Posts by packerman

Well, I am happier with my M17X. Alienware is finally sending me the correct backpack and the missing TV Tuner adapter cable. The SSD's SMOKE! I'm getting about 130Mb/s read on them. The smart bay hard drive also seems very fast although...

I can't help but notice your keyboard isn't lit up. Did you turn FX off for the video??

Quote: Originally Posted by littlefrankus it would be stupid to run into a little problem and then oh well I just buy a different brand... It's not just one little problem. Also, there is no fixing the SLI...

The problem is that when I try to load Vista Ultimate from the DVD, it fails. When I load XP, it fails. The only option I have is to begin with the Alienware image which is stored as a 9Gb partition on the SSD's... where to go from here?

I may end up troubleshooting with you. The website says they charge a 15% re-stocking fee which, for me, is $900.... I sent them an e-mail. Waiting to see. If they take it back, I'll buy an M1730 instead.

Blu-ray looks good but also frequently skips while playing back - on AC power - doing nothing else! - Brand new Blu-ray disc...

More details... The Red LED on the "Alienware" name is burnt out. When playing any game, GRID, CRYSIS, I get about a 2" horizontal blur around the center of the display like where the 2 cards would meet. It comes and goes...

Also, no signal on the TV Tuner... Am I supposed to buy an antenna or what? I thought it would just pick up the signal with the built-in tuner...

I'm trying. I've managed to keep it up long enough to troubleshoot somewhat. I found that when I disable SLI it stays up. It's be up for about an hour now with no BSOD. I found that NVidia has a driver from January 08 for the 8700M GT's....

I was able to load vista back on using the F10 respawn partition on the HD. The DVD is useless. When booting up the first time you must choose your language and create your logon. After doing so I just left the machine alone and it blue...