Posts by Tokamak7700

Have you tried including the RAID / SATA controller driver? Link: How do I set up a RAID and start the Windows installation on my Alienware Area-51 m7700 mobile desktop? Since you are not configuring the RAID as it is already set up,...

Steve trapped us!!! I also thought they were links to a review. Ok how do I delete the empty review now?

Benchmark that baby! Looking forward to your review, especially since you have the 8800s and x9000. I personally would like to know how hot it gets when stressed.

2", that seems big to me. I haven't worked with SLI systems myself and don't know if they have specific settings but I would enable v-sync to be safe. Either force it in the drivers or enable it on all your games. It would annoy...

Very cool! Looking forward to your m17x unboxing. Strongly considering an m17x, as my 7700 is sinking to medium-low settings in games. ;-P

I've never had luck with Alienware Chat (sales or tech problems). From my experience, if you want to know something, call or email Alienware. I would prefer that Alienware drops the Chat and funnels the money into phone support. But...

I hope they keep the m17x chassis design as I am planning on upgrading once the Montevina and 9800 GTX are available. The question is, could it be delivered before I go back to Virginia Tech on August 25th?

The 7700 still kicks ass!

I don't quite understand what you said in your last post. Does Vista/XP instillation see the hard drive after you properly loaded (raid OR non-raid) controller driver during installing the operating system? Alienware has an article...

You may be having hardware problems but wanted to make sure you knew that the 7700 needs a hard drive controller driver for both raid and non-raid configurations. You can download the windows xp driver from alienware.com and put it on...