal back then.

 

Yeah that's what I think... Better work now to have fun for the rest of my life rather than have fun and work for the rest of my life!
But man your job doesn't look so bad, look at your M15x's specs, it cant be so bad!
Sadly we can't all be like Harry!

 

ill upgrade the bios now wish me luck XD

 

Hehe! good luck!
I just updated mine earlier, it's super simple!

 

Finally got the touchpad to recognize multitouch, helps a lot but this really needs a BIOS update or something to fix how the way the touchpad reacts. Is it possible to get pinch zooming to work on this touchpad??

 

nope...not yet unfortunately

 

any new good games out lately????/ hey wus up J?????

 

hey man! not too much... just got back from work...and i was about to fire up splinter cell conviction awesome game so far... well its gna be the 2nd time i play it loll! i finally have a few spare mins!

 

hahaha tell me about it, took me forever to finish bfbc2, but i'll look into spinter cell, it sounds cool, have fun gaming bro.

 

yay thanks for everything!
i have successfully flashed the A05 bios and the new command centre!
now i got 2 small problems
1st is when i scroll down/up there will be a weird sound like flickering (only when i opening websites)
2nd after i finished playing bff2 i exit the game, the screen will just keep staying on bff2 menu it doesnt directly goes into desktop =/, so everytime i finished playing the game i should click ctrl+alt+del..
sorry im not really good in english
im using the latest version of nvidia 197.16

 

Did you run Driver Sweeper after removing the old Nvidia drivers? Leaving some old driver components etc and installing a new driver over it can cause problems.

Try a clean driver install and see if that helps.

1. Uninstall current driver through Control Panel
2. Run Driver Sweeper (cleaning everything under "Nvidia Display" only)
3. Boot into Safe Mode
4. Run Driver Sweeper
5. Install desired Nvidia driver
6. Reboot to Windows

 

Hello friends,

Thanks for all your support and everything. Now i ordered M15x from hidevolution.com because DELL US don't ship in my country. Guys here is my configuration and i want to if this is good enough to handle games like GTA Episodes from liberty city and photoshop,sony vegas. I am upgrading from my Sony Vaio C14 whose specs in under my sig. Hey guys i would like to know your suggestions about my M15x specs,is it good enough? I want you all to pray that i don't get run in any problems because my warranty is not international and if something happens i have to send it to US.

Friends also guide me which SSD will be best and fastest i will upgrade soon after i get M15x.

Here's my specs

* SYSTEM COLOR - Alienware M15x Special Edition – Nebula Red
* PROCESSOR - Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Quad Core Processor 1.6GHz (2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
* OPERATING SYSTEM - Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
* WARRANTY AND SERVICE - 1 Year Basic Service Plan
* VIDEO CARD - 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M
* LCD PANEL - 15.6-inch WideFHD 1920x1080 (1080p) WLED
* MEMORY - 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz
* HARD DRIVE - 250GB SATAII 7,200RPM
* INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE - Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
* BATTERY OPTIONS - Primary - 6-cell (56Watt) Lithium-Ion Battery
* WIRELESS CARDS - Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini-Card
* PERSONALIZED PLATE - Personalized Nameplate (I Love Zufeshan Frvr)
* ALIENFX COLOR - AlienFX Mars Red
* AVATAR - Alienhead Flat
* OS CUSTOMIZATION - Alien Cyborg
* PRE-INSTALLED GAMES AND CLIENTS - Steam and Portal™ Factory Installed
* GEAR STORE - Alienware Orion Laptop Backpack - Fits Laptop of Screen Sizes Up to 17" - Black
* AUTOMATIC UPDATES - Automatic Updates: On
* SOUND OPTIONS - Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
* BLUETOOTH - Internal Bluetooth 2.1 Mini-Card - 2.1 Enhanced Data Rate

 

You should go with the ATI 5850 if it is available. Otherwise I'm more inclined inclined to Arrandale CPUs and 1600*900 def but that's definitely a matter of taste.

 

What is Arrandale? and why 1600*900 is better friend? And i asked about ATI 5850 but Dell rep told me that its not better than GTX260M. Did he lied to me friend. I also heard that 5850 is of no use if its not DDR5.

 

ok zaidbaby keep posting here because the other thread is for another issue. so you don't have a system yet, so why do you want to reformat for?

also yes 5850 will be better if it is confirmed to be gddr5, more then likely they will be. 900 or 1080 screen is really up to your perference.

 

o friend i asked in that post for my sister M15x,can i upgrade to 5850 in later time?

 

yea you can, but will be more expensive than getting it up front.

 

by how much inap

 

i'm not sure if they release the price yet but i think around $350 range.

 

if you get it off dell it would be expensive say something like $350-400.. just like inap said... but if you just get one off ebay or good ol' babyhemi then it would work out to be cheaper.. But you are better off buying 5870 because there won't be much of a price difference anyways..

