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Alienware M17X R3 - Faulty GPU?

I have an Alienware M17X R3 with the AMD Radeon 6990M upgrade. Over the past few months, the unit has been increasingly prone to Blue Screens of Death, but I chalked these up to simple Windows errors....

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How do I add SSD as Boot drive on new ALX

New ALX - nothing added yet. Want to boot from the SSD, and make the HDD for backup data storage.Have made a Recovery USB via Respawn.Installed Samsung 1Tb SSD in spare HD dock with Icy Dock...

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AlienFX does not connect anymore (Area 51)

2 days ago I dust cleaned the inside of my Area 51. Right after cleaning I turned on my desktop, but AlienFX refuses to make connection and also the fan speed is much higer than normal. I have...

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Battery tips

Am awaiting delivery of an Alienware 18.I've seen conflicting battery advice to prolong the life of the battery long term, ie it's ability to hold a charge.Is it better to leave plugged in at all times...

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UPGRADESSSSS

Hello.I was wondering if I could upgrade my 2 year old Alienware M17x R3 so it can run next gen games at a higher fps.My current specs are:   I7 2670qm                                         GTX 560m...

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Alienware M17x R5

A couple weeks ago I bought Alienware M17x R5, I brought it to home and upgrade some software "Not Alienware applications" like Windows Update and Nvidia, before updating the Nvidia, everything works...

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Alienware x51 AlienFX Problem

I've recently purchased the Alienware x51 r2 from the Dell website, all the latest updates etc. So it's on Windows 8 or 8.1, whatever, anyways I went to look in to changing the light scheme on my...

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Alienware M14x errors

Every time I opened up the laptop it keeps getting a  error message. I don't exactly know what error is saying but it shows up every time. Plus my alien ware fx is not working anymore. When I open my...

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NEED HELP Stripped Alienware M11x r2 back screws! Unable to find an screw...

Hello guys,I really need help to find a screwdriver/extractor that fits in the stripped screws of my Alienware m11x but can't manage to find one.I've tried all other ways to get the screws out but I...

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Aurora-R4 Power Supply Dead

MY R4 that is almost one year old today of all days (Tax day) has a dead Power supply.So after playing the game in the Web CS chat and then on hold for about 2 hours I finally get a Tech that tells me...

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M17x R4 Plugged in HDMI input now screen flickers nonstop

Yesterday, I decided to dust off my Raspberry Pi that I bought several months back and connect it to the computer.  I didnt really stop any of the running programs or anything, just left everything as...

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Alienware X51 R2 freezes/locks up & audio buzzing from speakers

Hi all. Ive had my Alienware X51 R2 since June of last year but from about 3 weeks ago this problem started to occur and I believe it is getting more frequent now. Ive only been playing on this PC the...

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Alienware MX1 R4 Nvidia GTX 660m Code 43 (Windows Device Manager)

I have had my Alienware M17x R4 for almost a year and have to send it in 4 or 5 times to get various things fixed.  I still have the sound issue where the audio device disappears and will not come back...

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Rapid Storage Technology

I've been told that I need to replace my Rapid Storage Technology Driver since my hard drive and my CD or attached to this controller how do I  go about uninstalling it?and reinstalling the new one. If...

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Small black button attached to PCU on the back of my alienware aurora, i...

hello, my name is Pablo, and i pressed the small black button on the back of my alienware aurora r4 with alx chasis desktop. I dont know what it does and what it is, but all i know is that it is...

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Alienware 14, Win 8.1 64bit, Alien Autopsy shows USB 2.0

Hi Guys,When I run Alien Autopsy, it shows that the USB ports are 2.0 HighSPeed. I know that this notebook comes with USB 3.0 ports. Drivers look ok under device manager. i have an entry described as...

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X51 cant reboot after bios update

Hi I recently made an update of my bios when suddently my computer frozen for hours so I decide to restart it but my pc cant turn on anymore...the only thing it does is opening for 2 seconds with the...

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X51 Delivery Time / In production time

Anyone able to post their wait time from order to delivery of their X51?  I just ordered mine on the 6th of Feb, I have never ordered from Dell before, i just figured without custom options these...

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Area 51 Overheating Liquid Cooling Problem

Hi,I am currently experiencing some issue with Alienware Area 51 system running Windows 7.The problem is that every time I run or install a program, the system fan speeds up really high but eventually...

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alienware 14" slow starup

i would like to ask about my alienware 14" last month after i buy from singapore my laptop can not open only blue screen and i let it on until 3 days and still like that ( blue screen ), and then i try...

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