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I still don't understand if there's literally several different models with several different antennas or just 2 models and 2 antennas. For sure M14x uses a different antenna. Then there's the SIL-SK63100 vs SK9210-HS models. M14x for sure uses SK9210-HS model but I am not sure what m18xR1, m17xr3, aw17, aw18, m18xr2 use. If they all use the same SIL-SK63100 model then what about antennas? i found a m17xr4 antenna but no idea if it's the same for m17xr3. I also ordered the vizio receiver/transmitter pack on eBay but now need to figure out the DMC port cards. the part numbers I have for m17xr3 are different from the ones for the other models I found online but some listings show aw14/17/18/m18x/m17x all together

I was doing some research, it seems the SK9210-HS model is specific to the OG M14x. The SIL-SK63100 seems to be newer and has fcc listing for AW14/17/18 & M14x/M17x/M18x series. It's possible you have the older card?

Don’t worry about the color. You can buy the lcd lid by itself for like $20 on eBay/AliExpress brand new. See if you can find any right now. 120 isn’t too bad if it’s the complete assembly. You can try making an offer for 100. the 3D 120Hz panel on the R3, R4, 17 is actually a good display. Good colors, viewing angles are best on 17 due to anti glare panel, but still, the 1600x900 panel is trash. During my testing of 500+ bios files, switching back and forth between lvds and eDP made me realize how much better the 120 panel is

My AW17 had a 60hz panel so I bought another one with 120hz panel. My plan is to swap the display since my 17 already has new palm rest keyboard motherboard etc. my M17xR3 was also a 60hz model. For that one I was lucky enough to find someone selling the whole assembly. I kept the LVDS panel which was a good thing because it allowed me to make those BIOS files. I’ll probably hang on to both 17s until I do my 17 bios mod too.

I bought a AW17 with 3D panel to swap its 3d panel and resell it with my lvds panel. might be easier for you to do that too.

With m2000m as primary you can run dx12 and even ray tracing on rtx 3000 on slot 2. dx11 issue is only running in SG (Optimus) mode

If it's a sata3 drive it will run in sata3 mode. You need a sata2 drive. I will see how to make the bios mod.

Okay that reminded me. M17xR3 originally shipped with SATA3 support. THEN dell decided to limit it to SATA2 due to one of the slots having issues with SATA3 drives. My BIOS (same as unlocked ones) retain SATA3 support. I believe it was a sandy bridge issue with very early chipsets, that's why M18x doesn't have that issue. SO SATA3 drive will only work properly in one of the 2 slots. SATA2 drives work fine in either slot. Maybe I will look into adding a setting to limit to SATA2 in bios for the future.

24x multiplier gets you roughly 3.2Ghz and is quite easy to acheive. I can do up to 27x on one of my 920XM, other one can do 26x. 24-25x is the "sweet spot" for temps and power consumption

Try restoring defaults in bios and see if that helps.

See if you can increase the multiplier on your current cpu. I don't think you can but I never got to test without a XM CPU as that's all I have.

I think the cable can be swapped but it requires removing the plastic bazel which is glued in. Better to keep LVDS display as spare and get a eDP assembly. The 3D panel is quite nice for its time, way better than the 1600x900 display. With my BIOS 970M should work in both PEG & SG mode.

If you don't mind the "Alienware" text light working, it sounds like @SuperMG has a R4 120hz assembly you could potentially buy. Part list: 3d 120hz eDP cable: 4GWC0 C30PY 17.3 3D panel XX7CM 3D LCD Emitter WWKT6 3D LCD Emitter Cable N7VXD Alienware Logo Cable Full R3 Parts list:

