OFFICIAL: Alienware M18x Owners Lounge

[JapzT]

Sure will post some in 10-20 hours

[rawhide85]

Laptop is arriving today guys!

Will make some pictures of the black one for the forum:)

Japzt- Look forward to some pics of the black. They are describing it as "gun metal" and should look awsome. The more light angles the better.

[JapzT]

I will make pictures outside when its not raining

I need help guys:

How i get my themes and my backgrounds back !?

Reinstalled my M18X now i got the thing for the keyboard colors back but miss a few other things.

and cant seem te get all devices to wrk again in device manager...

HELP!

[rawhide85]

JapzT- Here is some good info from NBR. Good Luck

HOW TO: Clean Windows 7 Install (Driver Install Order) Guide for Alienware Systems

[JapzT]

Thanks that fixxed it

[JapzT]

i got issues with crossfire...

if i lay movie in wmp i get a line in the middle...

sometimes with games to whats going worng ?!

[svl7]

Hey guys, there's a seller on a Chinese site that has ES versions of the 6970m which can be unlocked to have 1120 shaders instead of 960... Anyone needs more power for his M18x? Hope you can Chinese, lol, I can't.

A M15x user at NBR just got his hands on such a card and after I've seen his vbios (it's from Sept. 2010) I realised that it must be an early sample... after flashing the M17x r3 vbios he had 1120 shaders instead of the 960, just like with Ichimes ES card.

[wbabt007]

Hi guys I am on the road again. I have a quick question to all the m18x owners, did we loose the scroll bar on the touchpad? I remember the m17x-R1 had one, or do i need to enable this function on the mouse control panel? Any input is most welcome.

[StamatisX]

yeah as far as I remember there is an option at the command center (I don't have it installed so I can't confirm on that) also in case you have installed synaptics there has to be an option there as well ( I don't have that installed either )

[wbabt007]

Thank you Stam I found it, it same as the m17x so no issue there. This is the first time I am using keyboard/touchpad and I have t say i am impress, i like it.

[Aikimox]

What's the most stable video driver so far? Anyone noticed higher temps with the latest one?

[mw86]

I know 11.6 is the latest Catalyst and we can use it not sure if any users are experiencing higher temps with the latest drivers though.

[svl7]

Early 11.7 version is out as well, seems to fix some 11.6 stability issues. [email protected]

[littleone562]

hey svl7 are you able to change brightness with that early 11.7 driver, I was not able to via FN+F4/F5 or even dragging it under windows power settings?

[Michael]

hey svl7 are you able to change brightness with that early 11.7 driver, I was not able to via FN+F4/F5 or even dragging it under windows power settings?

just guessing here but you might have to install them over the Dell ones

[svl7]

hey svl7 are you able to change brightness with that early 11.7 driver, I was not able to via FN+F4/F5 or even dragging it under windows power settings?

Haven't tested them, my 6970m is dead atm, but I guess it's because they're modded desktop drivers, the brightness function probably isn't included.

Here's 11.7b hotfix: [email protected] but I guess this won't fix the brightness issue since it's still based on the desktop driver. If you really need the brightness function then just get the official mobile 11.6 driver.

[mw86]

They release a new driver almost every month I love it lol.

[rawhide85]

Just ordered my beast. EDD 7/29, Yeah

Alienware M18x Space Black, Intel Core i7 2920XM OC, 6GB DDR3, Dual 6990M CF, 750GB HD, Win 7 Pro, Blu-ray Reader, Killer Wireless-N 1103, WirelessHD Transmitter

[mw86]

Haven't tested them, my 6970m is dead atm, but I guess it's because they're modded desktop drivers, the brightness function probably isn't included.

Here's 11.7b hotfix: [email protected] but I guess this won't fix the brightness issue since it's still based on the desktop driver. If you really need the brightness function then just get the official mobile 11.6 driver.

At this point is this the latest version?

[svl7]

As far as I know, yes. I'm using them at the moment, seems to work fine so far.

[Gearsguy]

Guys I am dissapoint. This is the owners lounge, isnt this where you guys show off your sexy beasts?

I go through 25 pages to only see 2 sets of pictures...

[rawhide85]

Guys I am dissapoint. This is the owners lounge, isnt this where you guys show off your sexy beasts?

I go through 25 pages to only see 2 sets of pictures...

Gears- I will post pics of my M18 when it arrives. Ordered 7/18, EDD 7/29 (Fingers Crossed)

Alienware M18x Space Black, Intel Core i7 2920XM OC, 6GB DDR3, Dual 6990M CF, 750GB HD, Win 7 Pro, Blu-ray Reader, Killer Wireless-N 1103, WirelessHD Transmitter

[Aikimox]

Hey guys, can someone please run Wprime 32MB with level 1 OC and post the results (no extra tweaking)? I'm trying to see if the ES sample I got is different in terms of performance. Thanks!

[mw86]

@Aikimox Yes no problem when I have a chance in a few ill set overclock preset 1 stock baseclock and 1600MhZ hyperx on XMP 2 in bios, I'll post wprime 32M here cool?

[Aikimox]

Awesome thank you! Can't wait to compare the results.