Hey guys, was cleaning my drawers and found the stock ram that came with my M17xR4. Removed it immediately when I received the laptop!

Anyone interested to buy it off me? 4gb x 2 (4GB 2Rx8 PC3-12800S DDR3 1600MHz M471B5273DH0-CK0)



Let me know, thanks.

This post has been edited by refnulf: Jun 30 2013, 03:13 PM

That's quite long. I got my laptop in less than 2 weeks. Mine now consider ancient already.

This post has been edited by refnulf: Jul 1 2013, 12:41 PM

Just looked at those on the aw website, wow. Pretty ugly compared to the ones I have now.

That's right, IMO

I suppose it's the only option you have for AW if that's the case. Either you want it or not.

It's up on the US site

http://www.alienware.com/landings/vindicator.aspx

Not ours yet.

When I say ugly, I just mean the front of the back pack but I bet the insides are still the same as the orion.

The Orion is a great back pack, been using it for a year. It has a compartment in front (two smaller areas on the front compartment to put stuff), one in the middle, and one in the back where you put the laptop. Laptop area is easily accessible in case you're at the airport or wherever and they need to see it. The back pack is pretty great quality I think, I've put in a lot of equipment and it's still holding strongly. I usually travel with a mouse, power banks, tons of cables, phone dock, other accessories. Plus a bunch of stationary, plus the laptop/power cables (which are pretty heavy). Once you have the back pack on your shoulders, you don't feel much because it's so comfortable. Possibly the best back pack I've used so far and very sturdy. I also like the plain front design compared to vindicator but that's just personal preference.

Here are some pictures



I use to think it was small too, but it fits a lot of stuff

This post has been edited by refnulf: Jul 2 2013, 02:17 PM

Had my touch pad replaced today and for some time now I've been seeing white/black boxes appear on the right hand side of my screen. It sometimes goes away when I run my mouse over it, but I've updated gpu drivers, reinstalled windows and it's still there.

So took some photographs for Dell and they're going to change my motherboard, ram and the graphics card. Damn, I was hoping it wasn't that serious. Could be that they have no idea what the problem is. My ram is fine, memtest cleared the memory, but Dell diagnostics found a few errors. System is working fine otherwise.

I just prop the back of the laptop up with a 1 inch book.

Yeah, works great. If you're in an air conditioned room even better.

Hi, DDR3L is just a lower voltage RAM (1.35v vs 1.5v). You can still use the DDR3 ram for your machine. They're still debating if it'll affect the battery performance with the difference but I doubt it, the brand is a beast. Don't expect ultrabook battery durations.

This post has been edited by refnulf: Jul 3 2013, 05:07 PM

What nonsense? Alienware machines are built to be upgraded. If it's down to being only done by Dell or official whatever, then there's less incentive to buy the brand.

When I bought my M17xR4, I got a 10% discount. Then while the laptop was being configured, they dropped the price by RM249, I got that amount refunded as well.


This post has been edited by refnulf: Jul 5 2013, 08:43 PM

Couldn't you just dload the OS from the Internet (just use your serial to activate again)?

Was going through my SSD and found that majority of the space used is on games. LOL

When I change this laptop, I have we have 2TB SSD available for a decent price!

This post has been edited by refnulf: Jul 8 2013, 12:52 PM

More pictures!

Haha, very sweet. I like the line at the bottom that lights up! Not a fan of the lights on the top cover though. How do you like it?

Tag people's name?

xandman



This post has been edited by refnulf: Jul 8 2013, 10:42 PM

Thought AWs were using Windows 8.1, then realised it isn't released yet. I'm going to stick with Windows 7 as long as I can. Not a fan of tiled shit, and neither am I a fan of the crap they did in 8.1. So I won't be changing until a new machine I guess.

I can't be swiping the damn screen all day, that's why I have a mouse.

This post has been edited by refnulf: Jul 9 2013, 12:38 AM

Just put a book at the back end of the laptop if you're in a decently cooled room. There's no need for a cooler pad. Trust me, it cools pretty good with a 1 inch book or any other lift you can find.

My SSD hardly goes over 38C when gaming. Idles at 23-29C.

This post has been edited by refnulf: Jul 9 2013, 02:47 PM