*OFFICIAL* M17x R3 Owner's Lounge Thread - Part 3

[bigtonyman]

Oh right, that's good news I guess.



I daren't repaste the GPU in case I void the warranty. Especially as it's a refurb it might have prior history. Otherwise, I would open it up and repaste it myself.

Its pretty simple if you follow the guide, and it shouldn't void your warranty I don't think unless you damage something while pasting.

[SlickDude80]

I daren't repaste the GPU in case I void the warranty. Especially as it's a refurb it might have prior history. Otherwise, I would open it up and repaste it myself.

you won't kill your warranty. You are running too hot and unfortunately, there is no other way to bring your temps down.

[The Revelator]

Faint heart never won fair lady. The R3 is the easiest notebook in the world for access to and repasting of the GPU and CPU. This will walk you through it. M17x-R3 CPU & GPU Re-Pasting Guide w/Pics!.

[bigtonyman]

Finally got around to ordering a 128gb crucial M4 from amazon. Can't wait to see how fast this thing is once it gets here.

[RayCPH]

Hey, do any of you have problems accessing microsoft silverlight? Mine crashes when I try to watch Netflix or internet TV in Windows Media Center.

[The Revelator]

May not be much help, but Netflix/Silverlight works flawlessly in the Chrome browser. Have never tried Netflix via Windows Media Center.

[iglaze]

May not be much help, but Netflix/Silverlight works flawlessly in the Chrome browser. Have never tried Netflix via Windows Media Center.

Ok, so I've had my m17x R3 for a week now, and it took me a bit to get used to it, but I'm loving it.

Why did it take me a bit? Going from a sleek, sexy, yet underpowered Envy 17" 3D to a monster, muscle car style laptop takes some getting used to. I have to say that I love the screen, I like the laptop speakers (it's loud enough for what they are) and I love the power under the hood. So it makes everything else better.

I haven't done a fresh install yet since it is a refurbished unit and I want to put it through it's paces and make sure everything is great before I really settle in. So far, everything is looking great. Ran the Furmark test and it ran around 70 - 71 degrees. I raised the back but used no other cooling methods (even though I do have the Cooler Master NotePal U3) to see how it holds up.

Are there any other tests I should run? Anything else I should look at before I start naming the laptop, giving it its own room and setting a place at the dinner table?

[SlickDude80]

Run 3dmark11 just to see if you are in the ballpark

[iglaze]

Run 3dmark11 just to see if you are in the ballpark

Oh, forgot to include that benchmark as well.

3DMark 11 - P3074

3DMark 06 - 19555

These are the scores I got when I first got the machine. Not sure if these are average, high or low for a Radeon 6970m. Not overclocked.

[AO_]

One question right after post..it gives me an option which Operating system do you want to use
Windows 7
Windows 7

I turned off the option display a list of operating systems so it skips it, but I would like to clean it up...where can I find the entries...

You could muck about with BCDEdit at the command line, or my recommendation would be to use EasyBCD to clean it up (theres a link to the free/non commercial option at the bottom of the homepage Download EasyBCD 2.1.2 - NeoSmart Technologies you can just hit up the "boot menu" tab and delete it from there