ouh, pity for you. at least it lasted for 2 years.

LOL what are you talking about at least it lasted for 2 years? if you alienware died after 2 years will you be saying "At least it lasted for 2 years", for the price you paid?
my brother's Acer lasted for more than 6 years and its still working now. My other old HP lasted for 4 years before I had the MOBO replaced. this is a premium product, things like this shouldnt happen, but if it does, dell better have it replaced for free.
but anyways, I am thankful that it is still covered under warranty. sending it to Dell to have it fixed.

you cant expect things from the latest technology can last long. even if you use it without gaming, it would last 3 years at least. just my assumption.

however, if you are still under warranty, did you RMA it?

This post has been edited by raymondtong94: Dec 20 2012, 10:10 AM

anyways, any x51 users here, what are your idle temps and max temps for CPU? mine seems to go around 84 for max temps and 55-60 during idle. my room temperature is always 14-18Celcius range.

im not a x51 user but can i ask, what is your cpu model? for sandy and ivy bridges, if im not wrong, the stock thermal grease is the culprit in overheating.

This post has been edited by raymondtong94: Dec 20 2012, 06:33 PM

my cpu is i7 3770 ivy bridge. yea ppl in forums also say the stock thermal paste is the main overheating issue, but still it is under intel's spec if its around 88celcius. yesterday ran cinebench for only about 3 min, this is what i get.

normally i wont use stock thermal grease if i buy laptops or pre-built PCs. i would remove the stock cooler, clean the thermal grease, apply aftermarkets thermal grease and use back the stock cooler. that way wouldnt void the warranty.

Superb alienware 1???

hmm im not really good at these. how do you apply thermal paste for this aliewnare x51? Do you take off the cpu and clean first, then apply new aftermarket thermal paste?

yes, just like how you do to a normal PC. dell support has the guide but the weird thing is, no images loaded to show the stuffs.

as for thermal grease cleaning, i use pure alcohol and some old clothes to clean the grease.

hmm, isit recommended for newbie like me to change the thermal paste myself? lol, scared will damage the processor or the thermal paste will leak around the proc and cause damange. no experience at all. hehe. so take out the cpu from the socket first, clean, put back, and put thermal paste?

not recommended but depends on individual, some individual wants to learn the basics so they change the cooler/replace thermal grease by themselves. thermal grease could be made up of silver, diamond or other compounds. some thermal grease will dry or melt but wont flow to other parts of your computer. thermal paste is only applied after the cleaning process/before installing the heatsink.

Can M17x's screen be seen in a room full of lights? Thanks.

Guys, my M14X R2 having problem. Task manager is showing 100% Disk Usage. CPU usage seems to be fine. I have reinstall windows 8 several times and it seems that the problem is still there. Tried installing windows 7 and still no luck. What should I do?

This post has been edited by ikus: Dec 25 2012, 10:59 AM

i think you should try to do a clean reformat, clean all the things in hard disk, and clean re-installation of your windows. that should be able to help solve the problem. my near 3 year old alienware m11x has that problem of alwaysa having high cpu usage, but i did a clean reformat and solved the problem.

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Added on December 25, 2012, 11:48 amHello guys,

The Dell technician came today and he replaced the heat sink, did not solve the issue. The temperature was 3C higher than the stock.

He did not change the thermal paste, because there was thermal paste already on the new heatsink. Same model but different manufacturer heatsink.

Please check my blog for more pictures and details. Thank you. I will replace a new thermal paste (Arctic Silver 5), or if it doest solve the issue, I will get a new heatsink.

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This post has been edited by Michaelbyz23: Dec 25 2012, 11:48 AM

Try Resource Monitor -> Disk, check which .exe doing the highest read/write.

Ok alienware autopsy is showing a total of 160 bad sectors are there on the hdd. Maybe i need to replace with a new hdd. How do i call te dell technician to my house and change the hdd which is still under warranty?

Call 1800 88 0301, prepare your service tag.

Thanks a lot. Will try calling them tomorrow morning

Oh, and backup your files as well.