Alienware 18 and M18x

150 topics in this forum

1. Alienware m18x r2 HDD inquiry

   By Busta Bloodnut, 20 hours ago   

   • alienware
   • alienware m18xr2
   • 0 replies
   • 20 views
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   • Busta Bloodnut
   • 20 hours ago

2. Hot Spot temperature

   By Sebastian Ramirez, Wednesday at 07:59 PM   

   • gtx980m
   • 0 replies
   • 58 views
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   • Sebastian Ramirez
   • Wednesday at 07:59 PM

3. Bent GPU

   By Sebastian Ramirez, Tuesday at 01:34 AM   

   • thermalpads
   • 2 replies
   • 138 views
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   • Sebastian Ramirez
   • Tuesday at 06:02 PM

4. Putting thermal pads on top of each other

   By Sebastian Ramirez, February 16   

   • thermalpads
   • 2 replies
   • 83 views
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   • Sebastian Ramirez
   • February 16

5. Locked BIOS at Alienware 18

   By Stripy Cat, February 9   

   • locked bios
   • 1 reply
   • 74 views
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   • Stripy Cat
   • February 11

6. GTX980M Black part

   By Sebastian Ramirez, February 10   

   • gtx980m alienware
   • 5 replies
   • 156 views
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   • Sebastian Ramirez
   • February 11

7. HOW DO I UPDATE TO A Nvidia GTX 1070 1 2 3 4 5

   By Ryo Hazaki, May 17, 2023   

   • alienware 18
   • nvidia 765m
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • alienware 18
     • nvidia 765m
     • nvidia 1070
     • alienware 18 r1
   • 108 replies
   • 20.5k views
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   • Maxware79
   • February 10

8. alienware 18 DIMM access controller for RAM damaged, worth changing ?

   By Omadon, January 22
   • 1 reply
   • 122 views
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   • Maxware79
   • February 6

9. Does these black chips require thermal pads? GTX980M

   By Sebastian Ramirez, January 31   

   • alienware
   • 1 reply
   • 100 views
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   • Jerryzago
   • January 31

10. M18x r2 and 1070m

    By alienrazer, January 9   

    • m18xr2
    • 2 replies
    • 236 views
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    • Maxware79
    • January 20

11. Does NV75W heatsink work well with an GTX980M - Alienware 18

    By Sebastian Ramirez, January 6   

    • gtx980m
    • 2 replies
    • 193 views
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    • Sebastian Ramirez
    • January 6

12. Does NV75W OEM heatsink work well with an GTX980M

    By Sebastian Ramirez, January 5   

    • alienware18
    • 2 replies
    • 228 views
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    • Jerryzago
    • January 5

13. New MXM cards finally work in EDP only laptops

    By sliderfra, September 28, 2025   

    • mxm rtx
    • 7 replies
    • 765 views
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    • sliderfra
    • December 26, 2025

14. Motherboard Replacement Steps

    By Sebastian Ramirez, December 6, 2025   

    • alienware18
    • 2 replies
    • 296 views
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    • Sebastian Ramirez
    • December 7, 2025

15. M18x R2 with MSI 970m 6gb, not installing newest drivers.

    By Signex, October 2, 2025   

    • modify nvidia drivers
    • 3 replies
    • 576 views
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    • DoenerBoy123
    • December 3, 2025

16. AW18 best original supported setup?

    By s4lem0nsen, November 7, 2025   

    • alienware18
    • 3 replies
    • 384 views
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    • ssj92
    • December 1, 2025

17. Does GTX1070 GPU work in 2nd GPU slot, instead of the 1st (Alienware 18)

    By Sebastian Ramirez, November 12, 2025   

    • alienware18
    • 7 replies
    • 665 views
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    • Sebastian Ramirez
    • November 24, 2025

18. Motherboard Replacement Question

    By Sebastian Ramirez, October 27, 2025   

    • alienware 18
    • gtx1070
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • alienware 18
      • gtx1070
      • bios mod
      • motherboard
      • cmos
    • 9 replies
    • 738 views
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    • Sebastian Ramirez
    • November 10, 2025

19. Display issues Alienware 18

    By razor0601, February 28, 2025   

    • alienware
    • 19 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • sliderfra
    • November 8, 2025

20. Alienware M18x R1 upgrades

    By Q-1, October 13, 2023   

    • m18x
    • 10 replies
    • 4.3k views
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    • i.bakar
    • October 21, 2025

21. Need help whit flashin bios on m18x r2

    By Tenzzy, October 16, 2025   

    • m18xr2
    • 2 replies
    • 391 views
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    • Tenzzy
    • October 19, 2025

22. RTX 3080 in M18xR2? Should I do it? lol 1 2 3 4 11

    By ssj92, February 4, 2024   

    • rtx 3080
    • mxm
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • rtx 3080
      • mxm
      • m18x
    • 255 replies
    • 33k views
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    • SuperMG
    • October 17, 2025

23. Alienware M18 R2 tweaking information 14900hx

    By i.bakar, October 9, 2025   

    • m18
    • alienware
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • m18
      • alienware
      • r2
      • m18r2
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • i.bakar
    • October 13, 2025

24. Alienware M18 undervolt protection won't disable 1 2 3

    By MogRules, April 16, 2023   

    • m18
    • alienware
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • m18
      • alienware
      • undervolting
    • 60 replies
    • 23.7k views
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    • i.bakar
    • October 11, 2025

25. Upgrading M18X R2. Trying to Choose a GPU & Heatsink

    By baldfish, October 9, 2025   

    • alienware m18x
    • 1 reply
    • 376 views
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    • ssj92
    • October 10, 2025