M15x Problem/Technical Question thread

[fuwari]

Hello! A complete newbie here.

I just got my Alienware 15x a couple of weeks ago and right from the start I was experiencing problems. I think most of them went away after doing the power drain trick, but now I have a new one that's not really that awful, but it still annoys me (especially since this is a new machine).

A couple of days ago I noticed that when I start the computer the fans turn on and get...stuck. I know it's normal for them to turn on quite loudly at the beginning of the boot, but they used to turn off after 30 seconds before. And now they keep going. This doesn't happen all the time, but I'd say...1 out of 6-7 boots. The only thing that stops them is shutting down the laptop and turning it back on.

Help?
Thank you.

[Phoestre]

Did you also try the power drain trick after this happend?
I have a feeling like you'll have to replug the BIOS battery, it will be better if someone else comments too.

[inap]

Originally Posted by fuwari

Hello! A complete newbie here.

I just got my Alienware 15x a couple of weeks ago and right from the start I was experiencing problems. I think most of them went away after doing the power drain trick, but now I have a new one that's not really that awful, but it still annoys me (especially since this is a new machine).

A couple of days ago I noticed that when I start the computer the fans turn on and get...stuck. I know it's normal for them to turn on quite loudly at the beginning of the boot, but they used to turn off after 30 seconds before. And now they keep going. This doesn't happen all the time, but I'd say...1 out of 6-7 boots. The only thing that stops them is shutting down the laptop and turning it back on.

Help?
Thank you.

its just a glitch that happens, a reboot should solve it. what are your specs and drivers and bio are you using?

[dotrunghieu]

I have a question. Could you plzz tell me Intel 6300 WiFi vs Intel Link 5300 , which one better?

[Phoestre]

Originally Posted by dotrunghieu

I have a question. Could you plzz tell me Intel 6300 WiFi vs Intel Link 5300 , which one better?

I don't think Dell offers 6300, they only offer built-in 1520 and 5300.. However if they did, I think I'd pick 5300 because its good enough and an upgrade to 6300 seems unnecessary at this point. I don't know the price difference between 6300 and 5300 so I can't compare them by price means. But if you have the built-in one (1520) and planning on upgrading, 6300 may be the better option but honestly I don't think you can feel a huge difference between 6300 and 5300.

[tuenkamen]

Mandrake or Sleey0 would know

[dotrunghieu]

Another question. How I can restore to factory settings(Alienware) like Inspiron 9300 just lick Ctrl + F11 while the system is booting?

[aafolden]

I'm new to the forums so please excuse my ignorance if this question has already been somewhat answered.

Specs:
AREA-51 M15X
AREA-51 M15X 15" WXGA+ W/CAM SILVER-PNT R1
INTEL 2.10GHZ T8100 SCREENED M15-17
ELPIDA 2GB DDR2 PC2-5300 SO-DIMM 667MHZ Y9540 x 2
M15X PRIMARY 6 CELL BATTERY-ACCESS
M15X PRIMARY 120WATT AC ADAPTER-ACCESS
M15X ODD SMARTBAY KIT-SILVER-PNT
M15X NVIDIA 8700M-GT 512MB
M15X THERMAL MODULE NB8P-GS & NB8E-SE
SEAGATE 160GB 7200RPM FFS HDD REV3
8X DVD+/-RW NEC AD-7590A
M15X ALIENFX KEYBOARD US
INTEL PRO WIRELESS 4965 A/B/G DRAFT-N MINI-CARD

Problem:
My FPS in World of Warcraft isn't what it used to be before I reformatted my laptop/did a factory reinstall. My FPS in a heavy populated area in the game would be 45-50 fps on avg during peak times than all of a sudden it dropped to 14-15 fps, I figured it may have been a virus or something so i decided to do a factory reinstall. I've done these reinstall's before but I decided to do something different, I decided to install the drivers in the order posted on Alienwares website before updating my machine with windows update. The new installed order is

- Chipset driver
- Driver for the current active video card at the moment:
> Intel graphics adapter driver (Integrated), or
> NVIDIA graphics adapter (Discrete)
- Audio driver
- On-Screen Display Manager Application ([Fn] + [F7])
Switch to the other video card driver by pressing [Fn] + [F7] and install its driver.
- Network adapter driver
- Wireless network adapter driver (Optional)
- Remote control receiver (CIR) driver
- Touchpad driver
- Media card reader driver
- RAID utility
- Turbo Memory driver
- Bluetooth driver
- Camera utility ([Fn]+[F9]) - available at My Hive
- Command Center application - available at My Hive

Also note I installed WoW as I was updating everything via Windows update. I turned on WoW, went to my "Test Zone" and my FPS went even lower to 11-12 fps. I can't for the life of me figure out where I went wrong. The goal is to get my FPS back to where it was at the 45 fps mark. Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance

[inap]

Originally Posted by dotrunghieu

I have a question. Could you plzz tell me Intel 6300 WiFi vs Intel Link 5300 , which one better?

there is no speed difference. the 6300 just has better range. so if your outside alot then the 6300 is good otherwise 5300 is the same.

[inap]

Originally Posted by aafolden

I'm new to the forums so please excuse my ignorance if this question has already been somewhat answered.

Specs:
AREA-51 M15X
AREA-51 M15X 15" WXGA+ W/CAM SILVER-PNT R1
INTEL 2.10GHZ T8100 SCREENED M15-17
ELPIDA 2GB DDR2 PC2-5300 SO-DIMM 667MHZ Y9540 x 2
M15X PRIMARY 6 CELL BATTERY-ACCESS
M15X PRIMARY 120WATT AC ADAPTER-ACCESS
M15X ODD SMARTBAY KIT-SILVER-PNT
M15X NVIDIA 8700M-GT 512MB
M15X THERMAL MODULE NB8P-GS & NB8E-SE
SEAGATE 160GB 7200RPM FFS HDD REV3
8X DVD+/-RW NEC AD-7590A
M15X ALIENFX KEYBOARD US
INTEL PRO WIRELESS 4965 A/B/G DRAFT-N MINI-CARD

Problem:
My FPS in World of Warcraft isn't what it used to be before I reformatted my laptop/did a factory reinstall. My FPS in a heavy populated area in the game would be 45-50 fps on avg during peak times than all of a sudden it dropped to 14-15 fps, I figured it may have been a virus or something so i decided to do a factory reinstall. I've done these reinstall's before but I decided to do something different, I decided to install the drivers in the order posted on Alienwares website before updating my machine with windows update. The new installed order is



Also note I installed WoW as I was updating everything via Windows update. I turned on WoW, went to my "Test Zone" and my FPS went even lower to 11-12 fps. I can't for the life of me figure out where I went wrong. The goal is to get my FPS back to where it was at the 45 fps mark. Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance

check stealth mode, turn it on then back off. see if that helps. use gpuz and log what your clock are at during the fps drops.