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    Upgradable?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by jd3005, Oct 30, 2008.

  1. jd3005

    jd3005 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Im looking at the m15x notebook by alienware.

    I am just wondering if the CPU is user-upgradable?
     
    jd3005, Oct 30, 2008
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    tacomenace21 Notebook Deity

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    not without voiding your warranty. It is pretty easy to do though
     
    tacomenace21, Oct 30, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Yes it is upgradeable, its best you wait till your warranty term ends though.
     
    flipfire, Oct 30, 2008
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    Napbree Notebook Evangelist

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    Or upgrade it, and if there's ever a problem with it, take the upgraded cpu out and put in the old one... Never tried it but i suppose it could work :?
     
    Napbree, Oct 31, 2008
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    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    probably. might get logged somewhere in the OS though. but i doubt AW will go sniffing at your tracks, as it where.
     
    whizzo, Oct 31, 2008
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    i have asked AW about this and they told me they could sell me the processor and i could fit it or i could get one from somewhere else and fit it but should i have to return it to them for anything they would require it to be the same components i got it with!

    it would seem that alienwares warranty is only voided if you break something, they didnt seem to mind that i was going to take mine apart at all. although i have seen a tutorial that said you need to undo screws under stickers, so maybe this is their boundary!? (think it was to remove the mobo!)
     
    Delta-9, Nov 2, 2008
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