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post #461 of 667
7/11/06 at 1:26pm
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Originally Posted by Jagg111
Good news gang, mine is on the truck for delivery. Ill put up a review as soon as I can! For now though I am guna go sit in the drive way... WOOO So EXCITED!!!

Thats exactally what I did when I got my m7700 last year. Put the grill up front, made some hotdog, got a radio out there, got a tan and waiting. Took some pictures of the truck pulling up and they guy walking up... He thought I was crazy... Ill be doing the same thing this week when I get mine!!! ALL MINE!!!
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post #462 of 667
7/11/06 at 2:20pm
I'm really depressed about the fact that mine is going to get to my house on Wednesday, and yet I won't get to see it till Friday. I'm in Providence, RI, and my house is in NJ, so I'm taking the train to NJ to get it. Lol. I wouldn't have it shipped here because I wouldn't trust the mail/package handlers in the university post office to take care of it.
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post #463 of 667
7/11/06 at 2:24pm
Phase 9! The suspense is killing me...
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post #464 of 667
7/11/06 at 2:53pm
Got mine in today. What an awesome machine

One small rain on my parade, it has a single dead (dark - red) pixel in the right hand side (about an inch outside of the defined center quadrant). Reading their policy on pixels, I don't qualify for a replacement.

Thankfully, it will see maybe 5% of it's usable time on the LCD as I have a 24" widescreen LCD for 95% of the time (it's on my desk).

Marker, I noticed you got over 10k... could you provide any tips/tricks as to what drivers you're changing or system things you're tweaking? I am still pulling in the 9600 range
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post #465 of 667
7/11/06 at 3:32pm
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Originally Posted by DFrey89
Thats exactally what I did when I got my m7700 last year. Put the grill up front, made some hotdog, got a radio out there, got a tan and waiting. Took some pictures of the truck pulling up and they guy walking up... He thought I was crazy... Ill be doing the same thing this week when I get mine!!! ALL MINE!!!


YOU GUYS CRACK ME UP!!! I COULD JUST PICTURE THAT! Unfortunally I wouldn't be able to do the same, 'cause mine is being delivered at my work place in NY City, and I work on the 18th floor! wait a second... Maybe I should stand by the window and be on the look out for the fedex truck...
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post #466 of 667
7/11/06 at 3:37pm
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Originally Posted by aaronjb
No problem - as soon as it turns up I'll pull the BIOS up and host it for all to use

*checks the order tracking again*

Damn.. still the same..

Thanks a lot aaronjb.
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post #467 of 667
7/11/06 at 3:40pm
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Originally Posted by Salec
I would also love to find out about how overclocking goes. I'm more interested in how efficient the cooling system is for if I ever upgrade to new video cards or a new CPU. Also, is the TV tuner upgradable in the future? The more I hear about this beast the more impatient I get. I hit phase 8 this morning!!

It sounds like the vid cards have quite a bit of headroom for OC'ing, even though overclocking a laptop is kinda silly. It's the same core as the 7900gtx, with some pipeline and geometry differences, but the main difference is the stock clock of 375 instead of 500. The memory on the gs is also rated for 500 as opposed to the gtx's 600, but I don't know if they're physically different chips. Might also just be clocked differently.

As for the tv tuner, I'm not sure it's an upgradable part, you'll need to call AW and ask. However, there are usb tuners available with the same hardware, so unless you want it internal the usb tuner might be a better way to go.
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post #468 of 667
7/11/06 at 3:43pm
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Originally Posted by Serid
Got mine in today. What an awesome machine

One small rain on my parade, it has a single dead (dark - red) pixel in the right hand side (about an inch outside of the defined center quadrant). Reading their policy on pixels, I don't qualify for a replacement.

Thankfully, it will see maybe 5% of it's usable time on the LCD as I have a 24" widescreen LCD for 95% of the time (it's on my desk).

Marker, I noticed you got over 10k... could you provide any tips/tricks as to what drivers you're changing or system things you're tweaking? I am still pulling in the 9600 range

Bummer, haven't heard of any dead or stuck pixels yet.

There are programs you can download that are successful at popping stuck pixels loose, you might want to try one of those.

Here's a google search, good luck!
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post #469 of 667
7/11/06 at 3:49pm
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Originally Posted by holysoldier

YOU GUYS CRACK ME UP!!! I COULD JUST PICTURE THAT! Unfortunally I wouldn't be able to do the same, 'cause mine is being delivered at my work place in NY City, and I work on the 18th floor! wait a second... Maybe I should stand by the window and be on the look out for the fedex truck...


Sometimes it's worth waiting for your delivery person with a camera...

