yeah to me i will wait for my next upgrade. tbh for now even m17xr4 with upgrades still serves me well.

btw can the new mxm 2 (something new for mxm but i dunno the exact name) compatible for our alienware m17xr4?

i think it's the new mxm type to cope with laptop version of 980. (power out should be way more than standard mxm 3.0b, which is 100w)

alienware uses mxm 3.0b.

My AW17 R2 can't detect my 1TB HDD.. i need to restart the system several times before it can detect the hdd again. anyone else facing this kind of problem..

Try update bios.. revert all driver to older version n see

problem solved.. dell replace the hdd..

but the cpu throttling problems still exist when i play the division... ive tried rolling back to A00 bios = worst... and now A06 back again... i'm already on 240w psu... can someone help me...

what have you done to solve this, beside getting the 240w power brick?

if it's about thermal throttling due to overheating, try do a total cleanup of the cooling system (vents and fans; replacement of thermal paste); also put a notebook air cooler under it.

nothing.. just the 240w power brick... other games got no problem, just The Division... A06 bios seems ok than A00... but the cpu throttling is still there. just not that frequent if compared to A00 bios...

i've reapplied new thermal pastu 3 weeks ago... if i got time i'll redo the thermal paste...

if you already cleaned the cooling system and applied new paste you usually don't need to do that again.

is there any 2.5" notebook hdd that'll fit my alienware 17 r2?

will this hdd work? http://www.cheatsheet.com/technology/how-t...html/?a=viewall

A normal 2.5" hdd will be ok. (Thickness is 7 to 9.5mm)

sorry forgot to mentioned 2TB 2.5" in my post earlier.. my 1TB hdd almost full with my games and data..

from the description alone yes it will work. thanks for this

double shot alienware 18... any friends might interested?

DELL ALIENWARE 18 LAPTOP
4th Gen Intel Core i7-4910MQ processor(Quad Core,8MB Cache,Overclocked up to 4.1GHz)
Genuine Windows 8.1 Home 64bit
1TB 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s+80GB mSATA SSD Caching
16GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz(4x4GB)
Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader(BD-ROM,DVD/RW,CD-RW)
Internal High-Definition Performance Audio
Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M graphics with 16GB total(2x 8GB) GDDR5-NVIDIA SLI Enabled
Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet NIC
802.11ac Dual Band 2x2 AC WiFi+Bluetooth 4.0
Alienware 18 Silver Anodized Aluminum
18.4 inch(467.36mm) WLED FHD(1920x1080) TrueLife Display
FullHD 2MP Camera with dual digital microphones
Alienhead 3D / AlienFX AQUA
8-cell Lithium Ion(86 wHr) Battery
1 Year Warranty

How much ur selling?

in my garage post rm9500

Bro. Success? Any picture for reference?

Yes it worked....just get same specification, any brand will work then.

Glad to hear it. The memory card slot affected?

Nothing affected. Although you need to take out the dummy memory card before you remove the casing. I also replaced my speaker set too as one of them was making cracking sound due to rubber breakdown.