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 Alienware Mothership V11, Intruder alert!

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post Dec 11 2013, 02:37 AM

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QUOTE(raymondtong94 @ Dec 11 2013, 02:24 AM)
just to share my experience on dismantling M18x (i think its the same as M17x).
basically its just remove the back cover, the screws holding the keyboard cover and pry out the keyboard cover. then, unplug the shortcut keys cable and you are good to remove the keyboard. its practically not a hard job to access the RAM slots under the keyboard.
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That wasn't the hard part, the metal case covering the ram slots were. The screw grooves were totally dead I couldn't unscrew them and put the ram in smile.gif
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post Dec 11 2013, 02:54 AM

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QUOTE(raymondtong94 @ Dec 11 2013, 02:50 AM)
thats a hard job then. screws and grooves are vital, so they must be aligned properly upon tightening. if you feel hard when tightening the screws, you must remove the screw again and align it properly.
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Yeah, I blame whoever screwed em down the first time. Probably at the factory. To be honest, most of the screws were in bad condition when I received my R4. I had to get a technician to come and replace more than 11 screws and they still managed to make a mess out of that. So I replaced a few screws myself.
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post Dec 11 2013, 03:22 PM

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Got the quote. What do you think?

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Is that 2 years complete cover? And I originally had 2 x 1TB 5400 drives.

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post Dec 11 2013, 04:47 PM

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QUOTE(mansooriqbal @ Dec 11 2013, 03:45 PM)
ask them to give you 2 1tb u dont want tht 750GB.
secondly that warranty you wont get it. As soon as you replace ur old laptop... ur warranty will be switched too. You will continue your old warranty only.
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Yeah, my original warranty was 3 years complete cover. They said will continue my current warranty. Also that I can upgrade it as per normal by contacting the sales team.

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post Dec 11 2013, 05:15 PM

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QUOTE(mansooriqbal @ Dec 11 2013, 05:03 PM)
true.
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I asked about the HDD and the GPU upgrade. Just waiting for answers now. See what they say.
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post Dec 11 2013, 11:39 PM

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AW doesn't have docking.

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post Dec 12 2013, 03:54 AM

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Just got the SSD? I'll have to move my M4 to the new machine after I get it. Don't think I need a new one yet. Then gotta spend a butt load on ram again.

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post Dec 12 2013, 08:42 AM

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QUOTE(mansooriqbal @ Dec 12 2013, 04:01 AM)
imho 16Gb is more than enough for a normal user plus heavy gamer... unless you're using some special tools or running VMs or something which requires a lot of RAM. I would suggest you to save money and just use the 16GB you will get with your M17.
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Yeah. I do all that and more hence the need for more ram. Cheapest DDR3L is RM200+ per 8GB?
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post Dec 12 2013, 09:09 AM

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QUOTE(raymondtong94 @ Dec 12 2013, 08:51 AM)
+ or save up the money for you to go happy with your gf, have a venti cup of starbucks etc.
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That's long gone. Now we're talking angry wife who doesn't drink coffee.
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post Dec 12 2013, 09:43 AM

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My SSD is managed to 435GB of available space, but I have more than 212GB free. I hardly put anything on the SSD except for games, apps, etc.

Everything else is on the 1TB second drive. Movies, music, stuff I don't mind losing. Slow access compared to the SSD, but it was cheap.

Doubt I need a SSD upgrade just yet, it's still very fast, very sweet even though it's not one of the new generation SSDs. I'll just wait and save up for a 2TB SSD whenever it comes out next year or the year after that.
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post Dec 12 2013, 01:45 PM

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the ssd is really quite perfect. I just wish it wasn't so ridiculously expensive.
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post Dec 12 2013, 07:17 PM

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So I agreed to their terms and I should get the new machine in 14-21 days. Specifications wise, seems to be slightly (just slightly) better than what I have now along with the new ugly R5 chassis. GPU is the 770M, not sure how much better the 780M is. Comparisons show that the 680 is still holding its own against the newer cards.

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post Dec 12 2013, 11:04 PM

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QUOTE(ccl9n @ Dec 12 2013, 09:41 PM)
Hi guys,

After upgrade to Win 8.1 , a mystery partition drive appeared in my computer.

Winretools G: drive ....... anyone having this drive showed up. i check at the diskpart it showed as hidden but it showed up at my computer so weird...hahaha
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System recovery volumes?
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post Dec 12 2013, 11:44 PM

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QUOTE(ccl9n @ Dec 12 2013, 11:31 PM)
yes , it was the system recovery volume
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Those should disappear after installation yes?

Also, does anyone know if the Alienware 18 can get warranty from the local Dell? Can it get complete cover?
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post Dec 13 2013, 12:22 AM

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QUOTE(ccl9n @ Dec 12 2013, 11:51 PM)
Mine didn't disappear. it show up at my computer as G: Drive label as Winretools. So special......
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Boot to safe mode and see if it appears. If it does, then try to clean boot to see if anything is messing with the system (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135)
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post Dec 13 2013, 05:33 PM

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QUOTE(horns @ Dec 13 2013, 09:54 AM)
hopefully everything is fine this time. yeah 680m is still fine this year.
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Let's hope so. I'll use the machine for a year or so before upgrading to the 18.
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post Dec 13 2013, 06:25 PM

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QUOTE(horns @ Dec 13 2013, 05:37 PM)
one year is fine smile.gif

18? we can have local unit of aw 18? really?
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No, Dell Malaysia doesn't sell the 18 and refuses to honour the International warranty because they don't sell the machine. So it's a dead end there. They will also not extend the warranty for you in any way and have literally just washed their hands when it comes to anything relating the 18.
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post Dec 13 2013, 10:35 PM

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QUOTE(horns @ Dec 13 2013, 07:58 PM)
wow. if that's the case, illegear or s'pore :/

oh my.. dell thailand and indonesia don't offer alienware?!
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I'm getting tired of Dell not allowing us to configure the stuff we want in our machines. Illegear I know, but I'm still confused about the warranty. Can they extend? Alienware 18 isn't cheap, and if configured it could end up pretty expensive. 1 year international warranty is nice, but more is necessary smile.gif And where would we go for the support?

Also, does anyone here have an Alienware 17 with the GTX780?

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post Dec 13 2013, 11:36 PM

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Dell doesn't seem to be offering the 780m in their configurations. Is there something I'm missing when I visit the site?
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post Dec 14 2013, 09:39 AM

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QUOTE(horns @ Dec 14 2013, 06:41 AM)
when new aw17 was released, there was a period of limited time that dell malaysia had the option of putting 780m in aw17; then the news of serious shortage of the card followed; eventually that option was no more.

edit: wait! check this! http://configure.ap.dell.com/dellstore/con...s=dhs&cs=mydhs1
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Looks like it's available now.
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