New M15x Owner Information

It was only on the TV, on the screen it plays fine. I have to use Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 because I can't find any other software that plays Bluray discs. I'm not too bothered, everything else works perfectly .

 

is it only the movies? or websites etc as well

i had an old geforce2 ultra that would have color problems cause of the cable not being align'd in the socket or whatever, I had to put a light weight on top of the VGA socket behind the computer

 

Just that one film by the looks of things lol, weird. Again I'm not too bothered, it's not really an issue.

 

quick question, when i press Fn+F1~F12, there's no icons on the screen but it does what its suppose to do except no icons, i think i've followed the guide here to "OSD", anything i should watch out for? ... anyway i'll try again. thanks

just got it today and tried updating my vcard driver from dell website(Dell 8.763), ive attached a screenshot and can anyone tell me if the results are close to what they should be





editing image

hmmm, strange, cant seem to click on the image to enlarge it, i just copied the image code from Photobucket and pasted it. oh man, need to get use to this screen.

 

image too small too see.

try the power drain trick to get back your osd.

 

hope the image is bigger, still getting used to this screen.

tried the power drain, still not working so i just re-installed and repaired it. seems to work now. thanks.

 

Just wanted to give a thanks and a rep to the OP, My m15x is still inbound but the CCleaner has done wonders on both my desktop and my Girlfriends laptop!

 

Just to be clear, I need to uninstall the standard driver, run CCleaner, and then install the modified ATI driver from the thread linked in the OP?

 

To re-install your 5850 drivers it is recommended to uninstall your current driver, run CCleaner, reboot, then install the Dell drivers (or ATI if you wish).

I use the Dell drivers, it's about preference unless someone with a bit more knowledge on those certain drivers can clarify this.

edit: I know there's a sticky about coolers, but in your experience what is the best cooler for the M15X compared to the price?

 

How can I check the detail of my Samsung SSD? E.g. if TRIM is enabled or not etc etc...

Also I cannot remember the shortcut for turning off the battery when you are running with the AC still in...please tell me

I'm a new Win7person so please forgive these nooby q's.

Edit: oh and another thing : where is the "run" command thing?

Thanks!

 

1 - Crystal Dew World (CrystalDiskInfo)

2 - Fn + F2

3 - Start|All Programs|Accessories|Run

 

thanks! Its slightly annoying that the only message is "enabled" even if you disable it - anyway to know if its definitely enabled/disabled? The system tray just says battery at 100%...

I knew that this was the case with stealthmode - hope its not the case for everything

Edit: If it says "TRIM" in the "Supported Features" section, does that mean TRIM has already been enabled/ or just that TRIM is supported and I have to update the drive to enable it!

Thanks again!

 

I have this one, and it's lightweight, has two fans, and cools pretty well. My gf bought it for me cuz she was tired of the piece of wood I wud put my m15x on while in bed lol... I have to admit it's a little pricey though, but I'm happy with it.

Buy the Targus AWE55US Lap Chill Mat at TigerDirect.ca

 

A new update to the login background.
This is the permanent solution to keep the login Alienware background as I found out that by not doing this, every time you change back to windows theme, the value of OEMBackgound will reset to 0.
Instead of changing:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background\OEMBackground

Instead, Use the following Policy key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\UseOEMBackground

Alternatively, just copy the following into a text file, rename the file with a .reg extension and double click it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]
"UseOEMBackground"=dword:00000001

 

This is probably a stupid question, but I'm trying to uninstall my old drivers and I don't see "ATI Display Driver/Utility." In fact, all I see it "ATI Catalyst Install Manager."

Is that what I need to uninstall? >_>

 

Yes.

/10char

 

wattos can you add this alienware screen saver to your stuff, just incase some people would like to use it.

Download alienware_setup.exe from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way

this is what it looks like:

YouTube - Alienware M17X-R2-AlienFX And Best Screensaver

 

and why haven't i seen this yet! Awesomeness

 

hahahha its because its real old, from the area 51 days, hehhehe

 

i have a cheap belkin from bestbuy its falling apart but it actually does very well for cooling.
so if you do buy a cooler make sure the fan wont lose blades too often

 

those alienfx, is it still possible to make it move that fast and smooth?

 

1 - hit it again, i.e., it toggles, so one key press combo = enable; two = disable and will be reflected onscreen.

2 - Yes, if CrystallDiskInfo shows that TRIM is supported, then it is active and able to receive TRIM commands from Win7 if the controller driver is TRIM pass-through capable. The default Win7 driver is.

 

Many thanks Rev! Sorted the issue, cheers.

 

the video is of the older alienfx, the morphing used to be much faster back then, don't know why they changed it though because it looked great.

 

i know! its like... hypnotic!

 

Looking to get the AW m15x with GTX 260m
does it have any Stutter issue ?
or anyone can suggest which graphic card has less Issues

do we need to MOD Nvidia drivers also before installaing(Ati is a pain to install)

Whats the Best BIOS i should get with it
so it runs smothly


Please

 

initial impression is a08 fixed the throttle issue.
would recommend nvidia drivers from dell on the website.

however you are aware that the 5850 is better in games right?
yes i agree with you the ati is a pain to install... serously amd/ati should take some lessons from nvidia in the driver department.

 

Tho Ati is better, its a real pain

all im worried about is Stuttering

I hope it wont do that
when im playing game or online videos
multitasking

 

The difficulty of installing ATI reference drivers is greatly exaggerated.

