i'm not sure if there is a compatible list for wifi cards. the cards that work for me beside stock are intel 6235 and 7260 .ac.

damn, that 880m really is quite a pocket killer. Good thing i already bought the 780m cause the price i paid for is abit less than that but with more upgrades.

gratz on the purchase.
780M can last 2 years actually yo. wait next year to upgrade the GPU. :cool:

Thanks, i just got the machine last friday and doing the bench marking and detailed inspection yesterday.

Performance is great but found 1 dead pixel so i called them and the lcd seems going to get replaced hopefully this week too.

Are you loosing all of them? If only 1 hole there is no problem..i got same problem here but mine only 1 hole.

All of them
One of the hole just chipped off

Sorry to hear that

Just change the motherboard...or we can find the similar retention bracket from others brand for that m15x! Let me know if you find suitable bracket for m15x

Or more crazy idea, we go 3D print for it? Hahahaha!

This post has been edited by HackMyAlien: May 16 2014, 01:32 AM

So far, to hold the screws in, I had to used those white colored tape called "thread seal tape" where people tend to wrap it around pipes for leakage and so.

And that advice came from one of the repairmen from a repair shop. Another shop told me that they could just glue it, which I find too risky and what if I had to remove it the next time right?.

So I guess getting that part itself is quite impossible, unless changing the whole piece. Parts are just kinda hard to find down here at JB. Maybe there's a possibility in KL?

Imho white tape cannot hold the screw properly. Stock screw came with spring to tighten and hold the bracket/backplate.

Yes i heard about the glue/epoxy things. Don't try it yet.

Probably can find it in KL (Lowyat/Imbi) but need to check with those bangladesh geeks at their store (faulty board parts)

notes: weird stuff - this is the first time i need to reinstall the nvidia driver twice to get it to work. (the 3d vision driver failed to install the first time i tried. it worked the second time. never happened before.)

337.81, new beta. if you're interested:

32bit: http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/337....tional-beta.exe
64bit: http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/337....tional-beta.exe

Imo, the rcent driver from nvidia is abit worse thn the olde driver. If not encountering any problem, dont update is better

Yeah normally that should be the way. If the thing doesnt break dont fix it.

I just wanna test these latest drivers out for fun haha! Before doing anything i always create a system image first.

Hi...after much consideration....i decided to go for Alienware desktop...

just a few questions

-is the alienware aurora now a bit old? (from the website it's still ivy bridge), is a new 1 coming soon?
-i wanna run d3, witcher 3 on high setting...which spec should i get?
-x51 sufficient or do i need aurora?

Aurora R4 has a x79 chipset, for now yes it has at least a 4820k ivy bridge-e (max is 4960x), max ram of 32gb, and it can do sli for certain gpu's, particularly 700 series nvidia cards. (Provided that the bundle psu, 875W, can supply enough power to the cards)

Aurora is a higher end desktop. You can just plug in whatever gpu you want in aurora to meet the game requirements. (Again this is subject to the power requirements of the gpu)

Perhaps there might be a refresh next year or a year after that (hopefully x99 chip, ddr4 ram, full sata3 ports, etc.)

Not sure about x51.

This post has been edited by horns: May 20 2014, 03:55 PM

Just wondering. Is there a point of buying straight from Alienware anymore? Before there is the custom nameplate option, but they removed that and there isn't a whole lot of customisation available. Basically none.

Yea I wanna know this as well... Seems quite pointless buying on9 nowadays...

is this about the name plate only? what do you wanna customize? recently alienware has allowed the users to customize their machines again. (in terms of common parts, not name plate). for the ODD, you can always swap the dvdrom and replace it with a hdd caddy. (compared to R4, it's much easier to replace)

many still choose to get it online because of the 0-interest installment scheme.

I want to customize the aurora to have killer card , but I don't see the option , is it possible to do by myself? Is it compatible ? Or any other wireless option? Thanks.

oh the wireless part in Aurora desktop. yes for machines from Dell US there is an option for wifi (Dell Wireless 1540 802.11a/n Dual Band, High Speed Wi-Fi). afaik, it's a just plastic plate with Dell WiFi and Bluetooth daughter boards that can be secured to the inner front of the chassis, and connect to the master i/o board; and it's a .n, not .ac (it's a different form factor. i'm not sure if they offer killer wifi. don't be so obsessed about these killer wifi things. you still need to have a compatible router to make full use of it).

for machines from Dell Malaysia, usually the options for customization is less than Dell US. for instance we only have the standard water cooling unit, while dell US also offers a premium copper-type. (but this doesn't mean it's a bad thing. we can still add/replace features that we want by ourselves). just bear in mind it's super easy to just DIY with better parts. (think wifi usb or pci-e wifi. all plug-and-play. the only 'incompatibility' happens when you forget to install the drivers) currently i am using asus usb-56 wifi. works fine with asus ac-66 router. (well, i don't actually use it because for a desktop i still prefer to use wired ethernet).

if you wanna know more about this, putochip123 is the guy.

ok ...i'm not obsessed with killer thing....just wanna the wireless to work because there is no cable here. So what are my options? Buy the part and install myself? If yes, where can i get it? And let's say I cant install myself, will a Dell personnel able to help me?