I'm making this post for every AW I own so it can help me and anyone else looking for spare parts. M17x-R3 Parts Accessory 43H75 Alienware Logo PCB (w/ Cable) 923YH 3D shutter glass set F836R Mousepad F837R Alienware Baseball Hat F889R Alienware Stickers FKJ85 Card Reader Board + Cable Cables and Cords 01K8M Front Speaker Lighting Assembly (w/ Cable) 0X56W Cable for BT module 4JV8X ODD Cable 5120P Power Cord, 6FT 7XD6N Power Button Cable 894PC Card Reader Cable FF56M NumLock Board Cable GTDTJ LCD LVDS Cable-HD N7VXD Alienware Logo Cable WWKT6 3D LCD Emitter Cable Displays 1FX9D AW2210 RMW9V AW2310 DVD-ROMs, Accessories 1HC8F HLDS DVD+/-RW,8X,SATA M5F6V PLDS DVD+/-RW,8X,SATA P94GT HLDS DVDRW/BD-ROM,6X,12.7,SATA XPXR7 ODD Bracket Hard Drives, Accessories 23NXF 320GB S2-P11, 7.2K, 2.5", Samsung MP4 (Use only Non FFS HDs as replacement, supports FFS circuit on MB) 34C6N HD,320GB,SATA2,7200RPM,PIN 11,4KE,7MM 4K2C3 256GB SSD-S2, 2.5", CASED, Samsung PM810 6VN64 250GB S2-P11, 7.2K, Samsung-MP4 (Use only Non FFS HHDs as Replacement, Supports FFS circuit on MB) HD,250GB,S2,7.2K,P11,SMSNG-MP4 0 1 0 Yes 1 GD3G4 250GB S2-P11, 7.2K, 2.5", Toshiba CC (Use only Non-FFS as replacement, supports FFS circuit on MB) HD,250,S2,7.2,P11,2.5,TSHBA-CC 0 1 0 Yes 1 HWW3K 320GB S2-P11, 7.2K, 2.5", Toshiba CC (Use only Non-FFS as replacement, supports FFS circuit on MB) HD,500,S2,2.5,7.2K,ANAK 0 1 0 Yes 1 PPHPX 320GB S2-P11, 7.2K, 2.5", Toshiba CC (Use only Non-FFS as replacement, supports FFS circuit on MB) HD,320,S2,7.2,P11,2.5,TSHBA-CC 0 1 0 Yes 1 R185F SSDR Metal mounting Bracket (Can be used to support no HDD option. However, HDD bezel and screws must be ordered separately) R6KNT HD,750,S2,7.2K,P11,4KE,SGT-DRU HD W5Y3D 320GB P11, 7.2K, 2.5, Western Digital MX-250M HD,320,P11 XDNFF 250GB S2-P11, 7.2K, 2.5", Seagate Holliday (Use only Non FFS HDs as replacement, supports FFS circuit on MB) Y19R3 250GB S2-P11, 7.2K, Western Digital MX320 (Use only Non FFS HHDs as replacement. Supports FFS circuit on MB) Heatsinks, Fans and Accessories 4K1MM Graphics Card Fan module 650RY CPU Thermal Module GVHX3 CPU Fan J9H7X MXM Thermal Module N11E-GS (Heatsink only) VH0YK MXM Thermal Module Granville Pro- (Heatsink only) YHP1P MXM Thermal Module Blackcomb XT- (Heatsink only) Keyboards and Mice 9M46F Keyboard Alienware 101 9T3CX Keyboard Adapter PCB (w/ Cable) U254N MG900 USB Mouse LCD Plastics, Covers, Accessories 0MKH2 LCD Back Cover- Red 2NH6T LCD Back Cover- Black 39PKF Sibeam Antenna Module (Includes Antenna) 7TJJN Hinge-Up Assembly 8HPX1 LCD Hinge up Assembly, WLED (Includes LCD, Frame, LVDS Cable, Logo board, PMMA ) (Does not include the LCD back cover or antenna cables) PYVWX Camera / Array Mic Module