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OT: Hey, @G.R.A.M.P.S., I see that you have an R1 as well. Is the RAM upgrade PnP as well? I’m currently upgrading mine over the next two weeks. So far, I’ve got all the parts for 780M SLI and a 2960XM lined up. The unlocked BIOS is the one key thing I need over here. 

8 hours ago, Brian said:

 

 

Any chance I can get my status upgraded? I've been meaning to download this as well.

EDIT: Any chance you know if @Swick1981's version is better?

I keep coming back to World of Warcraft because I grew up with the stories of the whole franchise. The addons community is amazing as well.

If portability is a concern, get a 15”. Hands down. I’ve used my 18” as a student some years ago, and it was a pain. It was less of a hassle when I worked, but I never thought that having a bigger laptop made things better within such context.

As for heat issues, larger laptops usually have better temperatures. Again, I don’t think a good 17” laptop will ever justify itself being picked over a 15” unit when there is constant portability factor involved.

It’ll only lead to physical health issues.

To be honest, your current unit seems good enough right now.

Also, I realize that this thread is quite dated now. I hope you came to a good decision.

4 minutes ago, M18xSLI said:

M18x R2  Purchased new late 2013

Core i7 3740QM

GTX675m x2 SLI mode(1 card died today)

16GB RAM

1TB x2 RAID

All working perfect till today, cold booted then OS loaded & 1 GPU died just as Win7 loaded.

I have a GTX970m laying around that I will try out.

 

I found this person's post that might just help you. This is the unlocked BIOS that he mentioned.

Hi, everyone. I'm mostly here looking for solutions for an unlocked M18x R1 BIOS.

On 10/29/2017 at 2:45 PM, MiDo said:

I cant download any files  here... Pls help!! 

You have to have 5 QUALITY POSTS.

1 hour ago, M18xSLI said:

I will be upgrading to 970m very soon, any tips??

Which laptop do you have?

On 7/31/2017 at 3:02 PM, picasso2489 said:

I´ve bought an Alienware M18r1 and got the A05-Version on it.

How I´ll see, its the unlocked version?

 

You can try entering the BIOS setup for that. I think F2 or F8 is the shortcut.