M15x Problem/Technical Question thread

Are you in Dalaran by chance? My M15x has a 720qm and GTX 260m and i have never reached 45fps there when it is populated, I normally hover close to 20fps once everything loads. My gpu load is only about 30% according to gpu-z and isn't throttling. I thought it was just WoW but if i can get 45 fps in Dalaran that would be great.

 

Thanks, it seems like turning stealth mode off may have fixed the problem; either that or when i did the power recycle. Another possible problem that is concerning me is my GPU is running at around 80-85 degrees during game play and hit 90 last night during a boss fight. Is this normal for my model? If not, how can i fix it? I tried using Rivatuner to play with my fan but I can't seem to find it, I also updated my bios with the bios located on myhive (M15x BIOS X36). I also have the force pixel shaders 1.1 or w/e option checked (sorry for any edits I'm just trying to remember everything I've done up to this point)

Yeah its Dalaran, I typically use max settings minus shadows and a few other ones. My gpu feel like it is real high ;/

 

I would redo your thermal paste with OCZ Freeze or MX-3 id go for OCZ Freeze as everyone else will tell you to.

 

also the older m15x also has been known to run hot, i recommend getting a laptop cooler for it.

 

According to GPUz my temps are in the mid 50c when i am in boss fights and dalaran. I thought maybe it was because of my cpu being a bottleneck so i watched under windows resource manager and doesn't appear to be under much stress. Why do i only get around 20fps if my cpu and gpu aren't being pushed to their respective limits?

 

You may have stealth mode on and there are many other reasons like what driver do you have etc..
But it sounds like you are experiencing throttling, you have 720qm and GTX260M right? This setup is like a throttling magnet :S

 

that is the info for my 260m. I've logged my gpu so im 99% sure it isnt throttling. Could it be my cpu? idk a good way to log its performance.

 

Are you using RivaTuner or something like that to fix the clocks? (as they are above default ones)

 

I am using nvidia system tools to oc and gpuz to log

 

I did that last night and it seemed to make a huge difference. My temp peaked at 81, avg 74ish last night after playing the game for 3.5 hours. Getting the old thermal paste off was a pain, it was really caked on there; it took me an hour or more to get it off. Any tips for getting it off better? I tried alcohol (40%) and qtips and it didn't seem to work as well as I saw in a few videos

 

normally the alcohol percentage has to be 70% or higher. the higher the better it will clean.

 

i use 99% works like a charm or 91% whatever is the highest you can find works best imo.

 

i'm gonna move to nz and make my own distilled

 

Hi i ve been getting very ocassional bluescreens usually 1 or 2 times a day on The M15x. what could this be??

 

Could be anything. please provide at least your specs and situations when it occurs.

 

My specs are i7 Q820, 4GB DDR3 Ram, geforce 260m gtx, 500GB HDD
it could happen during sleep mode and during web browsing.

 

Try running the diagnostic from the resource disk. See if that can pin point something.

 

Guys i made fresh install win7 and got prob well i downloaded all the drivers from dell .... installed OSD and CC but the problem is OSD works fine but sometime works without the picture or images i mean when i press stealth mode sometimes to shows the rpm somtimes not ... if i want to fix it i just enter my OSD Folder and double click OSD but after i restart my pc it wont work only when i enter the folder OSD and double click it to show the icons with Fn buttons what should i do? by the way when i installed OSD i cant find it in the Uninstall files and folders in my computer :S need help plz

 

woooooops sorry i figured it out i fail my bad lool i installed OSD vista version not win7 sorry hehe cuz i was in a hurry when downloading the drivers so maybe i touched windows version vista 64bit by mistake

 

^^ that's a good point... by default the website directs you to vista's downloads rather than windows 7's

 

I have a better chance of looking outside my window and seeing a Polar Bear than seeing someone using Vista!

Update: Oh look a Polar bear,

 

i did that but didnt say there are any problems. should i contact dell??

 

yeah go ahead and call dell, blue screens can be caused by so many things so very hard to pin point, alot of trouble shooting is needed.

 

Most of the time its caused by a bad stick o ram.... In my experience personally.

 

My M15x is freezing a lot recently. Just a few minutes ago, I was reinstalling MW2 and it instructed me to take out the disk. I pressed the ejected button and the DVD didn't eject and everything just froze. Then I felt the bottom of my computer right under the touchpad and it was REALLY hot. Do you think I could have a faulty HDD causing random freezing?

Just started the install where it left off. This time no problem. Could it be because of my HDD or Optical Drive overheating?