 

this screensaver is sweet was this originally from dell or was it made by a 3rd party?

 

The 5850 outperforms the GTX 260m by about 30%, has GDDR5 instead of the GDDR3 memory the 260m uses, and supports DX11 while the gtx 260m only has DX10. Also its 100$ cheaper.

Wouldn't make any sense for you to pick the nvidia over the ati... unless you actually WANT TO pay more for a crappier gpu lol

and i don't know where all this talk about ati drivers being hard to install came from, but it just as easy as installiing the nvidia drivers, or any other drivers for that matter. I uninstall my old ones, reboot, and install the news ones off ati....

Unless someone is completely technologicallly handicapped, i don't see how it's nearly a problem??? besides, you have to follow those steps for any driver you install anyways...

Don't make a mistake you'll long regret...and get the 5850m.

Nvidia just released the A08 bios, that *seems* to stop the year-old throttling/stuttering problems users had with the 260m, but it's too early to tell if it solves it 100%.... but it would seem that it definately makes an enormous improvement and prevents the system from throttling during synthetic tests...i think i remeber forum member tuenkamen saying it still throttled for him during one particular test though...

 

Thanks for the headsup

 

you only mod drivers released by ati and not by dell. Dell has beta drivers that are premodded and ready for you to install on their website. If you want the bleeding edge then you will have to do the manual workaround for the ati drivers to install which takes like 2 extra minutes. Ati makes the drivers and releases it to Dell. They then test it and once it is ready mod the drivers for the alienware series. Ati makes beta releases all the time but to try those you will need to mod not stock drivers that dell releases. The drivers are a cake to install and it is not like you are installing drivers daily but you will be gaming daily and the difference between the ati and nvidia card is easily noticeable not only in FPS but in $$$.


CLIFFNOTES: GET THE ATI 5850 CARD

 

this was made by alienware before dell. these were made for the old area 51 models.

 

Dell doesnt update Drivers on My Hive
we can only use old drivers
the one we got with the laptop

They dont suggest updating
we have to do all the headache to mod drivers

 

faiz23 is right...however i installed ati drivers 10.8 from ati without doing a single thing... it worked just like the dell drivers without modding...

 

On My Hive we dont have Ati 10.8 drivers
just the old ones, when we got our Laptop

 

my hive? isn't that for the older area 51 models.

your drivers should be taken from here:

Drivers & Downloads

make sure to select win 7.

or go to ati site and download the newest mobility driver, 10.8

 

nice, thanks dude. i installed it already, just makes it look that much better.

 

Yes myHive is only for the Area-51 m15x/m17x and prior. Basically prior to full Dell takeover, so ibraveheart either you have the older model and should be looking in the Area-51 Legacy section of the Alienware forum, or you're looking in the wrong place for drivers.

 

thank you

 

wattos i just made a new pasting guide, if you wish you can add it to your post the link is in my sig.

 

hey guys anyone know how to restore aliensense gace recognition?
As my brother now is using it for several months

 

fire up command centre, click on the facial recognition/advanced options and there should be a setting to "reset" the facial recognition database

 

My M15X should be arriving this week! Referring to the first post, is there any need to uninstall the mousepad driver now that A08 is out or should I just update the bios as I think it fixes that issue? Thanks for the thread, I'll be sure to check back here hopefully on Wednesday.

 

Update to A08, if your mousepad disables when you plug in an external mouse (like my did) which causes the lights around the mousepad to turn off, then uninstall the driver and Windows will install its own one. A08 fixes the touchpad issue though, and it's a huge improvement .

Your laptop may already have A08, mine had A07 even though it had only been out for a little while.

 

you can also stop your mouse from disabling in the synaptics settings, its a tickbox. no need to uninstall just for that.
huge improvement indeed! it actually feels normal now.

 

yea, we waited long enough for the fix... i'd say

 

You should put up in the main post what normal temps are, whilst under various amounts of power usage.

 

My M15x should be arriving within the next day or two!

I'm not sure if the new bios (I say, like I have anything more than the vaguest understanding of what this mens) will be installed, but in either case since it fixes the touchpad, I guess I don't need to do anything about that? Also looking upthread a bit I'd definitely want my touch pad to disable itself when I had a mouse plugged in, but I guess this is personal preference.

I've seen people on this forum variously recommend using drivers from the AMD or Dell site (my card will be the 5850) and it seems that various people have posted varying and different experiences with each. Any particular reason why this post points to the AMD site over the Dell site for their versions of the amd drivers? Or will my drivers be up to date anyway since I'm getting this brand new within the next few days?

I think I need to turn PowerPlay on in the CCC to get decent performance out of my card, is this correct, or was it the opposite in fact?

Avast and Microsoft Security Essentials are both only antivirus programs and not firewalls too, right? I'm not too bothered about having a firewall since I'm sitting behind a university network, but even so I'd like to know for sure I've had Norton 360 before which is both but increasingly it seems like norton and co are just running a protection racket so I'm kinda saying screw that and looking at the free options. Is there any especial reason why you recommended these two over, for instance Ad-Aware or some other free option?

Also, I've had spybot S&D run on startup since time immemorial: any reason for me to not do this?

Finally I'd like to extend my thanks to everyone here at NBR who helped me chose this laptop and helped me with about a billion questions

-Poobs