ChikalampatersHAHA a new entry begins once again. Good news recently. Got myself AN ALIENWARE M17X R4. Though i don't know what R4 but my guess is "release 4"? newest?? Bought it for 3699 w/o warranty so when with warranty, its like 4k already.. I know its expensive, against all odds, without regrets. One powerful mighty machine. With my skills of overclocking, its unstoppable HAHA and so the name Game Victorious (winning every game).
The specifications of this laptop is really out of the world as i only see the processing power and graphics capabilities of a laptop. Below is the msinfo32 information.. hope its not hackable?
ALIENWARE REBOOT
GRAPHICS UPDATE.. FINALLY
finally the bezel is changed
*Update 14 March 2016 Until recently I just realized they also changed my graphics card from GTX 675M to 680M which meant $400 in the past.
*Update 8 March 2016
Finally it has been repaired!.
*Update 21 December 2015
Decided to troubleshoot the problem. Took me 3 thrice to solve the problem OMG.
First try: Tried to fit the NVIDIA graphics card when the laptop is still on, resulting in immediate power off.
Second try: Tried to find the other Nvidia card that I was holding (engineer left it there to be collected by dell DHL service tomorrow). For this try, I fit the small metal pieces that was holding similar to the old on.
Third try: Fitted the graphics card without the metal pieces and it could detect the card upon switching graphics card. Saw the dent on the mobo different from the metal piece orientation. Rotating it 90 degrees worked. HURRAH..
Conclusions, Nvidia card slot on the alienware is causing alot of problems. Wonder if removing the graphics card on earlier stages would have solved the problem? So this is some complications if you have integrated graphics on the motherboard AND also, since the machine is bigger, Debugging or solving issues arise from these machines are harder.
*Update 18 December 2015
Engineer Gilbert came. He was chinese and so was rather shocked. Anti Razer fan and told me to get a desktop, NO THANKS. He went on to replace the mobo and graphics but problem persists. However, there was some light to problem. He removed the nvidia graphics and it can not startup. Everything seems to work on INTEL only.
*Update 15 December 2015
URGHH in my during my exam period, 2nd last paper down, left 1 more tomorrow. So, Engineer "Khairul" came again to replace the screen. Guess what? The problem still exists. New parts are on the way again. Really have no idea what is the deal with my laptop. But currently enjoying the smooth gameplay from my razer blade. Really beaster than Alienware unless they upgrade the graphics card and repair it. I guess I am just vomitting what I am thinking of writing. Mind me. Thats all for today.
*Update 9 December 2015
Engineer "Khairul" returns to replace Mobo, Nvidia Graphics Card and Inhtel HD4000 and replaced a 4GB RAM. Problem exists... Only now, WE know what is the possible problem.
IT MUST BE THE LCD OMG. Hope the next one is the finishing move or else they will need to confiscate my laptop to repair already. This is too muchhh.
*Update 19 November 2015
Newer updates are on top. So... my Alienware have finally gave in after 2 Years and 274 Days .
Was playing Batman Arkham Knight and suddenly there was like a power surge and *ppang* could not turn on, probably due to short circuit of the graphics card.
First Engineer (Jeffry) came, removed the nvidia graphics card and using only Intel only does it start to power on.
Second Engineer (Adam) came to replace the motherboard but 7 and 5 beep codes keep alternating. He gave up and swapped back to my previous motherboard.
Third Engineer (Adam) came, same guy (Second Engineer) came and replaced. Could power on BUT right speaker side keep having some intermittent high pitch sound. Wifi could not work and keyboard having 3 faulty keys. Nvidia card detects but when launching nvidia control panel - BLUE SCREEN..
Fourth Engineer (Khairul) came to repair the keyboard and changing Intel cpu. 7 beep codes keep happening, cannot boot into..
Still ongoing.. more complications to be continued.
*Update 10 March 2015
- Noticed there was a challenging computer question and encountered it first hand where the 2 hard disks (primary and secondary hdd) when swapped will not be able to detect the windows automatically. A simple workaround is to switch the priority of the hard disk to secondary hard disk. what a downer...
*Update around End of March 2015
- Found a way but i think i forgotten how. Although I know what have to be done. The booting hdd will need to have "System, Boot, Page File, Active, Crash Dump, Primary Partition" in the disk management. Ahh yes. Answer is to make a hard disk active so that it will start booting from any disk, be it primary or secondary.Forum
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