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    Am I covered under warranty?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by RFrancis, Dec 30, 2008.

  1. RFrancis

    RFrancis Notebook Consultant

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    Am I Covered? :eek:

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    RFrancis, Dec 30, 2008
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  2. fusionsenses

    fusionsenses The Unbannable

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    Your laptop is barely covered, it's wide open.
     
    fusionsenses, Dec 30, 2008
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  3. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    from indecent exposure? definitely not. by warranty? hopefully.
     
    whizzo, Dec 30, 2008
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  4. Thimk

    Thimk Notebook Consultant

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    Can't we go on the faulty hinges bit?
     
    Thimk, Dec 30, 2008
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  5. RFrancis

    RFrancis Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah well the problem is due to the hinges... I just haven't sent it in for repairs.
     
    RFrancis, Dec 31, 2008
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    too bad you overclocked, but still. if it was just heat, you DID have the 8700gt, and even overclocked, i cant see it heating up as much as the 8800gtx.
     
    jah2323, Dec 31, 2008
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  7. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    and yet another one.

    add yourself to the list HERE
     
    MrDJ, Dec 31, 2008
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  8. RFrancis

    RFrancis Notebook Consultant

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    Who said I overclocked... It's a lie, I promise I never did it :)
     
    RFrancis, Dec 31, 2008
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    just take the hard drive out and they will never know :)
     
    exiled, Dec 31, 2008
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    ^ haha; that'll probably work too
     
    shadowassassin, Dec 31, 2008
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  11. RFrancis

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    More like flash the original BIOS and no one will ever notice, right? ;)
     
    RFrancis, Jan 1, 2009
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    they will still flash the bios for you when they recieve it. When i sent mine in for the hinge problem on dec my laptop still had x32 on it. it came back with x34 so for some reason they will turn on your comp when they fix the hinge :/. I dont think theres a point flashing the bios as it will probably be flashed to some other version anyways.

    if you overclocked it with software then its fine to just take the hard drive out. I thought that the m15x was unable to overclock via bios?
     
    exiled, Jan 1, 2009
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  13. electrosoft

    electrosoft Perpetualist Matrixist

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    Yowza....

    "Hinges Wide Open" :eek:

    A new epic movie event starring M15x owners as the hapless victims and Alienware as the antagonist in denial.

    No, but seriously, good luck. :)
     
    electrosoft, Jan 1, 2009
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    I meant the video BIOS...
     
    RFrancis, Jan 1, 2009
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    I could only imagine they flashed the BIOS to X34 for the higher fan speed profiles. It might be one of those things they do to help prevent it from happening again.
     
    Oceanus, Jan 1, 2009
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