*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M15x Owners Lounge, *Part 3*

how do you guys fingure out dead pixels? are they very obviously or did you run some software?

 

sorry, i just googled, find a software called Dead Pixel Buddy if anyone will ask the same question like me.....

 

dead pixel usually is a very bright spot on the screen.......usually visible.. if I dont' see one I don't go out of my way to find it lol....life has enough problem as it is...

 

That's a stuck pixel. A dead pixel is a black dot on your screen.

 

If you think about how much a laptop gets bounced around in daily use even in a laptop bag I seriously doubt a dead or stuck pixel was the result of shipping. That had to occur prior to production, like when they constructed the screen itself. Hell I'd think that if it happened in shipping you'd either have a big dent in the back or a small crack in your screen to cause that, and since there are neither that leaves it being done in production.

 

In case anyone wanted to know what my M15x is like...

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=441405

Yea, it's not good.

 

Well... I have 2 dead pixel close to the top of my screen... It bugged me at first but after a while, I got used to it. It's not really noticeable for me.

 

has anyone else had this issue before? I really hope this is just a random defect. well i have to wait a few more days to get my M15x in, keeping my fingers crossed that i don't have any issues. i feel so bad for panda rite now, and hope dell would do him rite.

 

actualy if you purchased the system over the past 2 weeks dell is giving until january 15 to return any producst that where bought for holiday gifts that way you dont have the standar 21 day return policy for gift items

 

Mine has no such noise. He received a bad system. The touchpad is an old known issue but its fine for me with Windows drivers.

 

coollies thanks going to just wait untill they get a bit cheaper maybe next summer i hope
id want to add atleast 6 maybe even max it out at 8 gigs when i get the money next summer also
if i get into hevy gaming then ill swap out the vid card for the 1 gig also if i need it

thanks

 

And I'm telling you as someone who spent 3 years shipped systems across the country as a central distributor point for and insurance brokerage that it does happen. Temperature, and simply having hardware thunked down does cause stuck pixels to occur. During that job one of the things I did was to inspect the screen. I saw any stuck pixels I contacted dell and had a screen sent out....I was DCSE certed so I did the repairs myself. But the simple fact is that I was getting calls from the other end that systems were showing up with a handful of stuck pixels. Had them do the standard to unstick them but in reality it didn't work all the often.
It happens.

 

Imho I think its unecessary to get 6gb ram... let alone 8gb...

 

So... is the touchpad just really bad because of the matte surface? Does it seem like it would get better over time as it slowly gets broken in?

 

Hey Joker what drivers are you using? I was planning on getting most of my drivers from the source. e.g Intel, Synaptics, etc.

 

thanks joker, put me at ease for now.

 

The generic windows drivers.

 

I'm still amazed at how fast everyone who has recently placed their orders are getting them. I placed mine on the 4th, went through on the 5th, and my ETA is still the 29th. I'm also wondering how many systems are being reported as defective that got them so fast.

 

Mine Placed 3rd Est 12/28

 

i was wondering where are our systems build i know they are build and desined in the USA but is there one area or are there sevral places they are made
does it depend on where you live ?

 

CP from wiki

Assembly of desktop computers for the North American market takes place at Dell plants in Austin, Texas (original location), Lebanon TN (opened in 1999), Winston-Salem NC (opened in 2005) and at the Miami, Florida facility of its Alienware subsidiary. Dell servers come from Austin, TX.

Dell's desktop plant in Austin, Texas was shut down in 2008. It closed its desktop manufacturing in Labanon TN in early 2009. The last major U.S. plant in North Carolina is scheduled to close in January, 2010. It marks the end for most of Dell's personal computer manufacturing in the United States. It's expected that most of the work carried out in North Carolina will be transferred to contract manufacturers in Asia, though Dell said some of the work will move to its own factories overseas.[48]

 

Basically Dell is a company that takes US money and creates jobs abroad. Big surprise, everyone does it these days. No wonder our economy keeps tanking.

 

the M15 arrives in a box stamped "Made in China", where I believe all Alienware laptops now originate. Dell's xps line of laptop come from Malaysia.

If you are new to the board, don't read too much into the hysterics of some of our posters: the M15 is a great laptop. Those whining are a minority and often their "issues" are idiosyncratic and not widespread nor prevalent in all M15s.

