Alienware M17 *OFFICIAL* Owner's Lounge

Wow, Congrats!
I was wondering about this after seeing all your posts about how long it was taking, what was the total time from order to delivery?

 

Welcome to the dark side

 

Yep stay inside all day and stay on the forums like E.

 

Congrats Moo! Have fun and may the Alienware gremlins stay far away from your hardware/software!

 

no kiddin never send it back.... it took 34 days ....btw playing fallout witht he touch pad is crazy its unresponsive alot of the time i was wondering if its the driver ..? im downloading right now just to be sure

 

That happens when i play Mirror's Edge.

-Perfect solution get a gaming mouse. Sidewinder! FTW

 

.....i was really hopeing the touch padc would get me through but ughhh more money to spend but i love my m17 i played fallout 3 on ultra high detail and rez and gpus never hit70c one was 69 and the other 61 so no gpu tape on mine

 

Exactly how can you tell if there is tape on the GPUs?
Cause I never really checked for tape.

 

Congrats. Write a review.

 

well his was running super hot mine idles at 49-50 c on high power i hit maybe 70c on fallout 3 full rez and ultra high settings ....power of deduction , and dondadah i will write one when i have time i am a high school student and i am taking collage classes at the same time and its my senoir year and the last semester anddddddd i have to have a a in all but one of my classes to get a scholarship soooo imma try to get one up in a week

 

College classes? You mean AP courses?

 

no lol im enrolled at my high school takeing 7 classes and at a community collae takeing a class ...i am dual enrolled at 2 school i go to each one every week...it sucks but this laptop gonna make it better

 

Just wondering, what is the purpose of taking high school and college at the same time.

This is the forst time I have seen this so I'm just curious

 

i need certain classes my high school doesnt offer for a full scholarship alot of people do it so they can graduate collage quicker.

wow we are off topic welll here is a run down

laptop runs beautiful
havent hit past 70c yet
12,700 3d marks
screen has no dead pixels
no scratchs
i think i got a free recovery dvd that i didnt have to pay for ...
love the hat
i need more ram ...vista is a hog (i only have 2 right now)
i love the computer,keyboard works perfect kinda scattered light but its better then NONE and i would buy again as of right now

 

O I see, here we just take AP classes to graduate college faster, though your method would seem easier and higher guarentee that you would graduate college faster.

Those Mark scores are they by AW or you ran them yourself? Kinda mad I didnt get a mose pad, was gonna use it for my Sidewnder.

 

we were saposed to get a mouse pad? i got a sticker 4 cds and a little book and a hat !!!! is that sticker for the mouse pad?... o well ...im happy now i used my xbox 360 controller to play fall out 3!! works amazing

 

you got a link to download the xbox360 controller software for windows? Can't seem to find the dang thing on MS site...I got a wireless I would love to use.

 

If you want to use a wireless one, you need one of these:

Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows
http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-Wireless...4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1233130086&sr=8-4

Or use a corded 360 gamepad, not the charger cord for the wireless one. It's actually still wireless, all that cord does is charge it.

 

Yeah, we were suppose to have received one.

 

Interesting bit of info on the M17 illuminated and non-illuminated keyboard.

So I complained that I didn't have little "nubs" or whatever you call them on the F and J keys on my M17 keyboard. I bought the NON-ILLUMINATED with my order because the illuminated was back ordered.

I ordered the illuminated keyboard for $35 last week and installed it this morning. Guess what.. the illuminated has the little "nub" things on the F and J keys.

 

Jep ... true you are
But I think they are a bitte harder "recognicable" (hope you understand what word this should be ) because the keys are very flat and so you normaly dont touch the "nub".

Greetings
Julian

 

hey guys, i think im about to change my order to get a q9100 instead of a t9400. Im doing mainly gaming but want it to last long. Games still love core speed over number of cores, so im hoping the quad will overclock well, since i know the t9400 can do over 3ghz easily. Im just wondering if its worth the price tag to get 4 cores in a laptop, especially since i will always have xfire and dont want a bottleneck

 

I say stick with the T9400 now because buying a Q9100 from Alienware is not worth it considering the price ($600 difference). You can use that money to save up for a future upgrade to dual 4870s. Plus, if you want, after your warranty expires, you can pick up a QX9300 for real cheap because right now, QX9300 prices are in freefall (Retail chip around $650 on ebay, ES version around $550 currently, so you could imagine prices in a year or less).

 

alright the order is kep final then, here is exactly what i got, hope it runs well since im ocing that cpu lol

Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 - CrossFireX™ Enabled!
Processor: Intel® Core™2 T9400 2.53GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Design & Display: Black Skullcap Design
Chassis: 17-Inch WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD (720p)
Keyboard Options: Illuminated Keyboard – Alienware Exclusive Design - Astral Blue
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR3 SO-DIMM at 1066MHz – 2 x 1024MB
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 160GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Wireless Network Card: Internal Wireless b/g (Full Mini-Card)
Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with Surround Sound
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Onsite Service and 24/7 Toll-Free Phone Support
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mobile Binder
Alienware Extras: Owner Identification Card
Alienware Extras: M17 Protective Cloth Sleeve
Alienware Extras: M17 Keyboard Diagram Overlay

 

beastly config. have fun with that thing...

