*OFFICIAL* M11x Owners Lounge - Part 3

i have a small question, can the facial recognition be used to lock a certain folder?

 

yes you just need to buy a external enclosure

 

2.5" SATA. EDIT - here, these are all compatable (although I strongly recommend sticking with samsung, intel, or indilinx based drives - OCZ Agility/Vertex, Corsair P-series, OCZ Summit, or any Intel drive will all be good).

Yes, if you buy a 2.5" SATA USB enclosure. Like these.

 

Thanks guys

 

anyone want to look and tell me what driver version they have for the

1. bluetooth driver

2. wireless card

the machine does not come with a driver disc and the support site does not have them.

thanks.

 

Glad to see it got sorted out

If someone let me log in and test it out, I'd gladly tell people...

 

i wish somebody would as well !! but the SC2 beta keys are selling on ebay for $299(buy it now price) so highly unlikely

 

also noticed that. Looks like if you're preparing for a reimage you'll have to find an external cdrom drive or pull them off the cd onto your USB stick on a host computer

 

Here's the WiFi card driver, from the Dell site:

http://support.dell.com/support/dow...typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&fileid=362438

Edit: it's an Intel 5100 card so we know for sure now.

 

I was actually talking to a guy who got both an M11X and a SC2 beta key, he said all high settings and it runs smooth as silk. But not a surprise, SC2 will run on a 8 year old computer. It was on the hard forums, I am not sure I can find it though.

 

Should be getting my M11X soon. When I do I will post about how well SC2 runs on it for those of you who are curious.

 

Feels like everyone got in cept me... got into WC3 + TFT, D2 + LOD, WOW betas... oh well, it's just phase 1 so no big deal

 

Will this work with the AW M11x with or without enclosure

http://www.jrin.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ssd-thumb.jpg

1.8" 128GB SSD from the Dell Latitude E4200

 

What is sad is I am the biggest Blizzard fan ever, literally own every game they made since Warcraft. Have all those games that are online enabled registered on my Bnet account. I have NEVER been invited to beta test any of their games.

RAAAAAAAGGGGGEEEEE!!!

 

This laptop uses 2.5" drives.

 

Hello, but could I use a enclosure on the 1.8" to make it work with the 2.5"

 

Post your request in the benchmark thread, though thus far, I don't believe I seen anyone that mentioned they would be using those software. So you might need to wait awhile before there's any results posted

 

no, its not. its a dell 1520 made by broadcom. if it were that simple i wouldnt have asked

and what exactly do you guys want to know about SCII? like a fraps run or something?

 

Here is the driver for the 1520. http://files.laptopvideo2go.com/wlan/broadcom_v5.60.48.18.exe It's the most up-to-date driver for the 1520 (even better than the one on Dell's site).

I was under the impression the M11x came with the 5100 (a Dell rep told me either a 5100 or 5300 and the Dell driver site has the 5100 drivers on it). My apologies.

 

I was told it was a 5100 as well.
Can someone with the unit confirm?

 

umm i already did. scroll up.

 

Put it on all high and see what kinda FPS you get.

 

Hey All, I know you guys were talking about the discounts earlier on. Just wondering if there is one for Australia, I have looked through the EPP that my company has registered for but no luck finding one. It would be nice because it is AUD $1599 I have ordered but the payment has not been taken out yet.

 

I just check the driver page and it states 5100.
Intel Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 << return to results

Release Date: 1/20/2010
Version: tic TRWFW0986D , A01
Download Type: Driver
File Format: Hard Drive
File Size: 18 MB
Download
Add To Download List
Sign In to View My Saved Downloads
Description
Compliant release for Intel(R) WiFi Link 5300 and 5100 Half Mini Card on Windows 7 64-bit operating systems.
Level of Importance: Recommended
Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains feature enhancements or changes that will help keep your system software current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers and software).
Compatibility
Systems Operating systems
Adamo Adamo XPS
Alienware Laptop M11x
Alienware Laptop M15x
Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
Fixes and Enhancements
This is a Microsoft Win 7 Compliant driver, it improves the connectivity to AP.
Installation Instructions
Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) with Setup.exe File for R248086.exe

 

I'm not 100% sure what you are asking, but you can use the 1.8" in an enclosure. Just remember that a drive in an enclosure is external and will connect to your pc via USB or and eSATA bus (not on the M11x). You will have to look around to see if you can find an adapter for internal use of the drive.

As a side note, Newegg is giving away a free external enclosure with the retail Intel x25-M G2's. You can use the enclosure to clone your HDD to the SSD and then swap them out. It makes the process rather simple and your HDD can be used as an external.

