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    Area 51 m5790 SE 4 years later

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by rive0108, Jan 2, 2011.

  1. rive0108

    rive0108 Notebook Consultant

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    OK who still has their m5790?

    Mine is still running- even with all the after market upgrades I did to it (see signature)

    About the only issue I have noticed after all these years of every day use is that I cannot take my notebook off my NZXT chiller unless I activate "silent mode" and set it to "power saver" ( otherwise itll overheat and I see artifacting with just web browsing).

    I may one day apply new thermal paste to the heat sink, and/or replace the heatsink (if the parts are still available from the ODM [Uniwill/ECS])

    I dont game on mine anymore (due to purchase of xbox 360), and I think I can expect another 2 years (maybe more) before Its time to strip it down for reusable components (i.e, BD-RE optical drive, SATA HDD's)

    How is yours faring four years later?
     
    rive0108, Jan 2, 2011
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