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  1. simon h
    For the record, i have not forgotten any of the things you guys wrote. I'll come back to this later. I have not binned it
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    Still makes me chuckle to see an 8GB RTX card in a 2013 laptop. That sort of score puts a smile on my face. 1080 Ultra is good enough. I think we are at the end of the line now, we have stretched the hell out of the M18 R2. With no more RAM and CPU options, this is the end of the line. Even if a new GPU could be used, the CPU will hold it back
  3. simon h
    This is not fair....i was rich when i bought my last Alienware M18 r2 for £3,800 and now im covid broke at the moment.
  4. simon h
    Sliderfra, i'm not familiar with any of that you mention. Looks like i need to do a bit more research.
  5. simon h
    So...see you in 11 years then......keep this forum open !!!
  6. simon h
    Looks quite slick. With 4x m.2's you could RAID 6 it. (4x8TB RAID 6)....I would be mad though, 1 more drive for 5x8TB RAID 10.... so close! Looking at the RAM, the options are up to dual channel 64GB 4800Mhz only. I would only go 16GB max here when buying the laptop. I say that because, i would be looking to replace their best 4800Mhz option with much better RAM....overclocked too no doubt, assume it has XMP in the bios. Best to then only have 16GB to dispose of and not 64GB, i think that would be prudent. In fact i would choose the lowest RAM and drives with a view to replace / add afterwards.
  7. simon h
    So now the integrated is looking after your desktop. NEVER EVER alter the reserved VRAM in BIOS for the integrated gpu, no matter how tempted you are !!!!!!!!!
  8. simon h
    This made me smile....Had to chuckle sorry....SG mode Ahoy. I bet you was twitching for a while. It gets us all once. So this is the P4000 GPU you have put in then? Looking good there. list your spec as of now bilili. I am interested seeing what people are up to. It is great to see. I have a special affinity to the Alienware M18x R2.
  9. simon h
    Dont be discouraged. It was a good effort.
  10. simon h
    I have just read from top to bottom and was hoping to read at the bottom of the thread you had it working.... Is it a dead end for sure now ?
  11. simon h
    Bilili, you are where i was except i had SLI dual GTX675's which died 6 weeks apart. I went from dual gtx675's to a single gtx970 + integrated. I wanted to go down the MXM Quadro route myself with NVME adapter as well, but cant do that now. Still amazes me that a 10 yr old laptop can still rock. "I have a 10-11 year old laptop" "I feel sorry for you..." "Dont, its better than your new work laptop, i have m.2 NVME and RAID 0 sata SSD's, 32GB RAM, Quadro RTX capabilities + integrated in SG mode and an 18" screen...." ('.' ) keep us updated and GL.
  12. simon h
    Just to add a nugget here. I upgraded my original 12GB 1600mhz ram that came with my M18X R2 with 4x8GB 32GB of 1866mhz HyperX RAM without any issues. I didnt do any overclocking, i was happy with the 1866mhz that it was recognised at and was primarily interested in the capacity not speed anyway. So i can definately confirm this scenario can be done.
  13. simon h
    Kebab Hunter, Glad it worked for you. I have no way of removing the bios chip and reflashing it external to the laptop to try and see if it works. Not sure what i am going to do. I wont rush into it though, i have time. I may just sell all the bits. What i could possibly sell from this is ; Intel 3740QM CPU Intel 3820M CPU brand new unused 32GB 1866mhz HyperX RAM 12GB 1600mhz original RAM that came with the Alienware (2x4GB + 2x2GB) Nvidia GTX 970M GPU Both 3 pipe GPU heatsinks Original SLI cable 18" screen and lid Original 1TB HDD with carriage keyboard works (but no lights - the ribbon lead for keyboard lights is damaged and 1 key is not quite anchored down) Motherboard for parts / repair -bios reflash externally perhaps chasis battery Power supply optical drive Wifi card Im weighing up the choices, i suppose i could make some cash, but how long would it take to sell that lot.
  14. simon h
    Ok, just spotted this....reading
  15. simon h
    Hi there, its been a while, logged back in today. I waited for an age for the guy i sent my laptop to. The last time i phoned him was December 7th. That was 5 months after he received it. He said to me once again, he didnt know what was wrong with it and couldnt even tell me how far he got with it as he didnt have his notes at hand. I just didnt beleive that he had looked at it and if i cast my mind back to July when i first spoke to him, he was bemoaning gaming laptops to me on the phone, and he didnt like them. So he couriered my laptop back to me and i got it back week before Xmas. Now i know for a fact he didnt do anything with it as everything was wrapped exactly the way i wrapped it, including the plug. Waste of time i suppose, never mind onwards and upwards. I built a new desktop in November, and i have just leached the two SSD's out the Alienware and will be using them for backup drives in my desktop. I suppose i have a few bits to Ebay now then.
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