ice@vid, you can try get all the drivers from dell website based on the service tag. as long as everything in your laptop is the stock configurations, the drivers should work fine.

i'm not sure where to find a shop which provides a good service with fair price sorry :/

U should call Dell for help. That's why u r paying that much for this laptop.

yes thy will.....but if they come over ur place they will charge u.....phone support is free

Beware when using resources DVD. It *probably* can damage your FX as well. (Using resource dvd for m15x surely will damage the FX, not really sure about m17x resource dvd). Just download all drivers from DELL instead of using resources dvd.

Installing .net framework is little bit tricky on Win7. Google about it, you will find lots of useful information.

Good luck!

P/S : If your FX still malfunction after re-install the .net framework, you probably need motherboard replacement 

or

Find somebody can fix it. Ebay (US based) offers service to fix your FX without mobo replacement.

my AlienFX seems broken/stop working after updating windows with several windows update just now. done the following, but no luck :

- reinstall command center
- windows restore (to before updating the windows), then update again, same thing happen

Woah! If Dell quotes you RM 500 for motherboard replacement, go for it! It's cheap imo for m17x!