*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M15x Owners Lounge - Part 4

Now got my mobo replaced, I/O replaced with the cables.... the tearing is less apparent. Installed ubuntu to check if this is a driver issue.. The tearing is still there however the touchpad is awesome in ubuntu ...

If I uninstall the IDT drivers and let windows install default drivers and then use the loudness equalisation enhancement it almost fixes the issue...

 

im investigating....gimme a sec...let you know what i find

 

Some people just don't have this issue I tried to replicate the problem. But have no success even with reg. Windows driver, tried it with iPhone earphones, gaming headset and even Bluetooth headset and everything works fine or I'm deaf.

 

Yea man im sorry Whitewiz... Can't really help you on this one... I don't have this problem at all... i tried it with my Pioneer HDJ-2000 headphones...cranked it, and its crystal clear on full volume...

I then tried connecting my 5.1 surround sound... with one jack for front, one for rear, and one for center/sub ... and ran the tests..everythign plays flawlessly on each channel.... then i cranked my music on it...again.. no crackling or distortion at all

I did notice that i only have 1 jack displayed in the properties though... but it's not really giving me any problems...and since my 3-jacks can be configured to output 5.1 sound like i tested... I really can't say i'm experiencing any problems at all.. :s... sorry man

I guess this is device specific? some shipped with this problem, some didn't? i have the same drivers as you... so i would imagine this is in fact a hardware issue, and not a driver issue...? i dunno.. do you notice this problem when doing something specific in particular?

 

hmm .. just noticed...

the jack information shown when clicking on Independant headphones is :

L R | Right Panel 3.5mm Jack

And the jack information shown when clicking on Speakers/Headphones is:

C Sub | Right Panel 3.5mm Jack

So maybe it doesn't show all 3 like your old M15x does...but seperately instead?

 

Thnx guys... looks like have to get this thing replaced ......

 

Also, you said you used your iphone earphones...Well i just tried mine, and yea at around 50% volume i start to hear distortion...But you have to remember iphone earphones are some of the crappiest earphones on the market...take it from me i'm a DJ...The distortion you're hearing is mearly because the sound drivers in those earphones cannot handle the power of the output of your M15x's soundcard...My pioneers (the best headphones i've ever owned..as it should be for the price) showed zero distortion.

When i first got the M15x, i was going to replace the soundcard to one more suitable for my needs, but i was actually quite impressed with the sound quality from this soundcard, and decided to stick with it. You can only really tell with a pair of top of the line headphones... ( ipods actually have pretty bad output, when u listen to them with these things)

I'm a .. how should i say this... an Audiophile... hehehe... music/sound is what i live for... and i always need the best...and i found it weird from the begining when you told me about this problem, cuz i would've detected it a long time ago if i had the same problem as you...

so again... i would think this is a hardware problem...or maybe...you just need better headphones? lolll i dunno

 

I tried 5-6 earphones. Sony, klipsch, philips .... Tearing still there...

 

Yea i figured you would've tried that already...as you are by no means technologically challenged...lol....

So yeah man...Good luck with the issue...must be hardware related...

 

Hey J.. I am not very good with headphones... Can you recommend me a headphone. Budget around £30-40.

Looking for proper headphones not earphones.. with nice bass....

Thanks for looking into the issue... man....

 

Had creative fatal1ty gaming headset once... were quite nice... Shall i go with the same ones...

 

never tried those...but do you need a headset? ( with a mic i mean?)

If not... for that price range... i'd suggest Sony MDR V700's... they're mad cheap considering the audio quality... and give you loads of bass...only weakness is on the highs...mids can be better also... but to the untrained ear... you won't really notice...

best bang for your buck

You can get them on ebay for 70-120$ canadian.. that slike 30-55 pounds about... just be careful theres full of fakes... don't get the ones that are crazy cheap ( 20-30-40 dollars canadian) ...

 

thats like £63 in UK... any other recommendations...

 

can buy a logitech z 2300 for 40 quids extra.... lol!!!!

 

Hmm they've gotten cheaper it seems lol... £17.99 .. plus 9.99 shipping??

These seem real ( cord should be matte black, not shiny / sony logo is raised on each ear and has a silver finish)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SONY-MDR-V700..._HomeAudioHiFi_Headphones?hash=item3efb7d9a25


Sorry these are the cheapest earphones i've owned lol...well that are worth mentioning anyways...never tried gaming headsets...

 

Hey.. Item location is china.. Is it genuine.. if yes i'll buy it right now.. trust ya blindfolded man...

 

what do you think about this seller...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-SON...ultDomain_0?hash=item23063f9920#ht_3139wt_939

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-SONY-MDR-..._HomeAudioHiFi_Headphones?hash=item2eac0781ee

This one looks even better...and as they show real pics taken of them...and not just a pic taken off the web.. your good to go...from the pics they show yea they're geniune no doubt about that...

and don't worry i bought my pair from china when i had them, and they were genuine...Not everything form china is fake...but 90% is lol...

I would go for them.. even if he tries stiffing you, and you get fakes ( which i doubt ) you'll easily get your money back as he's advertising REAL ones... so its an easy case to win..trust me.. i've been through ebay cases many many times lol...

EDIT: that one you posted looks good also... choice is yours .. except the one i posted comes in the box also... Anyways you'll love these headphones man...so cheap considering how good they are...

 

i have this one, its real nice for audio and gaming:

http://www.gadgetoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/sennheiser-comm-pc350.jpg

gonna set you back like a hundo, but worth it

also had the creative ones too, they are good but not great.