You are unlikely to get a bad screen as Dell shipped all of them to one of our posters, for which we should all be thankful. Hopefully, he will end up with a perfect machine eventually for all his woes.

Aside from Joker's diagnosis of the power issue at full stress, there are no other design problems with the machine: all other "issues" have been resolved by driver updates, new Bios and tweaks that various posters have messed around and posted for others gain.

To my count, about 3 posters have actually quit on the system and sent their laptops back -- everyone else has satisfactorily resolved any questions and is productively using, gaming and surfing on the best 15 inch laptop available.

 

hi guys, i have a question, i'm hooking up my m15x to a 42inch tv, the resolution is only up to 1600x1200, can i enable the resolution tu 1080p?

 

My 37" TV is lower resolution than yours and it handles 1920x1080 just fine.

 

Sorry to hear Panda....that noise was very pronounced in the previous Dell XPS 13 (not studio) It was a motherboard problem which specifically pertaining to voltage. Lots of motherboards were fried cause of that. 2 of my friend had XPS 13 and both of them had their mobo swapped out 2-3 times. They had exact same screeching noise as you did. Return it, the one you have will fry, it's only a matter of time.

Mine runs silent so far.. crossing my finger.

 

There's not a single laptop on the market I'd take over the M15x right now, throttling or not. That should say enough about how much I like this thing.

 

i think maybe the box was made in china but i dont think the laptop was made in china

 

I wouldn't be surprised if it's made in china.

 

Laptop is made in China....I'm Chinese..I know there's a silicone valley in china (of course its different name) where all laptops. Lenovo, HP, Dell, the WHOLE city is factory making computers and electronics.

Take a look where all our laptops are from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunshan

They make apple, toshiba, fujitsu, everything you can think of.

 

its hard to tell from text whether you are trying to be helpful or just unpleasant so ill assume the best.

unfortunately i will be number 4 as i have given up on this beast.

 

hi there

i keep it with lgsshedden and joker, who already mentioned not the be hysterical.

i received a wonderful machine, sorry for you panda and i´m totally happy, of course, the speakers could be better and also the lag of the touch pad.

personally i own 3 laptop now and working on 2 duty laptop´s and none of them can compete with the M15x and whenever i bring it to work, people are freaking out. the rig is fast and powerful and the design is awesome

so, every new reader here, be aware, if everything is alright with some owners machine, the won´t post here, they sit home (like me ) and are gaming like crazy incl me

but after following this thread, i felt to post my comments, so everybody can see, there are rig´s which are perfect.

of course, the problem joker figured out is something which has to be cleared and i´m sure DELL will do, i missed the bluetooth card because of a glitch in their website, i called and they solved the problem

so guys, problems which are going to be posted here are NOT in every machine

 

edit: i didnt see shadowarachh´s post

sorry for you too, bro

 

Mine too...

Silent
Fast
Quiet
LED beautiful and no dead pixel
No screech
No body flex and no loose parts
Low Heat (peak gaming temp for GTX 260 is 60C)

Hate the touch pad tho but oh well.

I change my laptop twice a year so I have owned a fair share. If you want to buy and discouraged, don't. Try it out.

 

Now that's just plain funny. Continuing on from yesterday's adventures of "Where is the M15x going to ship to" Today's episode finds little Johnny calling up Fedex trying to understand why the delivery status is in RED and has a note on it saying "Delivery exception" What's that boy? Old man Jeffers is stuck down the well? Fedex can't read a shipping address?! Dogs and cats living together? Mass hysteria!?? *

That attempt yesterday to change the address did indeed occur. Much to Johnny's chagrin because apparently I confused the CRAP out of fedex. The address is a fedex airport depot. So the part went from the depot...got on a truck...and is going back to the depot for pickup...the question is when it will arrive....this is just funny. I wonder if this will get stuck in an infinite loop and I will have to wait beside the road and hijack a Fedex truck to get my laptop.


*This Ghostbuster moment was brought to you by irony...don't leave home without it.


UPDATE:
The tracking info has updated.....
Held for pickup
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Score!

So when I go to pick up my Dell warranty parts at Fedex in 20 I'll pick up my lappy. WEEEEE

 

I wonder if all the parts are made in China and assembled in Florida........for now.

