mike2668

My high score so far

I had the same but when i updated the nvidia drivers everything worked again.

How do I fix this man? Uninstalled both sys info and 3dmark11 and then downloading and reinstalling does not help!

On the go from my iPod touch

the 100

Simpsons

big bang theory

house

scrubs

Interstellar.............not bad.

Dream theater.....Enemy inside (not a intel this time).

Thanks i am not at home at this moment but i wil try it as soon as i get the chance, it worked on my second lappie tho

Lol i must be the dumpest man in de world..............mnvflash aint working with me.

first i disable the gtx 970m in device manager

than i exe mnvflash .........but than it wont work the only thing i can do is press "enter" or "Q" but than it closes the window?????

what can i do to flash it the right way???

GTX 970m in a m15x.

fully uprgadeble thats what we want.....but the down side is that sells are going down due longer lifespan by user........and that is bad for Alienware it self and it means they have to go mainstream. The sad thing is that was the only thing that made us buy a Alienware was upgradeability.

Alienware is gonna lose a lot of modders but mainstream i think they wil be ok..........for me Alienware is a no go from this point.

for now all the cores at 27 is max.......higher than that is BSOD......voltage problem maybe.

here you go

http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware-m15x/8622-m15x-hybride-cooling.html

as soon as there is time i will post a little story on how i made it and what i did use to make it running ok.

The card was really plug an play, just make sure the thermal pads are the right ones and fit everything like Original..throtteling i had before the CPU was overclocked after overclocking it went away......so i think it was lack of power from my CPU.

Welkom to my watercooling how too, here i will post some info on the project started and how it works.

the Alienware that i bought came with a ATI 7350 GPU well we all know that it not a fast cards at all so an upgrade for a 6970m was the first thing i did, sadly the 6970m was a doa and never got too work. It was not long before i found a good 5850m ok it was not what i wanted but the story put me back 500 euro. when the 5850m worked i bought a 920xm as well together it was a good combination and soon i started overclocking the 5850m with core speeds of 850 and mem on 1100 it became pretty hot. temps of 87 degrees was a normal thing and i never feld really happy with that.

2 years past so a new update was nessesary it became a 7970m but again the temps where very high 80 degrees. I started thinking of a cooling Mod in the back of my mind that also the CPU became too slow and needed to be OC for better preformance. A visite at my mate gave me a idea on how i could make a usefull cooling mod, he showed me a AMD with hybridecooling , that was awesome that was wat i was looking for.

So what is Hybridecooling?

When you have 2 mixed systems that work together like Aircooling and watercooling they are hybride much like a Battery powered car with a engine. In my case it was watercooling but with the original fans still working. The benefits of watercooling and the movebility of the aircooling.....

So what did i need first......this made my brain sqeek a bit, as i was not a watercooler modder or did i ever done that stuff before. Soon a few ideas came to mind and i started searching on the internet for some parts i could work with the first parts i ordered where heatsinks for the GPU and the CPU, i was not willing to test on my original parts and i found them on Ebay. I also found a backcover (the one under the laptop...cpu,gpu,harddisk and mem) because i had to make holes for the waterbloks and hoses. than i found some good waterbloks from Mips waterblock that are used for XXXXX they are small and made from copper. for the quickconnectors i found stuff from aquacool very ridgid and cool to see.......also very expensive....lol. All the fittings where found from the companie Barrows and the Radiator, pump and little parts from Aliexpress (my best friend these days).

Next thing that came to mind was controling everything, not needed but hey i am a nerd and it looks cool as well . I found a fan controller that would work well for me it has fancontroll but it can also read temps witch was a very good plus i think. I connected the sensors on the heatsinks (CPU, GPU and MEM) still had one spare so choose to temp the cooling water as well. My idea was to make a cooling tower with big fans and a 240x120 radiator so i had to make a frame where everyting would fit on to including the pump with waterreservoir. And offcourse i would have silent fans with fan grills everything needed to work but also look cool............yes i really am a nerd.