 

yeah the eject botton causes the same thing for me, it will make the whole system lag or sometimes freeze, haven't figured it out yet.

 

Hmmmm... odd.

Maybe the touch-control software is a little faulty?

 

My hard drive just hit 53C after another 10-12 minutes of MW2 install...
Is this safe?

Edit: Nvm, found out it's safe. Ejected with no problem, but this time I pressed the eject button after I heard the DVD stop spinning. Before, I attempted to eject when the DVD was still spinning.
Maybe it has something to do with that?

 

yeah it kinda strange, when ejecting a disk the whole sysetem would seem to lock up untill the disk is finally ejected out, kinda lame but i don't use the optical that much so its not a big deal.

 

have you got the latest firmware installed on it? its been revised a lot

 

yeah i do, not a big problem. waiting for replacement to come and see if it happens on it.

 

Yep. I also got another problem, but I'm sure it's a audio driver problem. Randomly, the speakers or headphones get quieter than usual and then goes back to LOUD mode. Any of you experience this?
Does this have anything to do with audio enhancements?

A07 stops WMM freezing.

 

Can someone help me install the 10.7 version for the 5850? I've downloaded the suite and stuff but can't find what to do.

 

i've been using the dell beta driver, seems better then 10.7 but if you wish to have the 10.7 download it from the ati website. make sure you download the little exe. it should be the first download its 1.1mb. run the exe. and it will download the driver for you. once downloaded, run the install but cancel it after it extracts all the files. then go modify the config. from false to true. then rerun the install exe.

 

Where can I download the Dell beta driver? Thanks for your help, inap.

 

from here:

Drivers & Downloads - Public Sector

make sure to select win7 for os, and the beta driver will pop up, just download and run. very easy to install.

 

5/27/10 is the most up to date driver? Sorry for all of the questions.

 

hmmm looks like they took the beta driver down. strange.
i will upload it in a bit.

 

Thank you +rep.

 

They may publish the release version instead of beta.

 

yeah but the other one looks like an older version, release date back from may.

but anyways here is the driver.

Download AMD_NOTEBOOK-BETA-DRIVER--AM_P01_R277759.exe from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way

 

Thanks a lot, inap, much appreciated . Do I need to uninstall my old driver, or can I just install these over them?

 

always recommended to uninstall old driver, and run ccleaners. then reboot and install new one, then reboot.

 

in conjunction with inaps recommendation of CCleaner (my favourite program EVER), use driversweeper followed by CCleaner... Works brillantly

Guru3D - Driver Sweeper <--- Driver Sweeper

GL!

 

I have the m15x with 8800GTX M, but I can't install any latest drivers from niVidia, just from Alienware download page but it from 2007 :|. When I install new drivers, they asked me to restart in order to complete the installation, and after that it displayed the blue screen ( the death screen ), plz help me with this :|, I can't play any games (

 

You have Area-51 m15x, the folks in Legacy boards will be able to help you better.

 

hi!

i tried playing some games on my home theater system by connecting my m15x to my av receiver via dp/hdmi but looks like it's not able to output via surround (either dolby or dts).
is this a known limitation of the system? in my previous laptop, i would just go to advanced and choose dolby digital there.
in the m15x, i can only select the 16-bit options.

thanks!

edit: nm. turns out i didn't have the realtek ati hdmi drivers installed. that fixed it. thanks!

 

Hey Guys,
So I finally got my 5850 installed. Now here something I noticed. (May have occurred on my 260m but jsut noticed this now)

When i load World of Warcraft in windowed Full screen mode i get 20 fps. But if i change it to non windowed and then back again i get a steady 60 fps (or in the 100's with v sync off) (Vice versa is the same thing from non windowed to windowed and back causes proper fps.)

Pretty annoying that i need to change my screen from 1 mode to another to get my proper fps.


Any ideas?

 

Ok, this is driving me batty:

M15x A07 BIOS. Clean install (#3), tried WU, Dell and Intel Pro Gigabit drivers for the 82577LM Gigabit port, and all bonk out during install and won't install correctly and I'm left with a nice, pretty exclamation mark over my device.

Physical layer is established (connect and xmit lights are active), but the driver just goes left field everytime during installation.

I don't know if I'm missing a massive, "duh," issue or if there is a way to manually enable/disable ethernet (outside of BIOS, which it is enabled).

Even tried BIOS reset and Power Drain.

 

can you go into device manager and look for the Ethernet controller in network connectors. and go to properties and see if it is enabled.