XM2J5 LCD Hinge up Assembly, 3D (Includes LCD, Frame, LVDS Cable, Logo board, PMMA ) (Does not include the LCD back cover or antenna cables) XX7CM 3D LCD Emitter LCD/Display Assembly 983RG LCD, 17.3HDF+, WLED, LVDS, LG C30PY 17.3 3D panel H8D3K 17.3FHD, WLED, LVDS, AUO M99C0 17.3HDF+, WLED, LVDS, AUO MGNC7 17.3FHD, WLED, LVDS, LGD Mechanical/Chassis 0JDJY Power Button LED Board (w/Cable) 4PMPH HDD Bracket Assy (Primary) 6H7T5 HDD Bracket Assy (Secondary) 92XH8 NumLock PCB + Cable 9JFTX Media Button PCB + Cable 9P0X0 Media Button Board Cable DJ5TV RAM Area Support Bracket GDKVM Keyboard Frame Assembly J9XWC Bottom Housing Assembly- Black M1P0R Bottom Housing Assembly- Red N1N6W Power Button PCB Assy + Cable WMCFH Palmrest Assembly (Touchpad, Palmrest, Front Bzl and Lighting) Memory 560NY 2GB,1333MHZ,256X64,8K,204 F073F 2GB,1333MHZ,256X64,8K,204 V1RX3 2GB,1333MHZ,256X64,8K,204 PX72C 4GB,1333MHZ,512X64,8K,204 X830D 4GB,1333MHZ,512X64,8K,204 YR6MN 8GB,1333MHZ,1024X64,8K,204 Miscellaneous Hardware 45YR1 Toslink Mini-m Adapter Motherboards 5HT44 WiHD Card (DMC/SiBeam) 5VYM9 Motherboard Plastics 11KR8 Bottom Door P7H63 Generic M17x-R3 Nameplate Power Source 5WP5W 9 cell battery (Simplo) 7XC9N 9 cell battery (SDI) J211H AC Adapter 240W, 3Pin, Delta J408P AC Adapter 150W, 3Pin, Delta J938H AC Adapter 240W, 3Pin, Flextronics MY53R RTC Battery Screws 2864D M3x3 : 4 for Bracket to HDD, 4 for HDD assembly to Base SCR,M3X3,KSH,MS,BLO 0 1 0 Yes 1 3R690 2.5X8: Palmrest Bottom Side (Total Qty 11), Optical Drive (1), Bluetooth Card Door (1) SCR,2.5X8,#1- KSH,MSCR,CPS 0 1 0 Yes 1 4270E (LCD PANEL TO LCD COVER) 63PDH M2.5X5, LCD Screws(6) SCR,M2 9GY7V SCR,M2X2,PHH#1,MSCR,NPL,PHTM (Nameplate) Software TMCCD W7U64 446JR W7P64 DW6RN W7HP64 CTTHN Adobe Elements 8 K989J Adobe Acrobat 9.0 W7NRW Adobe Premier Elements 8 FPGC7 PowerDVD 9.5 R4DW2 PowerDVD 3D 9.6, Remote Media 1.6 T1WKW Fast Access Facial Recognition 3.0 WC3YD Dell Webcam Central 2.0 WCMJX McAfee 11, Pearl, 6-Month Subscription Y6VKV McAfee 11, Pearl Speakers J1XW4 Speakers (w/ Cable) Video Card Integrated Intel HD3000 RDRGR AMD HD6990m Blackcomb XTX V9XKH AMD HD6970m Blackcomb XT V5TGF AMD HD6870m Granville Pro 3MF8R Nvidia GTX580m N12E-GTX2 YT99J Nvidia GTX470m N12E-GS VDV04 Nvidia GTX460m N11E-GS Wireless 4W00N WiFi Half Mini Card Intel Link 6300 G9M5X Bluetooth module 375 Foxconn (Does not include cable) K5Y6D WLAN Half Mini Card DW1501 LiteOn Verdi MW04C WiMAX/WiFi Half Mini Card Intel Link 6250 Dionysus WHDPC WLAN Half Mini Card DW1501 Foxconn WJCJD Bluetooth Card 375 Liteon (Does not include cable)

Only thing to note, the “Alienware” text isn’t compatible. R3/R4 use different cable for the AW text. Everything else is compatible.