*OFFICIAL* Alienware 13 R3 Owner's Lounge

I don't think so...it doesn't do it on my aorus

 

I saw that but I don't think it matter much so I left it alone, don't want to reformat yet

 

Played sc2 and pverwatch for testing and I get to 70-75 for GPu and 60-65 cpu

 

Then it could still be a windows 10 issue, You Aorus has different drivers, maybe even a different build of windows, there are alot of factors that could case an "issue" like this.
Wouldn't really call it an issue tho, it's not affecting the use of the system in anyway.

 

It's not an issue because it's not happening to you, however if you spend 1500-2000 little stuff add ups and become an agitation

 

What game is that?

 

The Aorus in question was the v5, i.e. with 9-series graphics. So it seems to be something affecting Pascal only, and maybe Win 10 only, and moreover, for some reason this only seems to be a problem on 1060 (have not seen stutter reports on 15/17 with 1070/1080).

 

It happens to me as well, but only the battery thing, and only after my laptop has just booted up.

 

Eve online

 

Brilliant that
Can't wait to try out elite dangerous on the OLED.
(Plus gears and doom)

Is it the picture or does the track pad have individual zones to it? Thought it was solid colour?

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It's the picture. Had it solid blue but turned out a bid weird on the photo. I've set it to bright red now, it looks literally "hot". Wonder if I can fool someone with it

 

Hey guys, since in the beginning of this thread, people were talking about a laptop bag in which they could fit a AW13 R3.
I just tried out the " Case Logic DLC-115" and my AW13 R3 fits in it perfectly, even has some space left. Also no issue of bringing your charger with you in this bag.

(I have had this bag for a while now and i like the quality of it.)

 

Thought as much, that nebulae look would have been cool for space games.

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Is the text hard to read on the UI? Or does it look pretty good?

 

Eve has UI scaling options, I've set it to 150%. With anti aliasing on its fine.

 

I have just received 2x OLED AW13's. One AW13 has the 180gb sata and does stutter, the other has the 256gb NVME ssd and does not stutter!

What SSD did you order? could it be an issue with the ssd?

 

me too. im guessing they ran out of panels again

 

I have the 256gb NVME ssd from samsung (PM961) and i have a small stutter when i press the battery icon, its very short.

 

Has anyone tried to use a kensington/security lock on their AW13? I've tried a kensington and a targus are both are too big for the slot on the AW13. Are there different sizes for these? I've only used the one on my work laptop (Dell Latitude) before.

 

those of you who received their laptop, when did you place your orders?

on top of the "build complete" being removed they added 3 days to the end of the ETA.
i ordered the cheapest oled config, so i do not see why they are taking so long.

 

OK that is odd then. Might swap the SSD's between models later to see if it is the machine or the SSD/windows build.

I also get the same stutter when I change the desktop background

 

I order mine on Nov 29, even though they removed 'build complete' the ETA has not been changed
Estimated delivery: Dec. 12 - Dec. 20

 

From my Twitter DM with dell.

 

Uggh. Fedex has been a nightmare to deal with on this. They tried to ship my laptop to my neighbor yesterday, even though our doors are clearly labeled with the house number. Today they attempted delivery after I left for work. I attempted to "hold package" at Fedex location but they won't do it because the shipper won't allow it. The stupid part is, they will attempt to deliver tomorrow a 3rd time, and if that fails, THEN they will hold it at the facility. So dumb! Not to mention it's probably bouncing around in a truck in 23 degree F weather, I'm sure that's good for it.

 

Can anyone suggest a OS backup tool?
So a program that creates an image file of the current state of the main ssd and allows you to restore it again to that image?

(Acronis does not seem to work, because it doesn't detect the NVME SSD.)

 

This doesn't sound particularly encouraging. I need a pc asap and might be forced to cancel my order..! Oh well I guess I can wait another day.

 

That's weird, I used acronis 2015 that came with my mx300, no problems backing up the c drive.

 

I'm just curious why anyone feels the need to backup the OS? I was planning to just write down the Windows 10 key in case I needed to reinstall.

 

Did you use the windows application? Because i booted off that restore disc that you can create with acronis but it didnt see the PM961, only my external ssd.

