Thermal Grizzly anyone?
Anyone tried out thermal grizzly yet? http://www.performance-pcs.com/brand--thermal-grizzly/
View ArticlePlugged in, Not charging
Hey NBR, as the title says i'm getting Plugged in, no charging scenario. every 10-15 seconds it switches from AC Adapter to battery randomly, the screen brightness will go from clear to dark back and...
View ArticleAlienware M18xR1 last upgrade
Hi everyone. I need advice and help. Since its almost 4y now that i have this laptop and it was my first Alienware im realy satisfied. Because there is no need to change anything but GPU i would be...
View ArticleM18X R2 disabling one GPU confuses machine.
Hi all, I have an M18X R2 here which has two 7970M GPUs onboard. I wanted to check that both are fully functioning, so I disabled one of them, with the result that the machine is only displaying low...
View Article***M18x - AMD Crossfire (Driver Questions, Performance, Problems) Discussion...
Greetings AMD M18x Owners... We've had a rash of new threads concerning AMD GPUs and the M18x. Many of these new threads already have been covered here in the forum. In an effort to centralize...
View ArticleGTX 880M SLI Win10 Code 24 error
http://i67.tinypic.com/2zyal9g.jpg <---------- Picture of the errors (Just Saw i says Error 43) Yesterday i played Crysis 3, with no problems, then the game freeze and i went to bed. Today i cant...
View Article2nd GPU Not Detected (After repasting Thermal Paste)
Oh man.... Of all days, why does it have to happen today? So, today, I found my Left Over Liquid Ultra and decided to perform a repaste. And I opened up my heatsinks, only to find out, 2 screws were...
View ArticleAmd to NVIDIA for M18xr2
Good Afternoon all I have a M18xr2 running AMD 7970s without issue. However they are three years old and they are beginning to not be able to max out new games now. What is the latest NVIDIA card that...
View Articlebroken plastic clip on sata connector
so the alienware i got from ebay works fine but the connector clip that holds the sata cable in is broken on one side and its a real issue...does anyone have a spare they can ship from a parted out...
View ArticleNew AW 18 beeps in the startup & display won't work
Hi guys. I have a new AW 18 which I purchased from Amazon.com back in 2014 August. When I turn on my laptop, it sometimes works fine. But sometimes it doesn't. All the keyboard lights are lighted up...
View ArticleUpgrading from 6990M CF to 8970M CF on M18x R1
So I am thinking about doing this and Mr. Fox said it should be possible. I have dual 6990M in there now on my M18x R1. Could I use the current heat pipes, etc. and just replace the paste? Or will I...
View ArticleAlienware 18 problems.
Hi guys, am encountering some sort of problems on my Alienware 18. Specs: Alienware 18 2013 CPU - Intel core i7 4900MQ @ 2.80ghz (8M cache, Turbo up to 3.8ghz) *I turned on the oc level 1* Ram - 16GB...
View ArticleHow to Overclock the Alienware 18 and Haswell CPU (or actually have it run...
Edit: thread title has been updated because the BIOS and EC issues apply to all Alienware 18 systems, not just those with a 4930MX CPU. This subject has been discussed in numerous threads for the...
View ArticleNEED TESTERS: M18x R2 custom BIOS
So I figured nobody was willing to take the risk but me, so I decided to see if I could retrofit major modifications from the Alienware 18 BIOS A12 into the M18x R2, since the BIOS files/structures are...
View ArticleXTU M18x R1?
Has anybody been able to get a version of XTU to work past version 2.1 on the M18x R1? All the newer versions seems to lock out multipliers and voltage, giving me BCLK frequency option only.
View Article*Official* Alienware M18xR1/R2 CPU Overclocking Thread - Learn How and Share...
Lets discuss all things related to overclocking the Intel i7 Sandy/Ivy Bridge Extreme CPUs here... Tips, BIOS settings, questions & answers - all are welcome. We're going to try something different...
View Article*OFFICIAL* M18x R1/R2 Owner's Lounge Thread
Welcome to the Owner's Lounge for the Alienware M18x and Alienware M18x R2 Previous M18x Owner's Lounge can be found here This thread is a place to discuss your new M18x and share information on your...
View Article7970m + Nvidia 100W heatsink = ok or no?
just noticed that the spare 7970m i have on the shelf has a NV100 heatsink on it, i figured i put it on there by accident but after looking around i can't find an AMD heatsink anywhere so am I ok to...
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