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I would add 4.5 Make sure the drive is set to run in AHCI mode, not IDE.

@Arganon - Hey thanks for posting. I have a question before jumping in to help.... 1. Did you order a conversion caddy for your optical drive assembly? (Its the 9.5mm not the 12) I will assume the answers no here and try to help... Most folks (including myself) understand that SSD's purchased 3rd party are cheaper than from dell. So we order a vanilla notebook with standard HDD then switch them out. That's what I did. 1. Step one, to be safe backup any data needed via usb drive or external drive. 2. Remove old hard drive from m14x. (Manual at dell website is pretty easy to follow and we have a great writeup here as well). 3. Install SSD. 4. Boot into bios to makes sure new drive is recognized. 4.5 - Set SATA option in Bios to AHCI (Thanks Jimbo!) 5. Change boot sequence in bios to make sure CD/DVD is before HDD. 6. Insert Windows 64 bit dvd into optical drive. 7. Reboot and follow the windows 64 bit install. 8. Once windows install complete use the alienware application dvd (whatever it's called). 9. You can now use your old drive for an external drive or if you dont use your dvd optical drive you can purchase a caddy to fit the hard drive in it's place for extra storage. Good Luck, Steven X

Steven Love it I think that's my favorite song by them. Within Temptation - stand my ground

Somehow Brian is always lucky to get his orders fast! Dude, are you sure you aren't working for Dell? lol

Hi Katgirlhinata, Welcome to the T|I forum! Unfortunately this seems to be a pervasive problem with Optimus ranging from M11x to the M17x-R3. The only real workaround is to try "whitelisting" applications to take advantage of the discrete GPU (nvidia 555M). Take a look at this video for a quick tutorial:

Stam and I were on teamviewer + gmail talk audio while working on the main website (it's still down atm). I checked the order status and it said, "still in the build stage" so I was frustrated and we kept working on the site. Few hours later I said, "ok one last time to check it.." and the attachment is what I heard...PREPARING FOR SHIPMENT BITCHES! The laughing in the background is stam and there's a reason for that but that's a different story. ShippedM18x.mp3

Within Temptation. One of my absolute favorite bands that never tour the US. (most of my tunes are industrial or gothic.. sometimes 80s metal)

Evergrey - For Every Tear That Falls

When clevo adds backlighting to their keyboard plus a FULL number pad, it will be a much better buy. Plus if they had edge to edge glass on their systems, they would look much more modern. But at least with the way they are designed, it's easy to remove the display and upgrade it to a 95% gamut one.

Wait a minute, why you calling it a clevo? that is origin PC, they don't resell computers. We all know that origin PC was founded when many of the high tier Alienware executives exit after the Dell acquisition. They might buy the case but Origin PC can be fully customize, so we cant call those a clevo.

Hey Titan! Welcome! Glad to see you!

I just hope M$ doesn't butcher Skype like it did with their live messenger

Welcome Titan, to T|I...

As promised! Here's a tutorial on how to take your Alienware M14X and Changing the Hard Drive Part 1: Part 2:

I used to use a VHS tape to prop up my laptop. It was topgun. Topgun was pretty cool so I figure it worked better than taped re runs of the price is right. Wait... Wat.....

Timbuk2 D-Lux Laptop Messenger: Bondage - S $110 (really nice!)

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Hello Guys, hold the boobs for a moment, A fix is being processed for the random shut downs due to gaming with the battery. It should be released on May 19th or so. The problem is due to an Nvidia BiOS. You know where all this came from. -end of report- proceed with the boobs.