Because, currently my latop is in a clean like state with some of the programs that i will always use, and i would just like to have a backup of how it is right now.
So if it screws up somehow, (we all know that Microsoft is pro at this) that i can just instantly restore it to how it was.
Writing down the key is the first thing i did


Also could some please check if their battery connector is like this?

http://m.imgur.com/iWgEMUC

Not sure how that happend in the factory.... but luckily i was able to fix it with some very small tweezers.

http://imgur.com/wjVoQM1

 

Macrium Reflect hands down best backup/clone recovery.

 

Does this program Macrium Reflect automatically monitor which files are new or changed for when I choose to backup? Just wondering, I am considering it. There isn't much info on the website about how it works.

 

Thanks for the tip, i'll check it tomorrow after work !

 

Yes it offers schedules, choices, everything you could ask for and works perfect.

I always purchase it so not sure what the free version lacks?

 

Is this a subscription, or just a one time cost?

 

FREE

Macrium Reflect Free - scroll for differences between free and paid, but for me the free version has always worked for doing bootable partition/disk image backup's and restore's.
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

Here is a comparison chart for the paid versions.
http://www.macrium.com/pages/comparisons.aspx

 

what are you guys doing to resolve the microstuttering?

i uninstalled all dell/alienware drivers and programs and it seems to be a bit better but hasn't been fully fixed yet.

seems like this is a gtx 1060 problem though.

 

I tried to reformat the whole laptop, the micro stutter dint stop now I'm having a ***** of a time updating the OLED LCD in device manager (it show up as PnP Generic Monitor) and I cant figure out for the life of me of how to make Tobii do facial recognition, I emailed Tobii help rep, hopefully they can give me some help.

so before you reformat your comp, make sure you know how to get those problem figure out and yes I am using the drivers on Dell website, for some reason the LCD just would not want to install!

 

thanks for the reply. were you able to install the latest nvidia drivers? i couldn't b/c i couldn't pass nvidia's system detect. wonder if this is just like last time when ppl with the aw15/17 had to wait until nvidia whitelisted the drivers.

 

Hi. Had a few questions.
1) The mx300 that you 'popped in' was in the secondary slot with the default drive still left in the primary drive, right? I am planning to install a 1TB 850 EVO in the secondary slot for mass storage. All I have to do is install it and format it in disk management?
2) Factory mode is permanently disabled with the fn + x method or do you have to do it on every boot?
3) Did your AW13 already have a screw in the second M.2 Slot or did you have to find one separately?

Sorry, a bit new to this stuff.

 

Do you guys think a 4 year warranty at $240 from Dell is worth it? (The hardware + software support)

 

Yup. Disconnect battery cable, press power button a few seconds to ground it. Put in the SSD and reconnect power. Rightclick my computer, manage, go to storage section. The ssd should show up there and can be configured. It was kind of strange to see that my new drive was disk 0 and the boot drive disk 1, but it works.

Just once to disable it permanently although you need to be quick. From the other post I read you can push fn + x again to finish some kind of test maybe I should do that.

It had a screw in it and the mx300 came with 2 screws as well.

I really need to set up some kind of power saving scheme because the battery just runs empty while I'm looking at it. The screen is amazing but it draws a lot of power. I tried the dark theme stuff in Chrome but it just looks weird to me...

 

It should be worth it if you plan on using the device for that long. What I would suggest is that you buy the device and sign up for Dell Advantage with financing. That way, you get 10% cashback on your purchase. Then you can use the 10% cash back to separately purchase the extended warranty and pay the rest of the financing off after a month or two.

 

thats weird...I could install latest....but I went through Nvidia instead of Dell factory.

 

Can someone do a screenshot of the device manager for me? specifically under monitor.

also, to determine if the micro stutter is cause by the pascal GPU, can someone disable the Nvidia GTX under device manager and see if it still stutter? I'm at work right now, so no Lappy

 

main reason why I got the i5-6300hq and planning to do some heavy Undervolt. I got to -150mv the other day while playing overwatch.

 

https://imgur.com/a/ACUk5

Finally!


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I was a bit worried because of this:
https://imgur.com/a/6xUid


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Many received it in manufacturing. Convert to normal mode and youll be fine. The battery wont charge to 100 percent without converting.

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I actually needed to record/playback the boot sequence to be able to read the message, it only shows for a second.

 

I wouldn't say many, but yes, its an easy fix.