Alienware Level 3 Articles of the Week - Feb 28

Hello All Alienware Users,

Below you will find some interesting articles that might be useful for all of you.

Regards,
AW-FedericoH

Alienware M17x R3 - NVIDIA 580m GTX throttling at 78C when playing games
Article Summary:
This article will help you to understand under which circumstances the NVIDIA 580m GTX on the Alienware M17x R3 will throttle on the GPU and memory clocks.
Link: Alienware M17x R3 - NVIDIA 580m GTX throttling at 78C when playing games | Dell

Restore your Alienware computer factory software using Alien Respawn or Dell Datasafe local
Article Summary:
Restore your Alienware computer factory software using Alien Respawn or Dell Datasafe local.
Link: Restore your Alienware computer factory software using Alien Respawn or Dell Datasafe local | Dell

All Alienware Systems: Using AlienRespawnTM to recover factory installed software
Article Summary:
This article explains how to use AlienRespawnTM to recover the factory installed software on Alienware systems.
Link: All Alienware Systems: Using AlienRespawnTM to recover factory installed software | Dell

Alienware Mobiles - Intel Wireless 1000 connectivity problems when using security encryption WPA TKIP
Article Summary:
Customers computer configured with Intel Wireless 1000 will have some problems to connect your Wireless Router when the security encryption is set to WPA TKIP or it will connect but shows 54Mbps of data rate.
Link: Alienware Mobiles - Intel Wireless 1000 connectivity problems when using security encryption WPA TKIP | Dell

Alienware™ mobile computer Battery FAQ's
Article Summary:
This article will provide you with basic information as on Alienware mobiles battery performance, how to improve it and what to do in case it is not charging.
Link: Alienware? mobile computer Battery FAQ's | Dell

Alienware Mobiles - Some games required an updated Video Card Driver
Article Summary:
If you have issues playing the latest games that require latest video card drivers, we have this driver for beta testing.
Using the driver may improve the game experience and the compatibility on mostly all games but may affect some other functionality on the computer like Sleep, Stand-By, and Hibernation.
Link: Link: http://dell.to/yPoPgZ

 

Thank you for the links - much appreciated.

 

thanks AW-FedericoH

 

Thanks AW-FedericoH! I had a question about leaving the battery in while on AC power but never posted about it.
Your battery article answered it. Rep +1

"When a mobile system battery is left connected to the computer while the system itself is using the AC Adapter to receive power, the battery will go through a constant charge/discharge cycle causing the batteries to constantly losing a small bit of their charge. This is why the Alienware™ Gaming Laptops feature the option to enable/disable battery charging."

 

Alienware Mobiles - Some games required an updated Video Card Driver

Nevermind, only Nvidia driver ;-7

 

So much for the accuracy of this article, though... I have a new M14X, and the article states, "When you press [Fn] + [F2], the system toggles between the Battery Status Meter, Battery Charge Disable feature, and Battery Charge Enable feature." When I press [Fn]+[F2] it brings up AlienFusion... that's it. Pressing it again does nothing. Doesn't toggle anything, and I don't see any options in AlienFusion to turn off battery charging.

 

Previously had a M15x,Fn+F2 works.My current M17xR3 does not support this function though.Perhaps you can refer to here for some info,even though its mostly about M11x,but other systems are mentioned.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...-battery-charging-shortcut-not-work-m11x.html

Oh,not to menton,many thanks to AW-FedericoH for the useful links!

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...-solutions-your-specific-alienware-model.html