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    How upgradable is the m15x?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by ozymandias, Jul 11, 2008.

  1. ozymandias

    ozymandias Notebook Consultant

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    I know I can do the HD and RAM, but what about CD/BR Drives?
     
    ozymandias, Jul 11, 2008
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    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    you _do_ know the m15x has this Smartbay feature, right? It's _designed_ to be upgradeable/interchangeable...
     
    whizzo, Jul 11, 2008
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  3. Anomaly10

    Anomaly10 Notebook Evangelist

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    Since the sarcasm probably didn't help much if you didn't know what smartbay was, yes, as long as there is a the type of drive you want exists for the smartbay, you should have no problems upgrading to one of those.
     
    Anomaly10, Jul 12, 2008
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  4. AtolSammeek

    AtolSammeek Tokay Gecko

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    Let see

    CPU if you send the laptop and they will upgrade it.
    RAM
    WLan Cards
    Turbo Memory.
    Hard drives
    DVD/ Blue ray drives as Smart Bay
    Grapics card. 8600 and 8800 and mybe something faster but unlikly.

    If you go on Alienware.com and look into support and type in the laptop name M15X you can get a list of stuff that can be done to the laptop.
     
    AtolSammeek, Jul 12, 2008
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  5. otaku

    otaku Notebook Deity

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    I plan to get a smart bay battery perhaps for school and possibly (probably not) an 8800 later on
     
    otaku, Jul 12, 2008
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  6. AtolSammeek

    AtolSammeek Tokay Gecko

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    Not much need for smart battery but. I going to look at upgrading the cpu and gpu soon.
     
    AtolSammeek, Jul 12, 2008
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  7. ozymandias

    ozymandias Notebook Consultant

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    I know that, I meant, do I need to buy it from Alienware, or can I upgrade a cd/br drive to work with smartbay, or is an upgrade unnecessary?
     
    ozymandias, Jul 12, 2008
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    shootydogthing Notebook Guru

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    You NEED to buy the CD/DVD/BR drive from alienware, as far as HDD is concerned you buy a "cage" from them and add your own HDD.
     
    shootydogthing, Jul 12, 2008
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