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    Calling All m7700a Aurora Owners

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by SagerMeister, Nov 17, 2009.

  1. SagerMeister

    SagerMeister Notebook Consultant

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    Any m7700a Aurora owners still out there or am I the last one standing? Come out from under your rocks wherever you are and be heard!
     
    SagerMeister, Nov 17, 2009
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  2. blaster

    blaster 1 tequila, 2,3,4,5, floor

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    sorry man, :( it must suck to be that lonely, but hey! you now are one of a kind
     
    blaster, Nov 20, 2009
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  3. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    my friend has one of these...just helped him replace the 6800 Ultra haha

    It was fun to work with and that CPU cooling is SICK but it is a little too....well, old for my hardware wants (thus my shiny M17x)
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Nov 20, 2009
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  4. SagerMeister

    SagerMeister Notebook Consultant

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    So, I am "THE ONE", huh? LOL...oh well. I do try to stretch my laptops as far as they'll go.

    I am frothing at the mouth for an M17x, but I'm trying to maintain discipline to see if Dell figures out anything on the DPC latency issue. Also, I'm hoping there might be some nice incentives for either Black Friday or the rest of the Xmas shopping season.
     
    SagerMeister, Nov 20, 2009
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    WankelRotor Notebook Consultant

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    Dual DVD burners FTW!! lol.
     
    WankelRotor, Nov 20, 2009
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  6. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    that is a pretty slick feature, or up to 4 hdd's if you are clever :)
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Nov 20, 2009
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  7. blaster

    blaster 1 tequila, 2,3,4,5, floor

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    what is DPC latency issue?
     
    blaster, Nov 20, 2009
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  8. SagerMeister

    SagerMeister Notebook Consultant

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    Click here if you aren't squeamish.

    Hahaha, and I thought the oven-baked video card was da bomb!
     
    SagerMeister, Nov 20, 2009
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    WankelRotor Notebook Consultant

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    lol, I still remember when this notebook came out. It was soooo cool to have dual dvd burners and the fact that they were basically on top of each other was bad a.s.s too and it looked bad a.s.s. too!! lol.
     
    WankelRotor, Nov 20, 2009
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  10. Ferrari

    Ferrari Notebook Evangelist

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    it seems like everyone here is either a m17 or m15 kool-aid drinker.

    i think im the only if not one of the very few here that owns an m5790...
     
    Ferrari, Nov 20, 2009
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  11. blaster

    blaster 1 tequila, 2,3,4,5, floor

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    you own an Ferrari 250 GTO?? you got to be kidding me
     
    blaster, Nov 20, 2009
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  12. SagerMeister

    SagerMeister Notebook Consultant

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    Old school...gotta love it!

    How's that lappy treated ya? Had to replace anything on it due to component failure?
     
    SagerMeister, Nov 20, 2009
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    i dont own a Ferrari 250 GTO... i wish. i dont have 20+mill to drop on a Ferrari.

    Overall my m5790 has been fine. but it very badly overheats and 2 graphics cards have gone bad, it also runs so loud that it sounds like a ricer or a jet engine.

    'ive babied it for all the years ive had it and i have done everything i can to fix but there is nothing i can do about it.
     
    Ferrari, Nov 20, 2009
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  14. SagerMeister

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    I assume you've done the thermal paste thing for both the CPU and GPU chips?

    The Aurora is one big dust black hole. Ever since I've owned it I haven't had to dust the furniture in the house. All of the dust ends up in the fans/heat sinks of the Aurora. Have to clean it out every two months or so. Over time, all of the thermal cycles and cranking on the video card mounting posts took its toll and broke off 3 of the 4 posts at the solder joint. I had them re-soldered at the risk of completely hosing the motherboard, but I got lucky.
     
    SagerMeister, Nov 21, 2009
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