Posts by BolasAzules

and if memory serves, I think Gethermal uses between 10 and 20 megs of RAM while open, which is one of the reasons I don't use it anymore. Not that I'm hurting for RAM but with gaming, every little bit helps.

You could just update the BIOS so you can hit Fn+F2 to turn the fans on 100%.

yes, I noticed. kind of weird too, it almost seems right around the 1.5 year mark too. odd. This will more than likely be my last Alienware anyway, it was cool to have one but the crap you have to put up with isn't worth it since I...

Well, I got my new mobo installed. Everything is running flawless as we speak, I'm crossing my fingers though. I played BF2142 for about 30 minutes at the highest video settings and no probs yet. I'll keep you posted if I notice...

ok. thanks. Mine is here, just have to wait until I get off work today to work on it.

crap man, I hope I don't have the same problem. Mine shipped out last night. Possibly the critical temp setting too low? maybe it's hitting the critical shutdown temp and powering off. I read somewhere that they lowered the temp on...

what happens if you "hit any key" to continue booting windows at that prompt where it starts counting down? In the videos it looks like you just let it sit there at that screen. Have you tried booting off either a CD or a...

Yea thanks for the update. I agree about the vid card. my mobo is on it's way from RJTech this week, been without the a51 for about a month now, going nuts on this old desktop. I can, however, justify the extra cash for the upgrade...

So give us an update. did you take the laptop to a shop? what did they do to it? is it running well now?

I searched for info on this here and didn't find any so don't rack my nadz if you find something out there that I missed. For those whose lappy's mobo fries and the hard drives are ok and happen to be in RAID-0 configuration, here's...