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Finally some takedown pics. This was provided by SmoothJ at NBR. RAM Upgrade - M18x (with pics)

Received my autographed copy of KMFDM WTF! and t-shirt. Man these guys are always cool. Included post cards, buttons, stickers and cd/t-shirt. I've been literally 2 feet from Sascha before. He is cool as hell. I think it's amazing how even after all these years he still treats his fans the way bands should. With appreciation and respect. My son Nathan loves listening to KMFDM. With his Autism he really likes classical and various other music/bands. His favorite song by KMFDM is Antigeist. In my house, KMFDM will always SUCK!

I found a nice and complete review about a lot of TIM brands, Thermal Pastes Compared, TIM Application Methods, Application on HDT Coolers, Thermally Conductive Element Reference...and more 80-way Thermal Interface Material Performance Test

Since we didn't have one yet, this is it. I'll update this post with the newest driver releases, bios mods and news for the R2. Please keep all M17x-R2 owner posts confined to this thread if possible. System Files (Dell OEM) Download Links System Bios Bios A10 Chipset Intel Ibex Peak PCH Chipset Audio IDT 92HD73C1 Audio - 6.10.0.6261, A03 Media Card Ricoh R5U230 - 2.07.01.00, A00 Infrared Receiver ITE IT8512 CIR Receiver - 5.1.0.1, A00 Touchpad Synaptics TouchPad - 15.0.15.0, A04 Bluetooth Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Minicard - 6.2.0.9603, A02-1 Dell Wireless 1520 Dell Wireless WLAN 1520 Half MiniCard - 5.60.48.35, A04 Intel Wireless 6300 Intel WiFi Link 6300 - 13.0, A00 Intel Gigabit Ethernet Intel 825xx Gigabit Platform LAN Network Device - 11.5.10.0, A01 Intel Rapid Storage (HDD) Intel Rapid Storage Technology - 9.6.0.1014, A00 Free Fall Sensor ST Microelectronics DE351DL Free Fall Sensor - 1.06.08.33, A01 AMD 5870M Display AMD Mobility Radeon HD5870 - 8.763-100810a-104118C-Dell, A01 AMD 5870M VBios AMD Mobility Radeon HD5870 - 13B96101.104, A01 Alienware OSD Alienware OSD Application - 1.13, A03 Alienware Command Center Alienware Command Center - 2.5.54.0, A07 Alienware Wallpapers Alienware Wallpapers - A01 Alienware GUISE custom theme Custom Desktop Themes - A-02 Alienguise Theme Combo-Win7

just call in and complain. they will surly tell you that you cannot get the xbox but will compensate you with coupons or deals. i did this and received an upgrade (Wi-fi card) and $100

A song from the solo album of the DAATH guitarists (Eyal Levi and Emil Werstler), fantastic guitar work!

You guys are so blazed! Poor Brian gets no relief. That girl sitting her butt in front of Brian looks like shes looking for some relief too.

Im in perth Specs are 2 Stealth Black Anodized Aluminum 1 3 Intel® Core™ i7 2820QM 2.3GHz (3.4GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache) 1 4 18.4" (46.74cm) Full HD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD panel 1 5 Back cover 1 6 5 User-programmable keys 1 7 Intel® Core i7 Label 1 8 Directship Info Mod 1 9 Black Color Chassis info Mod 1 10 System Documentation (English) 1 11 Alienware Generic Nameplate 1 12 System Drivers 1 13 System Media Kit 1 14 Alienware Command Center 1 15 Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet NIC 1 16 3.0 Megapixel HD Video and Picture Camera with dual digital microphones 1 17 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM (4x4GB) 1 18 500GB 7200RPM Solid State Hybrid 1 19 RAID 0 (Striped Disk Array) 1 20 500GB 7200RPM 2nd Solid State Hybrid 1 21 Slot Load Fixed Blu-ray BD-ROM / DVD + /-RW Combo Drive 1 30 Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 6970M - AMD CrossFireX™ 1 31 Internal High-Definition 5.1 Performance Audio with SoundBlaster X-Fi Audio software 1 32 Internal High-Definition 5.1 Performance Audio with SoundBlaster X-Fi Audio

Helloween - If I could fly

I'd check out the refurb they sent me and if it has the slightest problem push for a refund

Here are two good video. Please watch them as it explains what optimus is and how to add games to the whitelist. 1. The bottom line is that you need to right click on your desktop and choose nvidia control panel. 2. On the left hand side of the nvidia screen choose MANAGE 3D SETTINGS. 3. You have 2 tabs. One says global and one says program. 4. Choose the program settings tab. 5. Choose the ADD button next to select program to customize. 6. browse to the starcraft2.exe or whatever the executable is. 7. Where it says "select the preferred graphics processor for this program" choose high performance nvidia processor. 8. Apply the update at the bottom. Should be good to go. Best wishes, StevenX

just watched "black dynamite" last night. it friggin awesome!!!!! the best movie i've seen in a long time. i highly recommend it!!! i would describe it as shaft meets enter the dragon. the fight scene are fuckin hilarious, especially near the end where black dynamite fight dr. wu. i was fucking hella high when i watched it, so i recommend blazing up too!!!

Called tech support and they overnighted the screen. Got a call yesterday for the repair from the Dell Authorized (what ever that means lol) repair to have it installed. Told him it would have to wait until Monday. So I will let you guys know how it goes from there.

PCFx 0.5 released, changes include: + Added integrated support for reading sensor data without depending on third party programs. + Added support for status lights. + Added a 64-bit version in addition to the 32-bit version of PCFx. * Changed temperature gradient to have a minimum low of 1C and a maximum high of 100C, colour depending on what the current temperature is of course. Previously this was low of 40C and high of 100C. * Changed GUI width to be wider, to allow for wider dropdown boxes due to the longer texts in them now. * Changed delay between updates from 200ms to 300ms, some hardware limitations made issues from too fast updates. - Removed dependency on CoreTemp for sensor data.

I´m currently coding in assembler with the PIC Kit2 for my evening school (electrical engineering) but honestly... I think I wont be able to modify a BIOS that way... xD

Thanks for all the info and PM's guys. Helped alot ! Going to test SRS on my old laptop

This has just became the funniest thead on T|I LMAO!!!

I still don't understand why they didn't give the option for a better display, in the very end it is their flagship. I guess they try to limit the system to gaming purposes only while increasing their margin for profit...

hahah thought you'll like it since brian got hooked up with 2 pirate chick, just thought you needed some action too. did a little revision.

@StamatisX that video was one of the best videos that I have seen in a long time. Strange like Tool's videos. Really cool!

About a month ago or so I saw... YOUR HIGHNESS... And Natalie Portman has a nice rear view! WOW.. even my wife was like.. WOW... Movie is hilarious! I also saw PAUL. That guy Simon Peg makes me laugh so hard.. loved it! and.. the controversial movie... SUCKER PUNCH! I LOVED IT! The critics can kiss my @SS! If they have to be spoon fed the plot to understand it then go twoop yourself to death. It was a great movie. Granted it could have been told in 15 minutes without all the special effects, but it rocked. The first hella fight scene where BJORKS' ARMY OF ME is just hammering at full volume gave me flashbacks to 1992's tank girl and me being just out of high school and heavy into the alternative music scene.