 

Why would you pay an american wage if you can pay a chineese wage for a very manual, tedious, repetitive job. Why are people suprised that the construction is outsourced to low wage countries.

Anyways, I should be getting my M15x any day now, and right now it looks that it is indeed the best laptop on the market in that "size". On another note, I read somewhere that the touchpad is a lot more responsive on Ubuntu (I will confirm as soon as I get the laptop), so this can be fixed by a driver. On another note, who wants to use a touchpad on a gaming notebook?

 

grr lucky you. I keep refreshing my order info every hour hoping for a "Shipped" status. I can't wait to get pissy and yell at dell for a bad laptop. : )

 

I am loving my M15X. Hooked it up to my 24" monitor via an HDMI to Displayport adapter yesterday and began my trip through LOST Season 5 Tonight I get to try it on our 52"!

No dead/stuck pixels, no motherboard whining, quiet at idle, very fast, I scored just over 12k 3dmarks stock with some control panel tweaks, love the design, speakers are decent and 2 hours of playing L4D2 showed it to be markedly faster than my desktop ([email protected],GF9800GT) while the fans only became noticeable a handful of times.

So far it has bested my expectations and I am quite pleased with it.

Oh, and the touchpad on mine is entirely usable out of the box. Its refresh speed is slower than a mouse, but it is accurate and accelerates adequately for me to use it without struggling.

 

i bought a new denon headphones today. i tried it with my iphone and the soud quality was great but when i connected to M15x the sound output was very bad, there were crackling noises. i tried to mess around with the idt audio manager and gave up. I then uninstalled it and what you knowww...CRACKLING NOISE IS GONE... now the sound is great...what do you guys think about installing the realtek sound driver??

 

How is the Display port to HDMI working .. I take it video and sound is good ??

And who makes it Belkin ?

I personall have a Dell 2408WFP w Display port connection but would want to be able to hook up to my Sony 46 XBR at some point and time.

 

Does Dell tracking update from "In Production" to a boxing stage or does it just go straight to "Shipping"?

 

As I read on the website Production to Shipped

http://support.dell.com/support/top...us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~lt=popup#InPrductionlink

 

I think that the "boxing" stage only shows up if you call for a status update (it's part of the "production" stage on the website status update).

 

yeah, boxing only comes up if you call, but don't trust them too much. It went two days for my machine to go from boxing to shipping.

also dang snowstorm, delayed my M15x from being delivered today.

 

Thought I would chime in on my positive experience with the M15x as well...ordered 24 Oct and received 3 Nov 09 (via AAFES, retired military).

Since receiving the laptop I have had nothing but positive experiences. Flawless screen, practically silent operation, exceptionally cool operation under load (WoW, COD2, Dragon Age), exceptional fit and finish. About the only complaint I would have is the weight, but I knew that going in.

This laptop is worth every penny I paid for it, and when it's time to upgrade, I will likely go Alienware (via Dell) again...although that will be a year or two down the road.

If your intent is to purchase this laptop to use it daily and.or game on it (and not run synthetic benchmarks), I believe you will be exceptionally happy with your purchase.

This is my first Alienware, desktop or laptop. I have used high dollar gaming desktops and I have used an XPS1710 with GTX 7950 for power machines. This M15x beats both of those hands down, both for size, quietness, and speed...granted those previous gaming machines were limited by technology available at the time of purchase.

Don't be disappointed or distracted by the few that are having issues...I believe they are real issues, however they are the minority. Even $100k automobiles have a few that slip by and need corrections...it is a fact of manufacturing.

Try it and use it for real world applications...you will be assimilated!

 

Refeshing to see some one put a positive word out on the M15x.
I personally am not letting the negative hype scare me from what I know is a great system. I can't wait to get my hands on mine.

TX for your input

 

How about you order one for me

 

New M15x with the 256GB SSD arrived today. Windows experience rates it as a 6.8 with the GPU being the bottleneck. Even though this thing has a Samsung with no GC/Trim, it flies. Guess I'll be either selling it or running Tony TRIM.

Scores:
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Wow my raid 0 4) 500g WD Blacks only get 6.4 on HD access. Which SSD and is it SLC or MLC?