M17x Service Manual please.

[Dezire]

Hello everyone,

I desperately need parts information for an Area-51 M17x Ripley Edition aka the pre Dell M17xR1 unit. Picture here.
I have googled and searched hard but not found it anywhere.

Dez

[Nospheratu]

Not sure about the part numbers but the below link should help with regards to the a manual for disassembly.

M17 Disassembly Guide

[Dezire]

Thanks for the link but that's not the same model and I need more indepth part number reference so I don't have to bother the nice guys n' gals here with questions.

[usmc1488]

Ask away desire. Ive had mine apart and back together numerous times over the past mounth. And a little plug for me. The soon to be bare bone chassis will be for sale.

[Dezire]

Thanks USMC. I'm at the early stages of a barebones build and in the middle of preparing a shopping list of parts before the unit arrives. At the moment, I need part numbers for the battery and the optical drive bay, I should be ok for the rest.
I've seen an M15x optical drive bay kit on Ebay and was wondering if that will do? I'm not bothered with it being silver.

[usmc1488]

Go to ztronics web site, they have everything you need. And here is a little guilty pleasure plug for myslef. Im selling two 9800m GT's from my M17x, let me know if you are interested. Heck make an offer if youd like.

[jwt2]

Ask away desire. Ive had mine apart and back together numerous times over the past mounth. And a little plug for me. The soon to be bare bone chassis will be for sale.

usmc, are you giving up on your Area 51 m17x? Bummer. I'm still researching for answers on GPU fan control (I think it's in the Bios, not in ACPI) and why SLI won't enable, but I'm not having much luck. Are you going to get a different model chassis where the GTX 280M are known to work?

[usmc1488]

usmc, are you giving up on your Area 51 m17x? Bummer. I'm still researching for answers on GPU fan control (I think it's in the Bios, not in ACPI) and why SLI won't enable, but I'm not having much luck. Are you going to get a different model chassis where the GTX 280M are known to work?

HECK NO!!!!!!!! I just have an extra Area 51 M17x chassis that Im getting rid of. I love my Area 51 M17x!!!

[jwt2]

Glad to hear it! I'm working on overclocking on mine. I Learned my CPU can't handle 3.4 GHz. It runs OK at 3.2 GHz, but it overheats. So, it's time to clean out the dust and redo the thermal paste.

[usmc1488]

What CPU are you running, the X900? Ive got the 2.5 one, I forget the name of it. What program are you using to overclock it?