HELP ME URGENT :( I'm A total Newb!

Hi to all respected members and seniors,
i m a newbie from india just got my alienware shipped to india after a lot of headache.
neway,
THIS MACHINE IS AWESOME BUT A LOT OF TROUBLES HERE. so please do help me

1) My battery always says not charging when i connect my a/c but id does charge when its in shut down state

2)my brightness setting fn keys never worked i.e F4 and F5, but on the first run i guess they did.

3)my touchpad keys are so damn NOT QUICK Responsive, when i hit the wi-fi key, it will kinda take 5 secs then respond

4)so, i called the dell support. they asked me to update me bios and another drivers, but for the time being i just updated my bios

and viola my Raid 1 config was automatically turned 0, i can see my mirroring drive now.. i m pissed

btw, those problems were also not solved.

P.S : i have M17x core 2 quad , 4 gigs, and 250x2 raid 1 config, and Nvdia SLI gfx.

and my windows 7 would also get shipped in few days. So guys please lemmy know what should i do know, Specially MOO! i have heard a lot about him, he is a great helper and guide.

And i wanna upgrade my os to win 7, so now please tell me the next very neccessary steps..

Thanx in advance to all my helping members

-Manish Luhana

And, i wanted to get that Alienware orion backpack in india which is n/a here. so any1 here in U.S and comin to india in few days them lemmy knw..

Sorry for my bad english tho

 

1) After installing W7 your battery status will most likely be shown correctly.
2) Brightness settings are blocked by the video drivers, so installing the 186.82 might solve the issue.
3) What about the rest of the touch-keys? Is volume control slow responsive as well? They are usually little slower than keyboard keys. But that's ok.
4) BIOS updates reset the RAID settings, so you need to enter the BIOS and manually set it.

I suggest performing a clean install of W7 when you have the disk. When installing the drivers, follow the guides on this forum for best results.

 

@ Aikimox, thanx a ton sir.

Sir, i'm likely to get my WIN 7 Dvd shipped tomm. sir, please lemmy gimmy some usefull links like how to enable raid 1 mirroring, the best win 7 drivers and the best bios version, and is it recomm. to overclock the system?
so please gimmy necessary steps

 

Hey welcome on board

To minimized the chance of getting errors with driver installation (not function, conflict etc...) you should install in a order shown here:

http://4help.alienware.com/cgi-bin/alienware.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=6066

 

Hey guys i wanna Install Win7 Today.


1) How to set the HDD's to RAID 0 Config. i mean i want to use both my HDD's i dont want Mirroring. So, please temmy how to do that..

2) which are the best drivers so far for the Win7 which doesn't have any BUGS or ANY issues.

3) please tell me the Driver Sequence On Win7 64bit

4) Should The Hybrid SLI option set to "enable" or "disable".
Which is the best config which wount ruin my machine and will also let me Adjust Brightness and Battery Control VIA Fn key.


P.S i have A02 Bios installed
i've Intel C2Q Q9000 @ 2.4GHZ, 4 gigz.. So what does Overclocking THe GPU's and CPU actally do?
is it advisable to do so?

Please Reply ASAP.. PLEASE..

Thanx in advance

 

1) RAID 0 is for performance and your two HDDs will act just like one HDD with hard disk space is equal to one HDD space only so if you want to use both of your HDDs independently, not for performance, not for mirroring then you should not use any RAID at all.

I don't have RAID setup but I think options for it is in BIOS and pretty obvious to find out so just take a look around.

2) 195.62 is the latest one and very stable. However you can't tell if it does not have any bugs or issues. It's very depend.

3) You can apply the same driver installation order on Vista 64-bit for Windows 7 64-bit.

4) Some people disable Hybrid SLI because they want to get rid of the hot 9400M which affects the whole system's temp in overall. However you will likely to experience audio stuttering/skipping which is an issue caused by PowerMizer when you are not playing game. If you want to get rid of audio stuttering while running discrete cards you will want to disable PowerMizer.

