*OFFICIAL* Alienware M17x R1/R2 Owner's Lounge Thread - Part 1

[hankaaron57]

hankaaron57;
Yeah dell warranty section did anger me a little, now the maximum duration is available for purchase but its now $280, when it was $130 if I bought it with the 2 yr one.

As for your HDMI problem I found this post from NBR that discusses it, I hope it helps. HDMI audio problem on m17x

We have a thread too:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/alie...r2-coming.html

@Hank: what video drivers are you on?

Thanks for the thread, captain. I just downloaded new realtek HDMI drivers in hopes that will help give me more control over the HDMI out/digital sound output.

Katalin, I'm using old ones because they keep my gfx card cool. 186.64 forceware. I wasn't aware this would have any effect on customizing the digital sound output, as I don't see it anywhere in the nVidia control panel...but it's a good place to start experimenting now that you bring it up [and if the realtek drivers I downloaded above don't work].

I want this to work so badly. This certainly beats the crap out of burning DVD's.

[cts_v59]

10 characte

[DR650SE]

10 characte

lol, Dude gotta admire your perseverance, You never give up.

Plus you should know that goes in the benching thread by now. Not the owners lounge. Especially for the R1/R2

[captain008]

So yet again I am being plagued by the BSOD involving the usb driver. So I went back to google and searched this lovely forum. I found that others were having my problem back in 2010 with the accelerometer. Well the question is, is the accelerometer somehow tied into the USB controller or driver? I know it sounds crazy but just trying to cover my basis. I have tried looking for the tech info on the device but only get dell/alienware results regarding laptop specs. In either case it looks like a long night with my android, a monster rehab, and an alienware tech.

[DR650SE]

Hey guys, just dropping in to request if my fellow NBR members will vote for our F@h thread. Follow the link "Vote" in my sig. Thanks!

[Dellienware]

how often do you guys repaste? When I did my paste job BF3 was running at like 86 max. Now it is 96 almost at max... Its very high... I do see some dust down there but repasting is really pain in the butt..

I had it on 24/7 btw.

[Kade Storm]

how often do you guys repaste? When I did my paste job BF3 was running at like 86 max. Now it is 96 almost at max... Its very high... I do see some dust down there but repasting is really pain in the butt..

I had it on 24/7 btw.

I've applied paste to the R1 about twice over the last 2 years when I still owned the machine. The R2 never required any work. They're both gone now. But of course, they were running older cards -- 5870m Xfire and 280m SLi for the R2 and R1, respectively.

[captain008]

The R2 is a pretty good when it comes to the thermal paste and pads. I am going on over a year and I still have good temps, nothing over 75C with some heavy gaming and videos. Now my old m9700, the temps spiked did a roller coaster and I had to clean the vents and repaste every 6 months to keep the temps low. I would go ahead and clean the vents and hit the fans with some canned air.

[Douse]

how often do you guys repaste? When I did my paste job BF3 was running at like 86 max. Now it is 96 almost at max... Its very high... I do see some dust down there but repasting is really pain in the butt..

I had it on 24/7 btw.

You shouldn't have to repaste for a long, long time if you are using good quality paste.

It is probably just dust in the heatsink. A can of compressed air will help with that.

You can bake thermal paste, so if it gets too hot it can lose its thermal conductivity. This happened to my CPU when I had it flat on the desk with a massive overclock. It did a thermal shutdown but I noticed my temps were all over the place afterwards. Repasting fixed my temps.

[bradF430]

Hi guys, looking for some help on re-installing.
If there are threads already covering this a link would be appreciated.

I have an R1 with Vista. I've just bought a new PC so I want to pass the R1 across to my g/f. It's had two and a half years worth of my messing about so ideally I'd like to freshen it up. What's my best option?

If I run Alien re-spawn will it restore the PC to exactly how it left the factory?
Is it best to just buy a copy of Windows 7 and run a clean install?
I'm fine with graphics drivers but what about all the other drivers for the machine, I looked at the Dell site and it didn't seem to have most of them?
Is there a site that has an archive? ( I won't be needing wifi).

TIA.