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    Replacement M17x All Powerfull

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Cobraman10176, Jan 8, 2010.

  1. Cobraman10176

    Cobraman10176 Notebook Geek

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    Well, the new 280's I recieved yesterday worked, or so I thought.....

    All went well until I played my first game, 10 min into it I was bet with a BSOD, let it dump, it auto rebooted, 4 glowing balls for winndows 7 boot screen BSOD again, Called Tech support, went through appropriate steps VIA alien contact, verified most likely motherboard, or processor failing.....While working with tech support for over an hour had 17 BSOD's.



    Currently on hold with resoloution specialist, cancelling the order to order a new 1.



    Old Specs:
    Lunar Silver
    T9600 Processor
    4 gigs of 1066 DDR3
    250 gig 7200 RPM HD
    1920X1200 Screen
    Dual GTX280's SLI
    Bluetooth
    Slot Loading DVD R/W


    Specs Of Replacement I am requesting

    Nebula Red
    T9600
    4 gigs of 1066 DDR3
    250 Gig 7200 RPM Drive
    1920X1200 Screen
    Dual ATI 4870's in Crossfire Mode
    Bluetooth
    Slot Loading DVD R/W


    If I'm being unreasonable, I'd like to know....

    Keeping in mind this was a replacement for a failed M1730, this Alienware was recieved on the 18th of december, had battery replaced new years eve and then graphics cards yesterday....
     
    Cobraman10176, Jan 8, 2010
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    Cobraman10176 Notebook Geek

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    Well seems even with the inconvienence etc. I can only have a exact duplicate, or, A full refund of the purchase price of the XPS M1730..... guess it really is luck of the draw... elected for the refund.
     
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  3. Rengsey R. H. Jr.

    Rengsey R. H. Jr. I Never Slept

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    Better Config than your previous m17x. Way to go....
     
    Rengsey R. H. Jr., Jan 8, 2010
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  4. Cobraman10176

    Cobraman10176 Notebook Geek

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    Got denied
     
    Cobraman10176, Jan 8, 2010
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