 

went for it... thnx for helping me out man.. will try this headphones first... might just be the issue with earphones not handling the power from my m15x...

 

thnx man... u guys are gr8.....

 

Those look sweet .. Sennheiser's are solid also..

 

Hey no problem man Anytime

 

yeah i work by a fry's electronics, so i pretty much tried everything they have, since they're return policy is super sweet,lol.

 

Nothings like a super sweet return policy...... had my iphone swapped 4 times lolz!!!!

 

lol, yeah but i do it so much they know me by my name now, hahaha. you should do the same thing, find a good store and try them out. then find one on the internet for cheaper, hahaha. i think i tried about every mouse, keyboard, headset.... man i should work for cnet or some kind of review site,lol.

 

lol yeaa... i do the same.. maybe not to that extent...but close

hey the only way to see if you like something is to try it out for yourself...a hands-on trial will beat any review you simply read thats forsure...anyways im out guys...we've been taken over these forums...lets give some other people a chance to post LOLL .. peace

 

man why you have to go, now the thread is dead again. o' well up up and away.

 

Weird thing going on, my h and my c key dont work on a couple of program, though on my browser they work great.. O_O Weirddd

 

any particular program? first time i heard of this.

 

Yeah must be a program issue, had trouble with MSN then word, restarted both, now it works.. Anyways, odd!

Damn why do I keep coming back here, I have a chemistry lab to hand in tomorrow at 9

 

awww fixed already.... man i'm bored, lol anyways good luck with classes.

 

Yep I know about that. My last experiment was trying it with the IDT Audio drivers removed. I was fairly pedantic with my process this time:

Uninstalled Nvidia 186.81 and IDT drivers.
Reboot.
Shut down and discharge the static (remove battery, hold power etc).
Boot up and install the new Nvidia drivers.
Reboot.
Shut down and discharge the static.
Boot up and set Displayport as default. Result = no sound.

So...

Uninstalled Nvidia.
Didn't bother with static discharge, rebooted and installed Nvidia 186.81.
Rebooted and set Displayport as default = Sound works good.

I still have IDT uninstalled, I figure I'll leave it uninstalled unless I notice something not working.

 

m15x a05 bios is out

 

Flashed to A05 Bios........ Works.... atleast for now...

 

new bios supports the ATI 5870M finally! Look at the bios change log.

Broadway = 5870

 

Really? New bios? O_O
What else is new, besides the 5870 support?

 

hmm weird...well i got the new 197.16 and IDT installed and everythign works great... nto sure if you want to give it a try...but hey if it works without IDT installed then u could leave it at that i guess...why bother

 

i just ordered. im guessing a couple of months before the refresh now?

 

haha, u should have waited alittle more....just waiting for alienware store to update the new gfx.....

 

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New BIOS and my iPhone is syncing flawlessly now... maybe they finally stealth fixed the problem finally.

 

You can bet that when they start putting 58xx cards in the M15x they will not run at 104c. I know the 5000 series use less power then the 260m and I think we will probably see a moderate boost in battery life because of that, they probably wont need throttlestop either. Whoever tested the card probably didnt attach the heatsink properly or at all. The only person here that I know of that tested that card in the M15x was Moo and I dont remember it working at all due to no bios support so I dont know how he would have tested the temps.

 

so are you going to order it? because my order is still in production. Im just wondering will i have to wait another 2 months before this happens. If so ill just upgrade at a later date to that card if that's the only change to the m15x.

 

Getting a little excited are we? ... anyways just because the new bios supports it... doesn't mean it's coming out tomorow lol... probably going to take some time...and there's no knowing how long it'll take...fingers crossed for tomorow though

Don't worry about the temps...I'm sure they'll optimize it nicely to run in the M15x and there's no way it'll run at 104degrees...thats just nonsense...after all, the M15x does have the best cooling system around ...

And remember a 5870M is really more like a desktop 5770...but that is expected..

What i want to know is if it fixed throttling or not...my guess? it didn't.

 

well this is my first laptop and ive been dreaming of this laptop for a couple years since being in college for computer science. so yea very excited and news that the card i wish i had coming in this system was now supported with the latest bios update lol .

also a question for you would you be returning your own system once the 5870 comes out or are you going to wait and upgrade at a later date?

 

there's nothing my 260M can't handle... especially since it Overclocks quite nicely with slightly over 20% gains in clock speeds... ( i attained clocks well over the 280m)

Sure i can't max out everything for EVERY game... but i can for quite a few... and i can live with a few HIGH settings instead of VERY HIGH settings... that you can't even notice the diffrence between...

So nope i won't be returning my system for the 5870M... but maybe down the road when i see a need for it i might...who knows.. but right now the 260 is good enough for me...

 

My guess is that the bios wont fix the throttling but the addittion of a GPU that doesnt draw as much power might make the M15x not throttle in the first place.

 

man for some reason my bios isn't letting me boot up from disk or anyhting other then my hard drive. anyone with ideas, don't have time to mess around and find the cause today. maybe just time to accidentally drop it since new gpu is coming out,lol.

 

Thats what i think also... Dell probably figured there's no point to fix it ...and instead they'll just get the bios ready for upcomign GPU's that won't throttle to begin with...kinda of a workaround because their techs are so incompetent hehehe..

LOL...yea FOR REAL... but wait i dont understand... you went into the bios and selected boot from disk? and it's not?