It seems Alienware has heard the cries from owners of their pimped out 15″ gaming laptop, the M15x. We reported on the overheating and cracking issues last week. Already, Alienware has pushed out a fix.
You’ll have to email Alienware to get the new beta Bios release, X29b P3A30. You can shoot them a line at area51_m15x@alienware.com and ask for a copy, since this is a beta release. A full public version should be available shortly.
The new bios allows the GPU fan to spin up to 5400rpm to give better cooling. Your laptop might get a bit louder, but it’s not going to overheat and downclock your graphics card anymore.
March 12, 2008 – 10:00 am
Ruh Roh Raggy. Alienware has some cleaning up to do. Apparently, their new M15x monster gaming laptop is killing itself.
The gaming laptop is having some major overheating problems and the cases are cracking simply from opening and closing the lid. Not good at all. A few users over at Notebook Review have done some extensive testing on their own and found both the M15x and it’s predecessor, the M550, having heat issues, but the M15x seems to take the top spot with both overheating and the case cracking.
As the biggest manufacturer of gaming notebooks, you would expect Alienware to get these issues right. They did indicate they did not see these issues in testing, but many users are still having issues. Hopefully they’ll get on the ball and get the heat and cracking issues worked out.
Thanks to Fragloser for the tip!
