jackgarcia7

If Brian's suggestion doesn't work the next thing to do would be to open the laptop and check that the speakers are connected properly to the motherboard.

This will be totally internal, and the temperature of the water should only go a few degrees below room temperature. So will the copper have any condensation at this level of water difference. I don't believe I will just like a second opinion. - - - Updated - - - I will send him a message, but my system will be an internal unit. The pump, reservoir and copper piping will all be internal. I might add the ability to use an external pump for when docked, but the overall goal will be portability.

I started this so that people can follow along. http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware-m17x/2476-alienware-m17x-r4-water-cooling-system.html

I am starting a water cooling system for my R4. Before you ask why I am doing this I will give you the answer. 1. Better cooling system for the laptop (not a gamer so gpu is always idle) 2. Because someone told me it couldn't be done. I am runnning my benchmarks right now. If you want me to do a benchmark for you with my specs let me know but so far this is what I am testing. 1. CPU stress test temperatures (100% at 3.8Ghz) 2. GPU stress test temperatures (100% at 1350Mhz) 3. Memory stress test temperatures (100% at 1600Mhz) 4. Idle temperatures (Idles around 1.2Ghz) The cooling system will consist of a built-in water pump power at start up. I will also have a reservoir and about 2 feet of 1/4'' copper piping. The piping will not be the same size everywhere but overall it will be 1/4''. Know for my questions 1. Will the water changes create condensation on the copper piping? 2. If yes, should the piping be coated in some material? 3. Is there a location on the motherboard where the pipes cannot cross over? 4. Is there a place where the motherboard shouldn't heat up. Last but not least throw me some suggestions. After my testing is complete I will post my schematics. Wish me luck .

Yes, it is good for now. Stay tuned for a water cooled system.

I have located a 5v connection that I will use instead. Stay tuned for a water cooling system.

Well I have changed that approach since I posted this. Stay tuned for a water cooling system instead.

I opened up my laptop yesterday and tried to find a 12V connections without any success. Anyone know where to get 12V on an M17x R4?

Can you upload a picture of what you did?

Try this if it failed. M17x R4 BRICKED BIOS RECOVERY (not vbios)

Thanks. You glued the pair of pipes?

Thank you for that information.

Like the title says if you have one let me know. Or you know where to get a good deal since its just for experimenting.

Can you specify a little more about them. Would they give me a base to start from. For example initial statistics and final statistics.

I am starting a huge project in which I will eventually make my R4 water cooled. I need to know all the parameters that I should test pre mod. If you have a how to or suggestions let me know. Good software is appreciated.

I called technical support for cosmetic flaw on my bezel. After that was taken care of I inquired about a second R4 for my girlfriend. To my surprise the technical support person offered me these 3 options for a future purchase if ordered through him. Option 1: 15% discount Option 2: Top of the line anti glare/fingerprint/scratch screen protector & Orion backpack of choice Option 3: Mouse and Keyboard combo from alienware website. Just though someone else would want to know this.

I wondering if anyone has done this yet? Would there be noticeable heat distribution across both GPU and CPU? I am attempting to recreate the attempt for water cooling by azatek on my R4.

They are actually quieter then you would imagine. Given that at max power the dba never exceed 19, and air flow is 60cfm. Its a great ratio in my opinion.

Well I recently got into overclocking and was looking into good laptop stands. After a few weeks of research I realized that there weren't many good laptop stand for this laptop. especially because of the hot spots being as high as they are. I took matters into my own hands and built my own. I had an old targus chill mat xc laying around and decided to take purchase some 120mm and make them fit the stand. I bought 2 cooler master 120mm fans (not a big fan of the blue leds but they were on sale). The dba's are around 19 and the air flow is 60cfm. To power the new fans i bought a 2x12 volt ac adapter to power the fans. Then used the old fans that came with the stand and built a suction fan that is pointed directly at the cpu vent. After all this the total cost was under 20 dollars since I already had a stand. As for the temps, my laptop used to run idle at 50-52 on extreme settings level 3. Now after change thermal paste to artic 5 and adding the laptop stand I idle at 35. If any has any question about the stand let me know.

Yes J95, my bios setting are the same as yours. At first I assumed it was that the C-States were disabled, but after checking everything seemed normal. I am going to downgrade to A05 and back to A09 unlocked. I will report results later. Edit: Well after exhausting all options for fixing the problem I had to downgrade to A05 then A09 unlocked again. Unfortunately that didn't work out, so I assumed it was a mistake with my system. Did a fresh install and everything is working fine now on unlocked A09.

I have tried that also. There seems to be a problem with the speedstep because no matter what changes I do the processor is always at a set speed. It work before the update, not after and thats what making wondering if there is some issue with my system.

Unfortunately I had already attempted that any other suggestions?

I just updated to A09 version, and I can't get the turbo boost to work properly. All cores run at max all the time. Any one else having this problem? I already tried disabling the p-states but that would only remove all turbo boost. I need the processor to idle instead of running at max.