 

Nice bought! I have the same here but with 4GB Ram

Greetings
Julian

PS: 3DMark06 Score is "only" around 12,5k

 

how much do you think the t9400 can overclock to?

 

since the m17 has pretty good cooling, i think you should be able to hit 2.7-2.8Ghz with the OCZ BIOS, no?

 

WOOOOT!! Any seconds now!!


My config:
Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 - CrossFireX™ Enabled!
Processor: Intel® Core™2 T9600 2.8GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Design & Display: Black Skullcap Design
Chassis: 17-Inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD (1200p) with Clearview Technology
Keyboard Options: Illuminated Keyboard – Alienware Exclusive Design - Astral Blue
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium (32-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Internal Digital / Analog (ATSC) TV Tuner with Adapter
Memory: 3GB Dual Channel DDR3 SO-DIMM at 1066MHz – 1 x 2048MB + 1 x 1024MB
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 320GB 7,200RPM (16MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW) w/ LightScribe Technology - View Demo
Laser-Etch Your Label Directly to the Disc!
Wireless Network Card: Internal Intel® Ultimate N 5300 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card with MIMO Technology
The World's First 450 Mbps Wi-Fi Adapter!
Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with Surround Sound
Mobile Essentials: Alienware® Orion Backpack
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Onsite Service and 24/7 Toll-Free Phone Support
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mobile Binder
Alienware Extras: Owner Identification Card
Alienware Extras: M17 Protective Cloth Sleeve
Alienware Extras: M17 Keyboard Diagram Overlay

 

Congrats to you when it arrives.

I was thinking the same for the t9400. about 2.8ghz. but if 3ghz can be done then thats great.

 

I will use clockgen or setfsb to OC the t9400...i had a laptop with a t9300 and i hit 3.1ghz...i should be able to hit 3ghz as long as the ram holds up to the OC since they are linked.
Im going to buy a 4gb of ram kit for this from the egg, is there any recommendations for laptop ddr3?

 

If you are overclocking then get ddr3 1333Fsb.

 

wait the m17 motherboard can handle ddr3 1333 chips in it?

 

vista loves 2 gb of ram im waiting to get my 2 gigs extra i didnt see a mouse pad on the alienware extra ... the wired controller =install easy and i thought the xbox 360 controller were blue tooth and if they are you know some one has them hacked to work ... just sayin
i brought up OCing the t9400 yesterday imma over clock later ....but my goal would be 3.0ghz ...drr3 1333

 

Yes it can. up to 4gb ddr3 1333 or 8gb ddr3 1066

 

So what's a good ddr3 1333 4gb kit? Like brand wise from newegg

 

well, the only two I know of who make DDR3 1333 SODIMMS are OCZ and G.Skill with the latter being cheaper. Both have the same latency timings.

 

Ok thanks for the info. My last question is if the screen I choose will look descent. It's 1440x900 but I'm not too crazy about displays as long as it looks clear

 

i dont know what 1440 screen they use but i know the wuxga is the lg lp171wu3 and is fantastic

 

Well screen res wise, I hope it looks pretty descent for 1440.900 on a 17 inch

 

from what i was just told it is a really nice screen. the person i spoke with (not at alienware but they said the screen that arima uses) said the screen should be a lg

 

ok so i have the aw keyboard coming to replace the ocz one (lol) who wants to help me by ordering some body parts now.. i have to have someone who owns a m17 order the parts.. btw thanks go out to matt-helm for ordering me a spare keyboard it was greatly appreciated!!!

need someone else to order me some other parts now if anyone wants to help out lmk..

 

If anyone can hook me up with a spare AW M17 illuminated keyboard? I think only M17 owners can order. I'll add $20 plus shipping if you could.

 

someone just has to order it for you. i was even told by aw they can ship it where ever but a m17 owner has to order it.

 

Any M17 owners out there willing to help a brother out? I got $20+ shipping on TOP of how much the replacement illuminated keyboards will cost, and free Arctic Silver 5 if you have plans to upgrade your GPU or CPU in the future

 

n/m I got an owner, thanks!

 

nice lol the 1440 looks amazing and the screen is amazing. im having trouble im running fallout 3 at ultra high 1440 rez and i will have like 50-60 frames constant then drop down to loike 7-15 then 1 min later then back to 50 , even if i stand in the same spot.... any ideas i updated my driver not E-wrecked though .... i even switched to medium detail and lowerd the distance down and it still did it please help i wanna play

 

Have you tryed to play it on 1280x800? (just a question I am intressted in^^)

Does this FPS drop come at "hevy" points? Explosions? Have you checkt the temperatures?

Greetings
Julian

 

yea temps at the time are 68c and i ran it on 1440 res and no ill just be running thn it drops then i stand still and then it goes back up( ive got fraps)

 

If you move instead of "standing still" will the fps rate kepp down longer?
This would sound like a heatproblem ... but 68c isn't realy hot^^ What about the slave (I gess 68 is the master card?) ... or are both @ 68c? (normaly there is a difference)

Greetings
Julian