Posts by TbbZz

Update: My system was approved for a "VIP Repair," and after 13 days I was notified that the system would be replaced with an M17. I have not been told what its specs would be or when it would arrive. It has been 4 days...

Got my m9750 back today, after being assured that Alienware would do extensive testing, and if needed, they would replace it with a refurbished machine. They replaced the battery & reformatted the machine and reinstalled the...

Thanks for the tip, qhn. I used your argument, and mentioned that I need this laptop for my job, but I was unable to get a clear answer from both agents I talked to. They simply assured me that the system would be repaired after I sent...

After 3 years, I am still using my M9750 machine which I reviewed here, as the first m9750 customer review (to the best of my knowledge). Up until April it had been working fairly well. Last July, I experienced video problems, and...

Would this hard drive work in an m9750? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136280 I am currently using this one: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822148184 I would like to use both together.

That sounds logical. However, I'm not quite sure how to and where to apply thermal grease. Do you happen to have a link to a reliable, instructive guide for that procedure? Also, could this potentially void my warranty? Thanks for the...

60 degrees and 68 degrees is still a pretty big difference. Would underclocking my CPU be advisable?

I am concerned about my Area 51 m9750's operating temperatures. The application I use to check my machine's temperatures Speed Fan, shows that its CPU and GPU temperatures are rather high. I am worried that, should this issue be left...

Thanks for assigning the benchmarks, Steve@NBF. My apologies for not attaching the images through NBF image hosting, the attachment manager did not allow my images due to filesize. With that said, did the images not show up? I had them...

I would like to give a small follow-up to this review. I have used this machine every day for over 8 months. Some paint has unfortunately chipped off the hinges, but every other aspect of the machine is holding up very nicely....