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It is high time for do this 

On 17.12.2015 at 8:49 AM, killerii said:

Hello everyone. I own an alienware 18x r2 with dual 7970m crossfire. i loved this laptop so much and always looked after it.

recently the computer died. the dreaded 8 beeps. I tried everything i could to fix it without getting in to re-soldering. I am very tech savy (IT technician) but this is beyond anything i can do.

 

before going on these are the specs of what i have.

i7 3840QM

24GB DDR3 1866mhz ram

1x256 samsung Eve mSata

3x WD 7200RPM 

Intel Dual band AC 7260 vPro

2X AMD 7970m

 

So i see 3 possible opportunities here.

- Fix the PC with a Est cost of $300 and move on (cheapest, no power gain)

- Fix PC and swapping GPU with Dual 980ms Est 1.6k (expensive, substantial gains have 2xGPU)

- Replace entire PC with a new one with the specs i want Est 2.7k+ (Very expensive, great gains, WILL WORK most likely 1xGPU)

 

Option 2 im not entirely sure on the process but some of the people on this forum are incredibly impressive so ill need to start a thread with Pics and steps with help from a few others. hopefully this way, others can learn as i do and use it as a guide.

 

what do you guys think i should do?

 

There is no reason to swap ur videcards to 980m in 1st half of 2016 nvidia should show us a 10xx models of their videocards called PASCAL .

About 8 beeps i can advise u to fully disassemble your m18x and then assemble it. (sounds stupid but it help me ).

So just wait for laptops/videocards on pascal architecture.

wow wow wow guys slowley 980 has 165w tdp !!!!

U will need some water cooling system or very very good heatsink cuz aw 18 max can support tdp up to 130-150w (in nvidia version).

Btw u will need at least 300w psu for one card and if you want it in sli you will need 450w psu at least.

I will try some ideas with water cooling system on my m18x and will create new thread. 

it can be when videcard is overheat.... 

which heatsink u have? 

write me in PM

i had a same problem. i just full disassemble my m18x and then assemble it  and it work now 

try 

p.s. sry for my english

4980hq may be but the letters HQ means that the processor is soldered to the motherboard, and to change it u will need special tools

980m cant be installed becouse AW13 dosent have a pci slot

i think the first thing u could upgrade is LCD which has only 60hz. So if u will install 2 980m and it will drow 90+ fps u will not see the difference between 980mand 780m which should get u 60 frames (sry for my eng)