jackgarcia7

I just got my m17xR4 I am going to put in the Corsair Vengence 1866 memory.

Please update with ram speeds since it should only support 1600mhz.

The laptop should have come with an adapter. If it didn't you can contact them about it. Any drive should fit.

I'll see what kind of summary I can come up with at the end of the project.

Update. Well I have been busy with finals and graduation, but I now free and have some progress. Here a submersible pump that I have converted into a non submersible. Also I have started the water reservoir. Alongside I have also shaved off some of the casing to give the reservoir clearance. I have also moved the power source connection now it will be extracted from the old speaker connection. Thoughts?

Has anyone added a secondary hard drive to your M17x? I ordered my build with a 256GB SSD and don't want to completely use that drive of it's space. Anyone who has done it, was it a quick install or a do I have to disassemble anything?

It is a very simple process that shouldn't e difficult. There is plenty of how to's out there here is just one.

I had no idea the PSU had an option. Thanks.

I purchased my R4 in August and now I have just received one that I bought for my girlfriend and I noticed a few changes that were made on it. First and most important was the charger difference. It is much lighter and smaller. Although it doesn't have the blue light it is a good alternative for the old larger one. Even though it is smaller the drop in amp is not that much and probably won't be noticeable. Also they have finally accepted the fact that people are going to want windows 8 soon. So what they did was change the windows icon to the new windows 8 icon. How do you feel about these changes?

I was thinking of doing something like this because I have a Walmart bed tray with a "fan" hole already built in. I wasn't sure if it would actually change the temps much though because the vent design seems to push air out the rear pretty effectively if the laptop is on a flush surface. Think I might actually give this a shot now.

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Jack, did you start work on that water cooled system? That sounds a bit intense for a laptop lol.

Hello if you interest in the fan building process let me know I can help you if you need some help. Also regarding the water cooling system, I had to put it on hold because of final this week. But I am now done and should have an update by this weekend.

Honestly, I would upgrade the GPU before you upgrade the RAM unless you really need the RAM for something else like virtual machines. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that you already have more than enough RAM for benchmarking, gaming, and most other things that you can do with your computer (at the same time?). lol

look at the ddr3 laptop memory on newegg.com. corsair vengence is definitely a good choice if you want fast ram.

I do a lot of data parsing so I need a lot of fast ram. I don't game so the GPU is more then enough for me.

the one you link won't work you need 204 pin ram. holy fucking shit you got 24gb of 1600 ram, your laptop will be tottally fucking outdated by the time you need more ram.

The link is made by the website not by me. It is one of there advertisement.

I am going to upgrade my ram and would like to know what is the top of the line. I have looked into the corsair vengeance and it looks very good. It has cas 9 timing 9-9-9-24. Is the best out there? Application will be for future overclocking. Also can anyone verify a higher speed then 1600 MHz working on the R4.

what is this connection called I need to know specifics please.

yes

10 char

10 char? and how much temp difference is there

ah figured...i'll have to add my other 6GB back when i get a chance. It is a special TIM. Check my Heat-Spring testing thread for more info. I should be doing my R4 soon. Need to fix my truck and other stuff since it is SOL

Does that replace the thermal paste?

BTW if you get an XM chip and this works let me know. I'll send you a sample of Heat-Spring to see if it helps.

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also thats the pump right?

EDIT: how do you have 24GB of ram? i could only find two ram slots in the laptop but i thought there was 4. Is there a set under keyboard?

What's a heat spring? Yes, that my extra quiet mini pump, and on the R4 the other 2 ram slots are under the keyboard.

I have been trying to work on this mod as much as possible, but it is a bit difficult right now since I graduate in December and everything needs to be done by then. So far I have made my own water pump that will run from the CD drive power source. I have also bought my materials to make the acrylic reservoir and have started looking for fitting for the pipes. As for the matter of the piping flow rate I will have to look further into that issue since I haven't had much success receiving my spare heat sinks. I will be doing some extensive testing on the spare heat sinks and will report results.

This sound like the issue I was having with my server. I had to plug in a different device into the headphone jack. Try a different device, if that doesn't help it may be more serious issue. When was the last time it worked? and what was done since then?

Hi have a few questions after reading your reply.

