yea for question 3 is worth it for rm100 increase of proc.
us need to pay 100usd to get their proc upgraded.

much appreciated. ordering now, with 3 years warranty and upgraded cpu. thanks all for assistance. feel more confident in ordering =D

i have a question, does alienware laptop comes with original wallpapers? or there's only one original wallpaper which you have pre-set it during ordering time? or r there a bunch of wallpapers to be found pre-loaded into ur laptop?
what bout urs mr docter?

much appreciated. ordering now, with 3 years warranty and upgraded cpu. thanks all for assistance. feel more confident in ordering =D

Looking at h0M3bReW3r's case, several factors comes into light.

1. I don't know about anyone here, but if I get a hard drive based laptop, I would NEVER flip or move around the laptop while it is booting up. Especially during first bootup. Just look at how he treats it during the unboxing video. Flip left, right, even tip it up and under so that he can video-record the underside for the lighting on the exhaust port! Now either the HDD itself has SMART capabilities to autoshut to prevent HDD head diving into the platter itself or not, this is a big no-no! Those action alone may have created bad sectors onto the drive, even more critical when it is his first bootup!

2. From what I read, his OC is fine with 1.6, but crashed at 1.73. Question is, where did he do his overclocking on? On that soft bed he did the unboxing? Covering the exhaust port underneath the laptop with bedsheets is only asking for trouble, especially when you are OCing the laptop. Heat needs to dissipate fast, and covering the only exit vent will only cause internal temp to rise and eventually? System shutdown due to excessive temperature.

3. Personally, I'm happy with 1.6Ghz. I plan to OC it that way. From the hardwareheaven review, the OCing penalty is almost begligible, only 1C temp rise. Stressing it to 1.73? Well, take it this way lah. I had engineering samples of the Athlon FX processor years ago during my overclocking days. Even with these engineering samples which are supposed to be superior than retail version, you are still up to a measure of luck to see if your batch overclocks better or performs only slightly better than retail processors. You take chances, there is no sure thing when it comes to overclocking. Too many variables are involved, INCLUDING the ambient environment variables like ample airflow, circulating surrounding temperature, your method of transporting away the hot air away from the processor so that it performs better, and such.

The point here is, the laptop performs fine as it is advertised. If you're buying it based on its overclocking abilities, then it is already the wrong reason to buy it. Alienware, IIANM, never advertised it as overclockable-steady nor does the machine itself is intended to do so. Only the hardware geeks among us who wants to push the poor little thing to its limits would want to risk doing so.

EDIT: Reading back again, it's reported that he hasn't any temp issues. In that case, more like it is about the power draw from the power supply unit. Undervolting may work, but that remains to be seen, or tried by the guys who already have their M11X.

Again, this happens only during the excessive 1.73 overclock. I'd take 1.6 anytime and be happy with it. Don't know how much faster you can do things with a mere 0.13Ghz of extra processor speed.

Also important point brought up by NBR member krackmonkey:-
Incidentally, an A01 BIOS is already in the Dell Support section at this link. Whether this is already the one in the M11X when it ships or a new one, I cant tell since I have not received mine yet.

Long story short, relaaaaaaaaaaaaaaax.

Looks like they're speaking the truth. A refreshing change.



Shipped!

good luck and welcome to da club ^^
which color are u gonna order? black or silver? decided yet?€

I have a question for anyone who's ordered from the Dell website.
How long does it take to ship?

My dad is overseas, if he wants to buy an M15x for my birthday present could he use his credit card from there and just pay to have it shipped to my house here?

there's a 12 months zero interest plan installment scheme if you're buying from dell

edit:- only for maybank credit card btw

Those wanting to upgrade their warranty from 1 year to 3 years with complete cover, can do so but need to call in to their SA right when they get their notebook.

You'll pay slightly more than the RM473 listed in the system.