arwenundomiel90

Well, it worked for me. I got the pack and found screws that fit with heads. They are not as original, but hey, they do their job - which is to hold the heatsink in the place. Works for me.

Have you managed to secure it?

Oh I was criticizing your method. 😏

No, I haven't been able to find any screws to fit. I was close but the head of it was just a bit too small. I'm honestly about to find a tiny washer to fill in the spot I need. I don't know if that will harm it though.

Not helpful unfortunately. Purchased a set of different sized screws off eBay a couple days after posting this. Didn't work as all of them have heads that are too small.

I need to replace the screws on a m17x r3 heatsink. I found a site that has screws but I don't know the exact measurement of the screw. Anybody happen to know and can help me out?

Thanks a bunch!

Sorry for the late reply! Thanks y'all! I will give the updating one by one a try. =)

hmm.. not sure what's going on.

Checking event viewer might give you some more clues.

Overall seems like a windows issue, maybe reinstalling would be easier than locating what is the problem... just sayin'..

LOL Isn't it always a windows problem? XD Checking in the event viewer it says "Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x80071a90" for all 8 update files.

disable Windows update by typing and enter "services.msc" after pressing start. search for "Windows Update". Double click it and deactivate it.

now go to C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution and delete all files in there. This folder is your temp folder for windows updates.

after deleting everything activate "Windows Update" again and restart your machine.

Check if the error is gone

Did this. Error is still there. Figured out how to hide the updates. So currently they are hidden until it's figured out. =D

Thanks for replying y'all!

Hey guys! I come to you again for help. A couple days ago I was playing Team Fortress 2 (bossin' it up, I might add. XD) when my game completely crashes out...then my whole computer shuts down. When it restarts it goes to the "Preparing to Configure Windows....don't shut down the computer" screen. So I'm sitting here waiting for it to finish and it says "Failure to Configure Update...reverting update...shutting down" Now at this point I am starting to get ticked off. So I then wait another 10 minutes for it to revert and boot back up. Rinse, repeat. The next day a notification keeps popping up saying I have important updates and to restart now. I tell it no, remind me in 4 hours...instant shut down same process as above. Every day.

Last night I went in and manually told it to update...it did it's thing, installing 8 files or whatever. I just turned on my laptop and AGAIN it says "Preparing to Configure Windows....don't shut down the computer" "Failure to Configure Update...reverting update...shutting down" *notification pop up on getting to desktop* "Important Update! Restart now!"

*headdesk* I'm so ticked off. I don't know what to do. I don't know what the hell it is trying to update. I don't know what is making it fail. I just want to be uninterrupted when playing! LOL

Help!

I don't know if you need specs....just in case lol

Intel Core i7 2630QM 2.0GHz, 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Service Pack 1

*EDIT* So I went looking in the Windows Update screen and found the updates that are failing. http://i.imgur.com/Wz52t.png

EDIT: Never mind. I ended up figuring it out. I just kept plugging it in and waiting to it to recognize it. XD

Original post: Sorry if this is answered somewhere else...I've looked and looked and can't find an answer that helps me. LOL

So I have a movie on my laptop that my dad wants to watch, and he wants me to hook it up to the tv...but I don't know how to do this. He handed me an HDMI cable and I hooked it up and all but the TV doesn't register my laptop.

I don't know how to do this and if you awesome guys can help me I would be forever grateful!

Jami

Just a quick note. I received my m14 this afternoon! Dell still says its in production and I never received an email saying it was shipped. They need to do something about that. LOL I was thinking I wouldn't get it til monday. I've played Team Fortress 2 on it so far (other things haven't downloaded...) and I think it is so awesome!

Hi, you left a request on my youtube channel a while back, sorry it took so long. Loaded up the game maxed out with 4x AA and it ran silky smooth. Never went below 60fps. I was actually surprised at how well it ran because this game actually looks pretty good. I didnt play it for too long because I got stuck alot but, from the numbers i saw you will probably never get a single 'hiccup' the entire game.

So you got it pretty quick?I ordered mine yesterday (sept 2) and I can not wait to finally get it. I ordered it pretty much stock. Started with the lowest priced one, upgraded to i7 and got the 1600x900 res screen. Rest is stock. Gosh I can't wait!!

Hey everyone. =) I was wondering if someone could do me a favor. Could someone run Tomb Raider Underworld and lemme know how it runs? It's one of the games ive had since, literally, the beginning of the year. I'm more than certain the m14x can handle it but I wanna just see how well it *can* handle it. I'm so Close to being able to buy my on m14x and I'm eager to finally play this game.