 

@dio

thats all fine and great, but when i first powered mine on and looked in the device manager it was a dell card with a broadcom driver. NOT intel

i've also opened it up for grins and guess what? it says DW1520.

as i stated before in the midst of all the useless posts here recently the bluetooth drivers and wireless drivers on the support page are either missing or wrong.

btw heres a smiley for you so as not to come off as rude its a bit hard to get or give any relevant info here unfortunately.

i've DL'ed the SC2 beta and fraps guys and i promise something tomorrow evening if no one else does it. i have a nasty headache atm and playing games isn't on the menu.

 

Don't have my laptop yet but regarding the wireless card my order states the following -

Wireless Network Card -Dell(TM) Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini-Card

 

how does the 1520 compare to the 5300? I've had a 5300 in Dell SXPS1640 and had no issues, but I dunno how well the 1520 works. Any complaints problems on the card itself?

 

No worries meng its all about the info I should have mine tomorrow and find out myself. In the mean time it is a little disconcerting that they cant even get a little thing like the wireless card driver right on their own page.

 

i was just chatting with Dell Parts about the wwan card and they told me that 5520 card from m1330 can be installed on this. I asked about the Gobi card which is offered with this laptop and the rep didnt know anything about it. Is there any major difference between them two?

 

so can the m11x work on 5Ghz channels? as in Wi-Fi?

 

Sorry I meant to say internal enclosure, but you got the right word adapter , so do you know of any adapter that would make it work internally, THANKS.

 

@kawser

I prefer to not use adapters because they can be trouble, but if you want to look into it this thread may help you out. I would norrow the search down to adapters that meet your required specs, then try to find out if anyone else has had luck with your drive or one similar with the adapter.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=361990

 

Wow, thanks for straightening me out guys. I'm really bummed this thing doesn't have eSATA. Sounds like I'm going to need to run out and grab a bus-powered external USB HDD. And I wish this thing had at least an express card slot so I could add USB 3.0! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148529

Oh well, the information was there before I ordered (Not that something so insignificant would make me NOT want this laptop)

Regarding the people asking about SSD's, make sure you get one with TRIM support! Without it, the drive will deteriorate before you've handed down the laptop.

 

yes. im using the 5ghz band on my netgear. only thing is that yesterday before the reformat i was getting over 200 now its down to 130 which is why i was asking for another owner to check their drivers.

also my orochi paired fine before, now it just hangs at the connecting to device screen.

also the sammy thats in mine is trim enabled.

 

@shadow did you get the samsung SSD in your config from Dell? If so, I don't understand what's taking my order so long to even get into boxing stage. If you were up to it, could you PM me your order# so I can give an example of another order that has shipped? Dell reps have been no help at all.

btw thanks for the info on the TRIM enabled Samsung SSD. Glad to know.

 

shadowarachh did you try out the driver that I posted? It's supposed to be the best one.

Here's the thread that I got it from: http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/14644-latest-broadcom-943xx-driver/

 

@azn

yes. dell/samsung ssd.

my config was su7300, ssd, 8gb,bt,standard nameplate,3yr warranty

YGPM

@ceo not yet. i got one there earlier and it had some other bloatware junk with it so i deleted it.

 

Does anyone know if I am able to upgrade my current standard warranty to include accidental damage?

 

@exbee yeah you can change it, but I forget where to look. I googled it and was able to navigate to it.

 

THANKS

By the way if the adapter options does not work then I might have to sale the 1.8" 128GB SSD drive to get the 2.5" one if anyone interested PM me.

 

has anyone received their m11x before the estimated delivery date? if so, how many days before the estimated date did it arrive?

 

I'm getting mine tomorrow, and the ETD was 3-3-10

 

nice dude!

 

Yeah and 8 others are still stuck in build even though we ordered 2/2, 2/3, and 2/4. So it's a bit of a crap-shoot.

 

I'm not too familiar with wireless cards on laptops, but would it be possible to just buy an Intel 5100/5300 and pop it in? Kind of curious.

 

It should work. I have a 5300 that I plan on installing in mine.

 

Does the same apply for wwan cards? I want to install the 5520 card from m1330

 

I ordered mine on 2/2 and had an estimated delivery date of 3/3, but that got updated last friday and now it says the EDD is 2/24.

 

Mine is coming on the 23rd, it shipped on the 20th, estimated ship date was the 2nd of march...

Unfortunately, My daughters Mini 10 was supposed to be here on the 19th, it got delayed until the 25th.

But hey, lets look at the brighter things instead.