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    New M14x... a few questions

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Kencentido, Jun 9, 2011.

  1. Kencentido

    Kencentido Newbie

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    Hello everybody, ever since i had my M11x r2 iv read this forum.. but this is actually my first post. Anyway i recently sold it and got the M14x because the M11x just didnt have the power i wanted. Currently im having two issues. The first is from BatteryBar. I use this on all my laptops and find it amazing, for some reason it just likes to disappear 2 seconds after i put it on the toolbar... Very annoying(its still checked in the toolbar options). Second is trying to run 3Dmark11. I keep getting an error...Window_Lost_Focus. I get it at the beginning and i cant benchmark... I have the 275.33 Drivers with the modded .inf.. also the i7 27xx(cant remember) CPU, 4GB ram, and the 900p screen. Also Xf Sound stuff. Please help, and if you need a more detailed system specs let me know. Thanks!
     
  2. alienlover11

    alienlover11 Notebook Consultant

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    I believe you have to whitelist the benchmark. In other words, making it so the gt555m is being used on the benchmark, if you dont do this it will run on the intel hd graphics.
     
  3. Kencentido

    Kencentido Newbie

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    I know 3Dmark11 was using the 555m because the nvidia indicator said so. I booted up my computer and quickly started it up and it actually ran for about 10 seconds and then i got the error. According to the 3Dmark11 support some other program is trying to use my gfx card and is causing the error... but i really dont have anything open. Is it possible that its MSIafterburner? Because thats the only thing i could think of.
     
  4. alienlover11

    alienlover11 Notebook Consultant

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    Well than I am not sure. Try quitting out of afterburner to see if that fixes it.