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    m11x Windows Startup

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Zorq, Mar 26, 2010.

  1. Zorq

    Zorq Newbie

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    Hi, I have a m11x here with SU7300 4GB RAM 250GB 7200rpm HDD. I personally think windows startup is a little slow. It takes a lot longer then even my C2D laptop that I'm replacing this with and that one was with a C2D5450 which isn't all that impressive. I was wondering if its because of the software loaded on by Dell and if anyone here see significant loadup time difference between factory image of windows and clean installed windows. Thanks.
     
    Zorq, Mar 26, 2010
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  2. misterb

    misterb Notebook Evangelist

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    Slow? This thing boots faster than my HP HDX Dragon which has a C2D T8300 @ 2.4ghz
     
    misterb, Mar 26, 2010
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  3. ninja2000

    ninja2000 Mash IT

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    I also found the start up slow.
    For me it was a combination of the aliensense and the alienfusion that were adding over 30 secs to my start up.
    I turned off aliensense and the stopped the alienfusion service and now my startup time is really quick.
     
    ninja2000, Mar 26, 2010
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  4. inap

    inap .........................

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    aliensense is a resource hog, and doesn't even work all that well. highly recommend disabling it like ninja said.
     
    inap, Mar 26, 2010
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    mx11hopeful Notebook Guru

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    If the slider is all the way to the left is AlienSense disabled at start up?
     
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  6. Zorq

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    I do believe I have aliensense all the way to the left and it should be disabled... but it still slow.. the person that said it was blazing fast, you are probably on a SSD....
    So is there anyone out there that did a clean install on their m11x and could share some information on the performance? Thanks... The only thing that I'm not liking this laptop is the slow start up really....
     
    Zorq, Mar 26, 2010
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  7. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    I had a WD320GB 7200RPM drive and my start up time seemed pretty quick. At the moment I have a 256GB Samsung drive and my start up time is about 30-31 sec. That includes time for me to enter the password too.
     
    DR650SE, Mar 26, 2010
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  8. misterb

    misterb Notebook Evangelist

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    well not blazing fast, but fast none the less, I'm on 500GB HDD 7200rpm. I'll time it for you. This is on cpu OC/stock GPU and drivers. Aliensense is turned off

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    1 minute 20 seconds (including entering password), is that what you define slow?
     
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  9. Spalding

    Spalding Notebook Consultant

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    MAN! nothing could boot up slower than my current hp, where i reformatted it to ubuntu, it now takes 20 minutes to boot! amd 64 x2 ohh yeah!
     
    Spalding, Mar 26, 2010
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  10. Nsxrrmaniac

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    My m11x takes 38 seconds to boot from hitting the power button. I have msse, steam, and some other side gadget stuff loading up on start up too. Shrug, it's faster than my desktop lol. This is on ocz agility.
     
    Nsxrrmaniac, Mar 26, 2010
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