M17X Driver Issues
I acquired this Alienware M17x yesterday, all it had was the system itself and the power cable.Upon first start up I got a no operating system message. The sticker under the laptop had a windows 7 key...
View ArticleAlienware Command Center still hiding?
Hi, I have an Alienware M17xR3 with Windows 7 64 bit freshly installed. I've been trying to get Alienware CC to work and tried uninstalling and reinstalling the latest version and the installer bugs...
View ArticleR4 - Wireless Adaptor Dropping and associated weirdness!
Hello Alienware Club, I have a new problem on my R4. At random, my 802.11 bgn 1T1R Wireless Adaptor will drop. It totally disappears and gone off the Device Manager. I try to detect new hardware and...
View ArticleAlienware X51 shipping delays unacceptable
I basically ordered on the 28th of November and I got a edd of the 12th December and I was happy with that. I went ahead placed the order and now the 12th has come and gone still nothing even a week...
View ArticleAlienware 18 , less than 3 day old, rubber matte/soft touch skin peeling
Hi I received my alienware 18 laptop on Tuesday 12/17/13 and I have only been using it for a few days in my home and already the soft touch is peeling off! I see that many others are having this...
View ArticleAlien 17 and Razer megalodon compatibility issue
Hello everyone, I just bought a new alienware 17 and I got problems with my gaming headset Razer Megalodon. The model of laptop, as i said, is the new alienware 17, on its lowest configuration with...
View ArticleLocked BIOS Setup, Alienware M17x R4
My laptop BIOS has a admin password enabled, and I can't modify any settings. I have never set one, and I have been the only owner of the system. I need help, I can't get UEFI boot to work because of...
View ArticleAlienware x51 crashing
So I have had my alienware x51 for a little bit over a year now and sometimes it will crash (not your off automatically, but fps drops to close to 0 and CPU usage shoots up to near 100%. if I try to...
View ArticleAlienware 14 Bluetooth suddenly become Unknown Device
HI Dell,I cannot install my drivers for bluetooth. I've got no Idea what "activate bluetooth using wireless switch " means.I keep turning my wifi on/off and it doesnt work :(thanks
View ArticleComing back to factory settings after windows 8 cd install ,new alienware....
Hi guys,I have recently bought new alirnware m17x 24 gb 128ssd with 750 hard drive. I thought that some tests in 3dmark were low(3d markcwas simpmy not using gtx card) and i wanted to restore system....
View ArticleCapslock Delete?
I would like to delete the function of the caps lock key so it never works again.oN MY DESKTOP <-- there is goes.... On my desktop, I actually disassembled the keyboard and cut out the little...
View ArticleCan I abandon my m17x r3 discrete video ?
My question is below comment #7 (my rant)The backstory:My son was playing minecraft last week and attempted to alt-tab to the desktop. He was greeted with a blueish gray screen with a series of evenly...
View ArticleAlienware fx lighting not working properly
Sometimes when i start my Alienware 14, only light on the left bottom lits up, and there is no way to turn it off or turn all other oni do a restart one or two times and lights start working properly,...
View ArticleRadeon HD 8990 - Require Alienware/Dell Drivers?
On the Aurora R4 does the Radeon HD 8990 require special drivers from dell/alienware or does it use the standard drivers as they are released from AMD for all their cards?
View ArticleAlienware 18 rubber scratched and broken in 1 week?
So my Alienware 18 is 1 week old and I am very very careful with it, it is beautiful.However, the only time I move it I use the Vindicator backpack.So I got some scratches which look like they will...
View ArticleCrash/Shutdown 5 min into game
I have an Alien X51 i7 that I try to play Civ V with and about 5 minutes into the game, the computer just turns off every time. I have to unplug the power supply and simply rep lug it back in before...
View ArticleAurora r4 bios update problem
i had bios version A07 and i updated it to Bios version A10. when the download finishes im asked to reboot the sytem so that the update would take effect. as soon as the systems reboots i hear loud...
View ArticleBootable USB thumb drive
I would like to create a bootable thumb drive just like you used to do in the old days. There is many a times where I wanted to boot to a DOS menu if you will outside of Windows. So does anybody have...
View ArticleM14x Overheating and Extremely Low FPS
So in July 2011 I purchased an Alienware M14X Laptop and since then I have had so many problems and had to deal with so much <ADMIN NOTE: Profane word removed per TOU> that I don't think I would...
View ArticleAlienware 17 screen went black after waking up from sleep. mSATA drive died.
I have a new Alienware 17 (4930MX, GTX 780M, 32GB). I asked for 1TB SSD RAID-0 but it came from factory with 3 SSDs in RAID-0 and then a single mSATA disk on its own.Two bad issues: #1. After the...
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