 

Just found out that the alienFX does not work properly on my mint new replacement system out of box. No software installed (except for default ones that come with laptop). The alienhead on lid and power button do not light up until windows boots up. Touch strip lights up about 5 seconds into windows boot.

what is going on here?

 

well im convinced my sound issues are coming from my gfx card clocking up and down all the time causing distortion and crackling so im going to bring this up to dell next week

 

thanks for the guide but it doesnt work
my fps is getting lower by 5-10 after i did this using 197.16
i cant get to desktop also after i exit bff2, my screen is still stuck on the main menu of bff2
could anyone help me please?
and is there any overclock guide using nvidia system tools?
thanks

 

Hi everyone,
Got my M15x last thursday and it's amazing! kicks the outta my old desktop at everything. The screen is great too, the colours and detail even on the 900p screen is awesome. It's a bit bigger than i thought it would be, knew it would be fairly big but not quite this big. The touchpad isn't great, but not as bad as i thought, if i don't have a mouse in it usually means i'm not doing anything that needs a great mouse, so serves its purpose. The graphics are amazing, my friend was surprised that COD 4 looked just like his PS3, but didn't lag when there were lots of explosions.
I did come across a few things that i was wondering if you guys knew how to fix:
1) when i close the lid, it goes to sleep for a few mins then comes back on, same with fn+F1. how can i make it stay asleep?
2) i was playing GTA IV earlier and it keeps lagging on me. it plays fine but every few seconds it lags then is fine and repeats. i'm not sure if this is the GPU throttling, i will have to monitor the clocks later tho. it seems more like the harddrive can't keep up with loading the map, wondering if anyone has had a similar problem? and anyone who has played GTA 4 what detail they use? I tried putting everything to low with no success. do i need to find that program that tells it to run only on physical cores, will that help?
3) The battery life, i knew i wouldn't get great battery life, but are there ways to prolong the battery to get over 2 hours or so? or am i doomed to watch movies and shows with the power in?
Thanks

 

is stealth mode on?

 

Sorry to say GTA IV is an issue with the i7 CPU's. People have had mixed results turning off turbo or using 3rd party software to limit the number of cores the game uses.

 

First of welcome to the family! You picked a mighty machine, my friend, and you're gonna love it!

Any problems you might run into, questions you might have, this is the place!
The people in this particular thread are absolute awesome and will guide you through every step of the way in case you need something done!

M15x rocks!

 

J-man! Welcome back, bro!
Man, your little family (and this thread, by the way) almost fell into a deep depression after/because of your absence!

I even "smacked my system a few times" to give you something to do! But as you didn't come back on time, the tech came and fixed it for me.

Good to have you back bro, and remember, no more avatars of fully dressed women!

And to stay on topic, my new internet connection rocks! This mobile internet stick gives me between 5 and 10 times the speed the previous one did, and now I can really enjoy the monstrousness that is this machine!

These are the speeds I reach early in the morning at late at night:


I'm lovin' it!

 

Hey my brother! Sorry, I'm helping a friend out with this huge project. The deadline is tomorrow (Sunday) at midnight, so after that I should have more time for my family!
Good to see things have revived a little in this thread!

 

Hey Zaid! You bit the bullet! Congrats man! Helluva system. That baby will run any game you throw at it and make you coffee in the morning!

You're not gonna regret it my friend.

Welcome to our little family!

 

Man, that sucks! Sorry to hear that Tuenkamen.
I hope they come an fix it quickly!

 

Welcome here and congrats on your system, pinguino loco!
I haven't reached the end of the thread yet, so I imagine your questions have already been answered by now.

To me it sounds like Stealthmode is on. Watching movies shouldn't be a problem with your battery, unless you wanna watch Gladiator on it. My battery holds out for over 2 hours if just watching a film.

Good luck with your machine man. Enjoy it!


By the way - Sorry for filling up this page guys (Bruce), but I had some catching up to do! See y'all tomorrow!

 

thanks for the guide but it doesnt work
my fps is getting lower by 5-10 after i did this using 197.16
i cant get to desktop also after i exit bff2, my screen is still stuck on the main menu of bff2
could anyone help me please?
and is there any overclock guide using nvidia system tools?

 

well i can show them this time and can pin point it to how the gpu whenever it changes its clocks significantly i get distortion/crackling so time to start calling dell all over. this is probably the 8th time calling about my sound issues so we shall see as im going to not drop it after they tell to reinstall the idt drivers and not reboot i care if it works after a reboot. grrrrr

 

what drivers are you running for the 260m? I had terrible popping/stutter with stock drivers so I used the DPC latency fix drivers for the m17x and it has been fine ever since!

 

right now im using the 197.45 drivers

are these drivers the 197.31 in the m17x r1 driver downloads?

ok.....lol so installing the 197.31 drivers all my sound problems seem to have vanished rofl and im using the idt drivers

 

Glad it worked for you mate. I was considering returning my m15x until I stumbled onto these drivers

 

yea same but now im very much turned around on that point just gotta get a few minor things squared away