*OFFICIAL* M15x Owners Lounge - Part 5 (see post #1 for links)

[BatBoy]

Welcome to the Owner's Lounge for the Alienware M15x Part 5!
(Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 and Part 4)

This thread is a place to discuss your M15x and share general information on your system with fellow owners.

Manuals, Drivers, etc.

Manuals (Owners Manual and Service Manual) -
Documentation
M15x Chassis Information

M15x Drivers straight from Dell Support -
Drivers and Downloads | Dell [United States]

Benching, Overclocking and GPU Related Items

Overclocking -
(Note: Overclocking your system will put additional load on components - do so at your own risk.)
M15x FSB Overclocking (not only 920XM!)

M15x GPU Overclock Thread

Benchmarks Discussion and Result Sharing -
*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M15x Benchmark Thread Part 2

GPU Related Items -
M15x GPU Thread: General Discussion on Upgrades, GPU Troubleshooting & Repairs

M15x + ATI 5870 (MOD)

M15x and GTX 560M

M15x & 6970M / 6990M - What you need to know - upgrading, problems, solutions

M15x and GTX580M

7970m in a M15x....Why yes

Other Useful Links

New M15x Owner Information

[DELL ANNOUNCEMENT] M15x owners, DO NOT use the Command Center from your Resource DVD

[GUIDE] M15x Optical Drive HDD Caddy Installation (56k Warning)

Fan Cleaning

Re-pasting my AW M15x

NBR Alienware Userbars! | OFFICIAL AW Wallpaper Pack, User Avatars & AW Login Screen

Alienware General Information & HOW TO: Search the forum - *READ BEFORE POSTING*

Clean Install -
HOW TO: Clean Windows 7 Install (Driver Install Order) Guide for Alienware Systems
HOW TO: Restore the Alienware 'Look and Feel' after a clean install of Windows 7

M15x Official Teardown Videos

Have fun with your M15x!

[Charles P. Jefferies]

This is the next part of the M15x owner's lounge.

CAREFULLY NOTE this is not a chatbox in an instant messaging program. Your posts MUST have substance. No one-liners.

Originally Posted by FORUM RULES

# Please refrain from posting meaningless threads, one word (or short) nonsense posts, or the such.

Adhere to the rules. People come here for information, not for meaningless chat-chat. Infractions will be handed out if I or another moderator sees any. Go to the off-topic forum if you want to chat. Thank you.

[latinracer]

Here we go. So what is the point of Stealth Mode? To quiet down the fan? Why not use this to save battery power. Why did they disabled this while running on battery?

[inap]

well when in battery mode it automatically down clocks. so no need for it. stealth mode is used when your plugged in and not doing much like browsing, where you don't need all the extra power.

[latinracer]

makes sense. I'll just get a 9cell battery to get some more juice out of it. I only browse the web on battery. Most of my gaming will be on a/c.

[Thierry19]

Oh god a new thread!
Yeah get the 9 cell, its great to have a longer battery life and even though its a little large, it's gonna help your laptop cooling system!

[Villosa]

Wow part 5...it's like one of those old horror movies where it never ends...lol

[TEXASBOY]

I'm a newbie..I searched the threads for information on upgrades and how to know what icore7 goes with your bios and motherboard is there a converstion chart?? sorry I'm lost in here.. I just what to upgrade my M15x already.

[inap]

Originally Posted by TEXASBOY

I'm a newbie..I searched the threads for information on upgrades and how to know what icore7 goes with your bios and motherboard is there a converstion chart?? sorry I'm lost in here.. I just what to upgrade my M15x already.

the current M15x with the pm55 mobo, supports all current i3,i5 and i7's. but does not work with the low votage ulv versions found in the M11x.

the bios doesn't matter with the cpu upgrade, but i still do recommend getting the most current bios for your system.

[martin96]

hey...i was wondering if i should get an envy 14 or an alienware m15x and later on get some sort of a netbook....i need portability and would like to play a bit of games and i need a powerful laptop solution. What does the m15x get in 3dmark06 and what gpu cpu combo would be the best for the best price?