SP2004 is stressing hard the CPU. You have to start two sessions simultaneously because of the hyperthreading of the P4. Here’s a link. It’s also at the Alienware download page, but as you warranty is gone I guess you won’t get there....
When I had my overheating problem AW tech support made me run two test to determine whether it was the CPU – 2 simultaneous versions of SP2004 (because of the hyperthreading) for one – one and a half hour, and than leave the computer...
It’s the old Area 51m 5500 – 766, right? I have the same (well, MJ-12 and nvidia) and Mobile Meter gives me constantly 75 C, no matter if it just started, or has been running hard, so I think it doesn’t read the CPU properly at all. Can...
nVidia doesn’t offer mobile drivers on the web page. But as they are unified drivers, you just need a modified INF file to make it work for your mobile card. That’s the file that tells the installer which cards are supported and what...
The warranty is also an issue. It’s not international and to be valid you have to buy it from Europe. And do go for at least 2 years of warranty, no matter how good alienware is it’s only a computer and does brake from time to time.
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It surprised me nicely yesterday morning – after talking to CS last Wednesday I was expecting it around mid/end of this week – but they did the diagnostics, repair and testing in 1 day. They’ve replaced both the graphic card and the...
Area 51-m 766 has a replaceable video card module, so no, this dell thing won’t fit there. You can take the cover on the bottom of your machine covering the CPU and see exactly what you need.
But there was a link about that recently....
Yes, you can do image of your partition, burn it on DVD or save it on other partition and then restore it when needed. I have a bootable Norton Ghost CD from my office, it has saved me a couple of times. I'm sure there's other software...