1. In your diagram does the piping go through the heat sinks? (refer to the pictures attached)

2.Will water that runs faster absorb more heat? Or will the reservoir effect in the heat sink fins cool the water down more since it is hit with more air flow?

As for your idea, it may be a little difficult to fit it the way you laid it out. That's why I went from one side of the motherboard to the other. On a side note do you think the movement of the current heat pipes and the grinding down of the heat sink to allow 2 other pipes to be in contact with the surface will increase heat removal?

I thought they were blue? Any way they are the copper piping I will lay inside the laptop. They will be running water all the time. I am feel the same as you do about the CPU and GPU heat issues. I don't game and only do data parsing so my CPU is always running hot while the GPU is idle. As for the fan it sucks I tried to replace the inside of the fan without any success. So I did the next best thing water cooling. As for the XM CPU I plan to get the highest rated and overclock it if this mod works out. As for the 1/2 inch pipe I want to lay it out flat on top the existing heat pipes to extract heat. I also want to run it through the heat sinks. The larger the pipe in the heat sink will make the water stall a little longer then just running 1/4 through it. It will create a mini reservoir in the heat sink. Thoughts?

Well here is my schematic finally finished up. The first picture is only the tear down. After that you will see picture 2 and 3. When I receive the pump I purchased I will see what fitting is more appropriate. So far I am pushing for the one with the submersible pump. If it won't fit I will settle for the one I ordered, which is not submersible. Side note pump will be powered by CD drive. Both 2 and 3 show the layout for the copper piping on the front of the motherboard. Picture 4 shows the layout on the back of the motherboard. The layout is a little unique so I will explain it as good as I can. I will solder a 1/2 inch pipe to the 1/4 inch copper pipe which is what will be used overall. If you see the picture you will notice that all the piping will be layered over with extra flat piping. As for the CPU heat sink, I will take it to a machine shop to cut a score instead of slant that it currently has. That way I can move over the current heat sink and add the water copper next to them. Then I will do the same procedure to the GPU heat sink. Allowing all the heat sinks to be merge to spread heat equally. Finally to explain how the piping will cross through the heat sinks. I will drill through and solder a flatten 1/2 inch piece of copper piping through. This will give me 2 built in radiators. If you have any question or want to follow along with me let me know. I will give you a list of what I have gotten so far. Current I am just waiting for the extra GPU and CPU heat sink so that I put everything together. Will update soon and wish me luck.

That's actually what I was was thinking it was too. The dell technician that replaced my hard drive was really rough on my pc. I might crack it open and see if he missed something

When opening your laptop make sure you either follow a youtube video or the pdf manual available at the dell website. Also I am sure if a technician worked on it and your sound doesn't work anymore. That may something you can use to get them to look at it again.

Would love to see this in action, and would also love to do it myself.

Look at my other post for updates.

http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware-m17x/2476-alienware-m17x-r4-water-cooling-system.html

So its from my understanding its not possible to go back from stock a09 bios?

I was able to go to A05 with the link in my previous post. From there you can go to A09 lock or unlocked.

Could you post pictures of what you did?

Just started.

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Get the second opinion but if your stating your not going to cool it near freezing then your at little risk for condensation. @Jimbo might have insight as he uses below zero cooling perhaps he has a tip for protection of your components in these situations.

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I hope so, and thanks for the contact.

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Here all are all my pre water cooling scores and temperatures. All these test were done at around 22-23Celcius room temp.

XTU Stress Test

CPU

CPU: 93 (Max)

86.5 (Average)

Intel Burn Test

CPU: 92 (Max)

87.5 (Average)

3DMark06

Score: 17980 3DMarks

SM2.0 Score: 6848

HDR/Sm3.0 Score: 7524

CPU Score: 7228

CPU Temp: 58.2 (Average)

GPU Temp: 70.9 (Average)

3DMark Vantage

Score: 12146 3DMarks

Graphics Score: 10379

CPU Score: 24819

CPU Temp: 57.4 (Average)

GPU Temp: 65.3 (Average)

3DMark 11

Score: P2676 3DMarks

Graphics Score: 2422

Physics Score: 8494

Combined Score: 2158

CPU Temp: 58.3 (Average)

GPU Temp: 59.4 (Average)

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.