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    Help! can I upgrade my M14x screen of 720p to 900p after I receive it ?!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by wajera, Jul 30, 2012.

  1. wajera

    wajera Newbie

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    I have just bought a m14x but I got confused and bought a 720p instead of the 900p screen. I have read some reviews of the 720p and it doesn't seem like a nice display for the purpose I wanted it ,I feel terrible because it was a stupid mistake. Is there any way that I can upgrade it to 900p after I recive it? Maybe if I buy the 900p screen and then replace it myself or take it somewhere ... Please help me :)
    Alienware M14X R2:
    Killer Wireless-N 1202 a/g/n 2x2 MIMO for Gaming and Video and Bluetooth 4.0
    16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
    14.0" High Def (720p/1366x768) with WLED backlight :(
    1 GB DDR5 NVIDIA GeForceGT 650M using NVIDIA Optimus technology
    32G mSATA caching SSD
    750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Service Pack 1, English, w/Media
    Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
    3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3820QM (8MB Cache, up to 3.7GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
     
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    Alienware-Luis_Pardo Guest

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    You can but it would be much more expensive than ordering the upgrade from factory.

    When did you place the order? Perhaps you can still modify it?
     
    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Jul 30, 2012
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  3. wajera

    wajera Newbie

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    I made the order on 7/25/2015 and the status said it is still in process... do you think I can still change it? is so, how ? :D?
     
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    wajera Newbie

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    clautenslager Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would recommend without hesitation to contact a Dell Representative on online chat or phone about this issue. They should be able to change or cancel your order as you are not charged for your order until it has shipped (at least when I ordered mine).

    Personally If I was in your situation and worst came to worst and the laptop shipped I would simply sell it. Changing the screen as far as I know is A-Risky and B-expensive.

    Good luck on this issue.
     
    clautenslager, Jul 30, 2012
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  6. wajera

    wajera Newbie

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    thank you for your help, i managed to cancel the order ;)
     
    wajera, Jul 31, 2012
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    T8TRG8TR Notebook Guru

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    I also wouldn't go for the 16 gb of RAM. It's a bit excessive unless you have a specific purpose for it. I have 6 gb and it's fine for me. If you want extra you could go with 8 or 12 then use the money you saved to upgrade the GPU to 2 gb. IMO that's a better use of your money.
     
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  8. Frenchie1000

    Frenchie1000 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Isn't the 2gb gpu like a chocolate teapot?

    Or is it more use in the r2 than r1?
     
    Frenchie1000, Aug 2, 2012
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  9. laz91

    laz91 Notebook Evangelist

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    haha works great for me in my r2 (2gb is the only option u can pick ont he Australian online store)
     
    laz91, Aug 3, 2012
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  10. funkmasterta

    funkmasterta Notebook Evangelist

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    It depends on your screen resolution. My GF was running 900p and her pinterest gobbled up a ton of RAM. I ran a test and opened up 60 browser tabs with videos and FB games and pinterest across 3 browsers and Windows 8 showed 8.7gb in use. I ordered 16gb for her machine and turned off her pagefile.sys to free up room on her 64gb MSATA. I also disabled hibernation and that freed up a ton of space too. Her laptop boots from cold to password screen in ~7-8sec so hibernation is not really needed.
     
    funkmasterta, Feb 24, 2013
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  11. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Send me a PM and I'll get you the prices for that.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Feb 27, 2013
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