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.
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!
You may have noticed I’ve been a bit absent the past few days. If you were jumping for joy, you’ll be glad to hear I’ll be down for the count for a bit longer. My Dell laptop decided to kick the bucket, a mere 2 weeks after the warranty expired. So I’ve decided it’s time to take the plunge and switch to Mac.
I picked up a 15″ MacBook Pro yesterday from my local Apple Store. I got home to discover that they keyboard intermittently stops working. Just my luck. Anyway, I’m heading back to the Apple Store in a bit to exchange this out for a different laptop. I should be back in full force tomorrow afternoon/evening.
While I’m away, if anyone has an recommendations for cool apps for Mac, or good versions of FTP or SSH software, let me know in the comments.
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