The laptopcooler needed to be adjusted so the waterblocks could fit and the connectors for the coolingfluid so i made some holes in the aluminium i also made some bigger holes for the aircooling. At same time the backcover also needed to be adjusted and because of the opening between the watercoolers and wires for the fancontrol i decided to make a rubber closing so no dust or other stuff is going in to the Alienware at that place. After reinforcing the laptopcooler it kinda looked cool and and it was time too test the watercooling on the GPU.

As for connecting the waterblocks to the heatpipes that gave me a problem because the aluminium on the heatsinks is very delicate, i mean its soft and it bents really fast but i have to put a bit of pressure on the heatpipes. No real choice was left for me i had to dril holes in the heatsinks (3mm) and right next to the copper that goes directly on the GPU and CPU ., ok that made me sweat a little. With a press i pressed the waterbloks on the heatpipes so it would fit better and the cooling surface would be bigger. I used some long bolts 3 mm and added some springs witch should give the waterblocks some pressure on the heatpipes and that worked really good, offcourse i used coolingpaste between them for better heat transfer. Finally i also connected the sensors on the heatsinks....one next to the GPU, CPU and one on the Mem...Great work and happy about the result.

Time for testing as i had some parts that could be used i decided that i make a testrun with GPU cooling only. The use of simple fittings and cheap hose made me realize that there was a cheaperway than the way i did it but hey it a hobby so who cares ....... my wife did....lol. Because it was a test run i thought i better use my old 5850m i new that this was a hot GPU so if the cooling would work it would show at once.....but only how much that i dint know. I started testing with full GPU load and with different GPU corespeeds.....check out the table below.

5850m GPU/mem 650/1000

FPS 25,9

Watts 108

Temp 50 (78)

GPU/Mem 700/1000p

FPS 27,3

Watts 112

Temp 51 (84)

GPU/Mem 750/1000

FPS 28,5

Watts 115

Temp 53 (85)

GPU/Mem 800/1000

FPS 30,3

Watts 120

Temp 54 (87)

a video on the temp drop of the cooling.

The testing was a succes temp got lowerd 30 degrees so now i could start building the real setup as was planned. Not every thing i needed was arrived yet ....damn i hate waiting.....so i decided that i will test all the stuff i did had , first the fittings and the hoses.........Crapp...different size.....seems that the fittings from Barrows where different from the Aquacool so i needed to order new one's. Finally i decided to buy everything from Aquacool because the are easy to get in the Netherlands and they looked a lot like the Barrows so i could mix them. after a few weeks everthing arrived and i could start putting it al together for me the fun parts except that my 7970m died seems i used the wrong thermal pads and now the mem stopt working because they became too hot, the screen got some green and red blocks and on stock win drivers it worked but the CCC drivers dint anymore.............damn that was a set back.......maybe time for a new card than i did hear good reviews on the GTX 970m......damn wat a nightmare i had to buy the best card availible for the M15X.........Yep i really dint like that.......smile.

More to come.........

http://youtu.be/3-59FXhehm4

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or do as i did make a hybride cooling system......watercooling when at home and normal fans working when on the road

first m15x run ......just overclocked because mnvflash is not working for me

i am wondering i dont have optimus or a second GPU so how Can i close the GTX in device manager? this means i dont have a card working right?

Well i tryed mnvflash as well but it just won't work, it closes the the window when ever i press enter or Q. I have a 970 but flashing is the same. So i should work than on mnvflash ? Maybe i need to delete the drivers and disable the adapter than as wel? .......sorry if i sound stupid but i am trying.

I would like to flash the overclock bios as wel but it gives me a problem. First i have to boot in pure dos mode because i have a m15x but when i want to back up the vbios than it say's adapter not reconised. Latest nvflash and bios version 09. I know i am a noob but i always worked with AMD never nVidia

so i would humblely ask for help

Hey all,

My name is Mike and i am not really new here but never became a elite member. As i am a technician i really like being here and on some other forums as well because i do like updating and doing stuff not everyone is doing. offcourse the limit is money and not the sky in my case.....

I own a few PC's and 2 laptops alienware and a cheap ass medion (easy when traveling i am not gonna take my alienware with me much).

The alienware:

CPU xm920, GPU GTX970m, Samsung 830 256GB SSD, 8 GB Corsair, 240 watt powerplant..........and WATERCOOLED

more info soon.