Posts by Hammerhead

You should be able to get at least a 90 day warranty on even aftermarket AC adapters. Have you contacted the company that sold you the replacement? As for the original, dropping something isn't covered by most warranties...

Quote: Originally Posted by sundaysinner update: I took laptop completely apart removed all parts from chasis.Decided to put parts together outside of case and run some test,well it booted right up.I put it all back...

This is a tough situation... and the reason I keep all the packaging materials for my systems. If I understand you, Alienware is saying the damage was due to the way you packaged the laptop. It seems the only way to resolve this...

The m9700 is an Arima (WD850?). There were some companies in europe that sold the platform as well but I don't know if they have parts. Must be something with the charging system, only place I know of would be AW for repairs.

Quote: Originally Posted by kpballer207 So I ordered my 1st alienware labtop ever. I got the m17 Will this be able to run CS 1.6.? without the Dual video cards is one still enough to have decent/good...

When I use my X-fi with my m9700, I disable the onboard sound. It's a different platform though so I don't know if that'll help. You can do that through the bios, or device manager I think. Also, there's a setting with the X-Fi...

Here's AW's knowledge base article on replacing the video module. In my old 766, the foil piece was connected to the copper heatsink tube to transfer some additional heat. In order to apply AS5, you'll need to open the module. I'd...

Are you still under warranty?

First, it'll help if you tell us what laptop it is specifically. m5500, 5550, m55000(766), etc. Since the motherboard uses DDR memory, you won't be able to use DDR2. They use different slots and are not interchangeable. What you...

Remove the battery and try it just plugged in. I've seen others that have a problem like this, and the AC adapter little green light blinks. That means a bad battery I think...