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    Soon to be M14x owner

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by corbyone, Jan 1, 2012.

  1. corbyone

    corbyone Newbie

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    Hey all... I'm new here and like the title says will be a refurbished M14x owner when its deliver on Thursday. See specs below. I was just wondering if there is anything I need to know to get set up, specific known issues, drivers, bios versions etc. I will search around but I figured I would post here too. Also are there any other good forums for alienware M14x owners. Thanks in advance.

    Alienware M14x
    8X DVD +/- RW Drive
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 1.5 GB graphics with Optimus
    14.0 inch High Definition WLED
    Processor: Intel Core i5-2430M (2.40GHz, 3MB Cache)
    Software
    8 Cell Primary Battery
    4 GB DDR3 ECC SDRAM 1333MHz (2 DIMMs)
    Stealth Black with Soft Touch Finish
    Wave Systems Software
    AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue
    Alienware AVATAR 7
    Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Operating System DVD
    500 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
    Intel Wireless-N WiFi Link 1000 a/g/n 1x2

    -Rick
     
    corbyone, Jan 1, 2012
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  2. khetik

    khetik Notebook Deity

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    Just make a disk image in case you ever delete the partition for recovery/respawn. Other than that good to go out of the box! Only driver that really ever needs updating is the graphics driver. Great forum for M14x is the one you just posted in here on NBR.
     
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  3. niko2021

    niko2021 Notebook Evangelist

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    There are heating issues and battery life issues, but they're mainly for the core i7 series. You shouldn't have as much heat as an i7, but a laptop cooler would still be a good idea. What I would do is clean the system up. There aren't much bloatware, but if you value a fast start up, uncheck as many programs in the msconfig start menu as possible. I only have like 6 or 8 checked to start up and it takes 10 seconds after the login page to load. Congrats on your new system bro.
     
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