My new charger came today, and it works perfectly. Still waiting on the new capacitors for my old motherboard but when they turn up, I'll get...
I have some more info after some playing around. I used my friends adapter to charge my battery (while he used my adapter with no issues), then...
So, I have an update. I am with my work colleague at moment, and his power adapter charges my laptop, and his laptop. My power adapter on the...
Thanks a lot for the detailed reply! So, my old motherboard may be repairable with a couple of simple capacitors, but as for the new one I'm a...
Here you go; http://m.imgur.com/edqE2pj PC257 is printed on the PCB. The capacitor has 100 EFK-Q71 written on it. Power socket can be seen...
I can't update the bios right now because the battery needs to be connected, and it has less than 10% charge, so it won't begin the process. It...
Hm. I'm in the UK and my system, including charger, is a UK one, but the motherboard I bought was from a US seller.
So, an update. I bought a motherboard off ebay and it arrived today. I performed the swap and got 5 beeps. I did the process of removing the...
So, today I plugged the screen from my friends M18X R1 into mine. I went to load Linux from the memory stick after selecting try without...
Thanks a lot Mr Fox! That's super helpful! Would you say I'm better off just wiping my OS drive after fixing the screen and going back to...
Thanks for the info. I actually have a work colleague with an M18x (same model as mine) which is still on Windows 7, and he is willing to let me...
I presume when you say power drain, do you mean hold the power button with no AC or battery connected to discharge everything? I removed both...
I haven't used EVGA precision. I've never overclocked the laptop or used any kind if performance tweaking software. It's all run completely stock...
I still get a black screen when I use fn+power. Still the same 8 beeps. Nothing on screen. I have been able to plug an external monitor in over...
I don't know to be honest. I wouldn't have adjusted that setting though, so it should be on whatever the default is.
Hi all. So, I've had my M18x R1 for about 4 years now. It's had a relatively easy life. It gets a lot of use but mainly non-intensive stuff....
I'm in the UK and it was £150 on Amazon. I kept looking at it, thinking about it and then one day It was £130 in a sale so I went for it! Really...
I just got my Everki Titan bag today. Really pleased with it. Laptop fits well and the bag itself is flawless in terms of design and build...
I wish the Everki Beacon was a bit bigger :/ I'm very tempted by the Everki Titan but its a bit more expensive, and its quite a lot of money to...
Just got my keyboard swapped out by a Dell technician. When he was trying to take the back panel off, he only took 2 bolts out and I had to tell...
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