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How Many Problems Have Had With Your Area 51-m?

Poll Results: HOW MANY PROBLEMS HAVE YOU HAD WITH YOUR AREA 51-M???

 
  • 32% (21)
    0
  • 50% (33)
    1-3
  • 16% (11)
    4-8
  • 0% (0)
    More than 8...
65 Total Votes  
post #1 of 36
9/28/04 at 3:00am
Thread Starter 
Ok in the poll is the number of times u have had problems and Please name them so alienware know exactly where are the main problems are so they can improve the systems.
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post #2 of 36
9/28/04 at 3:08am
Thread Starter 
Mines had been:
1.- The strange noises that actually i thouhgt it where the hard disk.. but it was the wi fi card. (sounds are no more thanks to the answer on another posts)

2.- A dead pixel
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post #3 of 36
9/28/04 at 5:14am
1 - bad vid card (hard locks, poor performance). would have gotten it fixed, but a refund was better for me at that time.
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post #4 of 36
9/28/04 at 8:23am
Can not stop playing with it. It calls to me "PLAY HALO UNTIL 4:19 AM"
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post #5 of 36
9/28/04 at 9:12am
1 BIG ONE.... CPU OVERHEATED.... havent seen my baby in 4 months....
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post #6 of 36
9/28/04 at 10:05am
Had to replace the DVD burner a couple of months ago, abd numerous BSOD's. But it is still the best laptop I have ever had.
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post #7 of 36
9/28/04 at 10:09am
actually, now that roughneck has reminded me, I ALSO had to replace my DVD-ROm/CD-RW combo drive a little over a year after I got it...

so 2 for me.
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post #8 of 36
9/28/04 at 10:29am
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Originally Posted by roughneck266
Had to replace the DVD burner a couple of months ago, abd numerous BSOD's. But it is still the best laptop I have ever had.
I did too right before i sold it they whree realy good about it. the door had gotten loose from lots of use the funny thing is they sent me back a dvd+/-RW when I origainly had a DVD-RW that they originaly put in the older area 51Ms I did not get to enjoy it long though! Oh well! Still chalk one up for alienware customer support!
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post #9 of 36
9/28/04 at 11:16am
I had to replace my DVD burner, but other than that it's been flawless and I love it. I also only had one problem with my first Alienware laptop, it was getting BSODs due to some video driver error. Unfortunately it was stolen before I could fix the problem. Alienware handled my burner swap wonderfully though, I love the new 8x burner they gave me.
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post #10 of 36
9/28/04 at 11:57am
nada (knock on wood).
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post #11 of 36
9/28/04 at 12:20pm
defective video card, still in shop
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post #12 of 36
9/28/04 at 12:31pm
hahaha pretty cool lightsaber vid!!!
where can we watch the complete vid????
WE WANT MORE!!
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post #13 of 36
9/28/04 at 12:41pm
..only had it a couple weeks but no problems. No probs with ordering. No probs with shipping (even through a hurricane!). No probs with fraggin! Doom3, UT2004, Serious Sam 2, Warcraft 3, Condition Zero. Lovin my AW.
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post #14 of 36
9/28/04 at 5:54pm
-first videocard artifacted at stock speeds, had it replaced
-All my games crash at one point or another
-Performance seems to get worse the longer I play
-Can't watch dvd's using alienwares drivers
-middle keyboard latch isn't holding the keyboard down
-can't install video drivers with the setup.exe file
-Even after updating video bios to 1.16.36 games crash, screensaver 'pixelates'
-Occationally my dvd drive won't eject the cd.
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post #15 of 36
9/28/04 at 6:44pm
1. Just like everyone else the DVD burner...hummm is it just me or are the other ones sucky!!! I guess thats why they went with lite-on. The others have a life span of one year...lol
2. Battery latch fell off
3. IRQL_NOT_EQUAL_OR_LESS error all the time...(turned out to be the memory, sent it back waiting for some need memory. The old memory is in and NOOOO error...how nice!)
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post #16 of 36
9/28/04 at 6:59pm
Thanks Wezenloos
the video isnt done yet, but im making a new one when i come back from home
it takes hours and hours, and i dont have much time cause of architecture
but if u type in my screen name in AIM
name - The Panda Inn
and u look at my profile, their r parts of other videos ive made
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post #17 of 36
9/28/04 at 8:33pm
1- AC Adapter failed causing my mobo to fry. Smelled cool , but the "coolness" quickly wore off when i realized I would need to sent the lappy in.
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post #18 of 36
9/28/04 at 11:21pm
Fsked up mobo = no sound. That's pretty much it.... besides the wait.
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post #19 of 36
9/29/04 at 9:08am
everyone who votes should also tell how long they've had their system for...could be a month with no problems, which really isnt saying much...
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post #20 of 36
9/29/04 at 10:47am
i had it for less than a month before it broke
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