Posts by dave-p

The AW R1 mobo maybe a hard item to find, Alienware does not sell them from what I have read. but eBay may have some. just make sure the seller has good feedback. Since the board is damaged you can try to get the daughter board secured...

if your in the USA goto Dell's web site and look for the link for outlet

Quote:Originally Posted by ecommerce  Hi   Yes any 3.5'' inch HDD will fit in the M11x, you can find them cheaper than $160 for 500gb, try ebay or ebuyer, they have great deals at the moment.   you mean any 2.5 inch 9.5...

R3 - Single GPU M17xR1, R2 and M18 = Dual GPUs The R3 is really a class by itself

R2 from the Outlet could be a good deal. The R3 is not a bad laptop but it is a single GPU only. The M18x is the replacement for the R2.

I do not have a detailed proceedure for you, Sorry What I can tell you is coping a image onto a SSD drive has issues. 1. You can not touch the MBR (Master Boot Record) or File format structure or you can throw the drive alignment...

QX9300 as far as quad cores go or a T9900 Dual Core as far as I know Also 4850 mxm 2.1 GPUs are the best I believe as well. http://www.notebookforums.com/forum/thread/230877/m17x-vs-m17 check link above for more info. NOTE the power...

many issues like this are software - chipset related. Have you changed anything lately? you can try downloading and installing the latest chipset drivers from Dells site and see if it improves. What are the specs of your laptop ?

The thing i woud look at is the GPU/CPU options get the laptop that gives you the best GPU CPU combo.

Demand a refund The R3 is no where even close to a equal to a R2 Single GPU vs Dual GPU RGB Screen let alone as you alreadt stated the price