Comments on: Alienware m15x Crack Explained

By: Mike Jacobson

Mike Jacobson — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:33:25 +0000

Okay, so its been a year or so since ive had my alienware m15x. I was really excited about this computer but i have to say its been a bit of a let down. Ive had a boarload of issues that ended me having to send the computer in to alienware three times. Some of these issues include cracks under the left side of the screen, sometimes it would just shut off, or turn off while booting up. They replaced my mother board, my gpu, the plastic shell around my screen and of course, my keyboard which had keys falling off after a couple of months. Im writing this on the eve of sending in my computer for a 4th time, it seems that my screen is once again cracking under the left side of the screen near the hinge and pieces of plastic are beginning to fall out. Finally, I have one last greivance to share that all other m15x owners share with me regardless of the quality of their unit. That is that since its release over a year ago, only one driver, still in its beta stage has been released for the m15x’s 8800 GTX running windows xp. This is really starting to bug me as some games slow down, like Empire total war, when I know this computer can easily handle it on mid to high settings. My 3dmark06 score was also pretty crappy, especially when trying the beta driver, somewhere around 4-5000 was the highest i could push

By: K. T. Bradford

K. T. Bradford — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:29:07 +0000

arun, though Alienware laptops are pretty awesome, why not consider a less expensive but still powerful laptop that you might even be able to carry around? WE have a list of good notebooks for students that includes a few that will do you right as a gamer.

By: arun

arun — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:04:50 +0000

hey,
ive been a console gamer, but now college is gonna start soon, so i need a good laptop.
Alienware does seem expensive…and i always thought quality for the price is what alienware gave its customers.Im interested in the alienware m15x because of the fact that you can add extra battery life to the system and hence get about 5+ hours when not gaming(low settings+stealth mode).I was worried about the heating issue, but never really thought i would be as big a deal as it seems to many customers here.
Im starting to get a little nervous about buying an m15x…any one with positive results? not having heating issues?
a little consolation here please

By: NotMe

NotMe — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:59:43 +0000

Well first off I’m not amazing when it comes to computer knowledge so I can’t tell you if my system downclocked or what ever. But I know enough
So I can tell you something. I have played games like Crysis and Supreme Commander FA for LONG periods (SupComFA lans lastiing almost 16 hours of nonstop play) and yes the system runs hot to a point where it starts lagging badly. But here is an EASY fix to that problem. Prop up you damn machine. Its intake for the ventilation is on the bottom. If you let it sit flat on your desk it can’t cool itself efficently. Thats what I did. I monitor my CPU temp and when it skyrockets while gaming I set my laptop on a little piece of wood and within a minute the CPU speeds up again because the fans now can actually pull air. And if that does not help buy a cooling pad for 20 bucks. Its worth the investment as it takes quite some stress off of the internal fans.
Otherwise just live with it. That notebook has some amazing components and the faster stuff gets the hotter it gets…and then its all packed into a fairly small case. (Its not a 17″ brick)

My 5 cents to this conversation

By: Malice

Malice — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:58:01 +0000

I’m malice….hheheheehhahahahaha

ok, just joking.

I have friends who owned alienware laptops m15x for no problem at all. The downclock button works perfectly even IN-GAME!! I can immediately see the difference before and after he press the button, so people don’t get mad so quick, sometimes you need patience to solve any obstables ahead. then you will be happy

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:56:45 +0000

I think Alienware are pretty cool.

By: Funny

Funny — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:47:34 +0000

5 months later, people still having the SAME problems, AW crapped on their fans with the m15x.

By: WillJay

WillJay — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:05:30 +0000

I love it how anytime Alienware has an issue, no matter how hard they work to correct it, people jump out swinging. I’ve had issues with Alienware systems in the past but they have always been resolved. I had a PC die, completely die , about once every 4 months. This continued for about a year and they shipped me a brand new fully loaded one that has not had ANY problems to this day. Let them do their job children and simmer down. The first production line of anything ALWAYS has a few problems, and there is always a percentage of anything mass produced (and the components in an Alienware system are) that fail or act up. You spend the extra money on a high end system to minimize this but it can never be eliminated. Also, pause to take a breath and think or what you want? I hope it is a fix to your system and obviously they are working on it. But in response to the reader who got angry over the author suggesting that maybe hitting your system would do it anger is a lot of times caused by guilt and or being cornered. Why don’t you go buy an Apple, and sit around with other cultists and talk about how awesome the “plain” styling is and ignore the slowness of the actual machine. Sure it won’t break (but some do also) but neither will a pair of scissors used as a lawn mower versus a john deere. Todd, don’t apologize for your suggestion, stick to your guns. If it offends them then it is their problem, at least you were thinking outside of the box trying to help someone with anger management issues. My guess is that they don’t own one (like Brad) or they had too much Kool-Aid and tried shoving Crysis into the PC thinking it was a slot loading drive…

By: Hitman

Hitman — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:23:11 +0000

They said they’ve only received a few direct reports about the issue. It’s possible it doesn’t exist on all the notebooks or most people aren’t noticing it because the system is still fast enough? If the graphics downclocks even at the downclocked speed it could still be fast enough for most games people are playing escept for maybe Crysis.

By: Todd Haselton

Todd Haselton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:19:25 +0000

First off, as the author of the article, let me explain a few things. Alienware doesn’t pay any of us to review its products and we don’t get to keep anything. (To be honest, I’m more of a desktop gamer anyway).

Second, I am an avid gamer myself and played Crysis across many days of testing–not just one–in fact, over a time span of a few weeks. I’m sure I made my editors nervous toting it home on the Subway after work every day. The system here doesn’t have overheating issues, so I’d be falsifying readers if I said it did, too.

Third, Why would I post pictures of the small opening if I loved Alienware? If I had a crack or a shutdown, you betcha I’d film it and post it. The fact is, we didn’t have any problems with the unit and wanted an explanation for ourselves to do a service for our readers, hence the contact information for tech support.

And of course, the keyboard punching comment was a joke on my part, so if it makes you feel any better, I take it back.

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