Audio issue does not happen in Hybrid SLI Save Power mode so that's why I prefer keep Hybrid SLI on and in Save Power mode and only enable Performance Mode when I need some gaming.

You can OC your system to gain some extra FPS in gaming or to cut off rendering time in 3D processing as someone has clearly shown off. Normally OC will lead to higher temp but as long as it's in the safe range then you have nothing to worry about.

 

dude i gt to knw that the 186.82 r the best driver so long?
Please correct me if i m wrong.

And please someone gimmy the d/l link to download all 186.82 Drivers for WIn 7 x64 bit.

And Someone please tell me How to Enable Raid 0, Yes i want it for Performance..

Please tell me how to do that.. The Noobliest way

 

http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/24999-v18682-windows-7vista-64bit-nvidia/

 

What about the Raid 0 . how to config raid 0 On m17x with the 250gigs x 2 hdds

 

If your are doing Raid 0, which writes your infor to both HDD's, then you will have a performance boost. Raid 1 will be the mirror. This is for reliability. It will enable you to have two identical HDDs. In the event that you have one die, you have the backup of it. If your in Raid 0, and one HDD dies, your out of luck. Everything is gone. Reason being that your failes are spilt with parts of info on one HDD and the other parts of the file on the dead HDD.

In order to enable RAID 0, you should be able to do so in the BIOS. Go in there and set it up. Assuming you have both HDDs installed you can select them for the RAID 0 option. Then you will have to re-install your operating system. I've never done it, I use my HDD as two seperate drives. One for programs and operating systems, one for file storage. Prior to re-installing your Operating system, your going to want to back up any files you don't want to lose.

Finally, welcome to the board. Hope to see a lot more of you around

Here is a quote from another forum member

Reference Thread here

EDIT: Also check the owners manual that came with the M17X, there should be some instructions in there

 

Huh i m complete newb, please elaborate. Like step wise how to config into Raid 0 and yes, i wanna install a clean os ! just lemmy knw the step by step thingy for Raid 0

 

I don't have my laptop with me so I don't know the steps, just go into BIOS, select RAID 0, and it should guide you through it, boot off the CD if you need to

EDIT: Once you enable RAID 0, it should be like re-installing the HDD to a single disc like normal. Once it's set up, in your my computer, your only going to see one HDD I believe, but it should be the combined size of both HDD's. Again I'm speaking from general knowledge as I have never setup RAID on my computer.

 

This is turning worst now.. MY LAPTOP SUX

 

ok ok ...honestly i recomend you to CALL TECH support and have them walk you thru everything..your laptop does not suck you just have to get her workin for u techs will help

 

That's a very wise advice.

And by the way, I believe the size of RAID 0 setup = the size of one HDD, not two combined. No?

 

Silly, I believe your refering to RAID 1 where everything is written to both drives,essentially giving you a "mirror" image of your HDD. It slows down performance because your laptp must write the information on two drives. The purpose of RAID 0 is to increase speed by simultaniously writing a file half on one drive and half on the other, which speeds up your write times because you have two HDD heads writing on two platters. The drawback is if one HDD becomes currupt, then you have lost ALL of your data, which brings me to the plus of RAID 1. One HDD dies, you still have a backup. Just disable RAID. RAID 1 = slower yet safer, RAID 0 = faster yet more of a risk. Nice pic btw

 

Oh yup I miss the concept. I know what RAID 1 is and I know the purpose of RAID 0 but I somehow always thought RAID 0 will recognize only 1 HDD size but that actually makes no sense. IDK why I thought like that

Thanks!

And by the way she's Leah Dizon

 

It recognizes both but acts as one HDD, so in "My Computer" your only going to see one.

Time to google leah dizon...
Edit:

 

I know A gorgeous goddess... completely natural beauty...

And remember to set SafeSearch in Google Images to OFF. I know it's obvious but very easy to forget about

 

Oh I didn't forget