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post #470 of 667
7/11/06 at 3:57pm
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead
Sometimes it's worth waiting for your delivery person with a camera...

I'd have to agree on that man!
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post #471 of 667
7/11/06 at 4:25pm
Why does AW have to torture me.. lol

I've been in Phase 9 for nearly three days..

........

what if they dropped my computer.. I would be p*ssed. Sigh.. *waitwaitwaitwait*

maybe this evening they will ship it.
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post #472 of 667
7/11/06 at 6:22pm
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead
Bummer, haven't heard of any dead or stuck pixels yet.

There are programs you can download that are successful at popping stuck pixels loose, you might want to try one of those.

Here's a google search, good luck!

Thanks for the link, I've been playing with the app most mentioned and "massaging" that point through a soft cloth (as they recommended).

Unfortunately, it isn't working so far. No worries, soon as I get it home (I had it delivered to work... yeah I am getting a lot done today ) it will be closed and on a cooling pad and I won't even be able to notice.

Now, I just need to starting getting the right drivers and utils to tweak it out to the max. Best I've done is 10042
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post #473 of 667
7/11/06 at 7:00pm
Just got my tracking number!! It's due to arrive this Friday! Guess i'm taking off work that day

Go Fed Ex go!

BTW: While that girl looks to be working for UPS. I'm really hoping she has a twin sister that works at Fed Ex
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post #474 of 667
7/11/06 at 9:06pm
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Originally Posted by Serid
Marker, I noticed you got over 10k... could you provide any tips/tricks as to what drivers you're changing or system things you're tweaking? I am still pulling in the 9600 range
Did you check to see if your CPU driver is correct and if it's not have you fixed that? That was a problem on marker01's rig, I know, and it'll be the first thing I check when I get mine on Friday.

I PM'ed him and this is the info he gave me:
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Originally Posted by marker01
The AMD athlon 64 driver is loaded by default. Even if you reload your OS with the CD provided by AW, that driver is loaded (version 1.2.2.2)

a) this is an older CPU driver
b) This is the driver for athlon, not turion

The correct driver can be found here
http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/cont...mdcpusetup.exe

You just want to uninstall the driver from add/remove programs and install this one.
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post #475 of 667
7/11/06 at 10:09pm
Is it Wednesday yet?

Just got an upfdate from FedEx, it is now within 20 miles of delivery. Will be getting it tomorrow!!
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post #476 of 667
7/11/06 at 10:46pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Witchdoctor
I have begun my review of my m9700. it can be found here.

As promised ... now with pics!
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post #477 of 667
7/11/06 at 10:47pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead
Sometimes it's worth waiting for your delivery person with a camera...

Yeah .... the FedEx dude that dropped mine off --- NOT HER!!
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post #478 of 667
7/12/06 at 11:58am
Yay!!! It's on the delivery truck!

I hope FedEx hurries, my KB here at work cannot handle much more of the drool!
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post #479 of 667
7/12/06 at 12:05pm
Greetings folks!

I've been snooping around here a while and thought I'd chime in on a new bit of intel that might happen. Given the title of this thread, I haven't seen anyone post that is taking the "corporate" route to obtain a laptop.

I have a requirement for a 64-bit laptop. Right now it's between the Alienware m9700 (my choice) or an Acer Ferrari 4006 (some IT dude's idea). Besides the fact that the Acer would come through a reseller (which I'm not comfortable with support-wise), there were a host of reasons why I'm leaning towards the m9700, despite being nearly twice as much (as I specc'd it, 3yr support, etc).

If my boss decides to try to order the m9700 for me, I will post here on my ordering experience. For now, I'm posting just to have a few more people crossing their fingers for me!

Wish me luck!
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post #480 of 667
7/12/06 at 12:33pm
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Originally Posted by zelthian
Greetings folks!

I've been snooping around here a while and thought I'd chime in on a new bit of intel that might happen. Given the title of this thread, I haven't seen anyone post that is taking the "corporate" route to obtain a laptop.

I have a requirement for a 64-bit laptop. Right now it's between the Alienware m9700 (my choice) or an Acer Ferrari 4006 (some IT dude's idea). Besides the fact that the Acer would come through a reseller (which I'm not comfortable with support-wise), there were a host of reasons why I'm leaning towards the m9700, despite being nearly twice as much (as I specc'd it, 3yr support, etc).

If my boss decides to try to order the m9700 for me, I will post here on my ordering experience. For now, I'm posting just to have a few more people crossing their fingers for me!

Wish me luck!

Alienware has a corporate sales division, you should contact them and they may be able to offer you a better price. Best of luck...
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