http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/ Engadget Comments for Alienware M17x owners complaining of 'skipping, stuttering audio,' with no fix in sight (updated: fix in sight!) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/use the link to download http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/24469-powermizer-switch-1-2/]]>Nov 17th 2009 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 18th 2009 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 18th 2009 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/
What does MSFT have to do with Dell not shipping your computer?!?!?!?!? Youre an idiot if you didnt get a refund for a non-shipped product.]]>Nov 17th 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Yes...I'm sure Microsoft whispered to Dell, "hey, buddy...see that guy? Take his money without giving him his computer. It'll be awesome man!"
Dullard.]]>Nov 17th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 18th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/
Yeah Alienware use to set the bar in computing. Now that its Dell.... well here's your answer/ sign.]]>Nov 17th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/
Even at my workplace, they purchased 4 or so highest end desktops complete with the 2x2 monitor array Alienware was selling bundled. Of the four, maybe 2 are working at a given time, each of them with their own strange problems. I think they've now wasted more money trying to fix them than it would've cost to just build them from scratch.]]>Nov 17th 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/
alien-ware was the monstercable of computers. If you were at the "power-user" level and needed an alienware computer (this is at the time they were popular) you would just build your own. Alien-ware tried to counter this by saying that they had "custom written drivers" which sounded a lot like "gold plating" and "nitrous ejection" especially since they never updated there custom drivers and were pretty much useless after the first graphics card or DX update came out.

I guess you get what you pay for, but if you are going to dish out this kind of money you are better off just getting a custom notebook made.]]>Nov 17th 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/
Buy a Dell or any ready made system, and you swap the flexibility of a modular product design with a huge number of options for a black box.]]>Nov 17th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/
I guess you didn't know Alienware before they were popularized. They went down hill fast once they became popular, quality went right out the window when millions wanted to buy them. I haven't bought a pre-built machine (not including the random laptop) since the mid 90's. So....]]>Nov 17th 2009 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Everyone can see through your crap. Obviously you like and know allot about videogames, but know nothing about cars and just go to those sites to chime in. What chick on earth talks about wireless video game adapters? none, thats who.
Dude, how much do you get paid when people click through to that dating site?]]>Nov 17th 2009 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/
I have never understood the appeal of paying a computer manufacturer more than what you could have built the machine for. A friend of mine, before I educated him, thought Alienware was the coolest shit ever and had to have one (no offense to anyone who owns one.). Odd Alien faces and the X-files aside, IMO, if you know much about computer components and want a gaming rig that looks "cool" you are far better off building your own machine.

Laptop wise, there's an "outrageous" (once again IMO) premium in buying any laptop with the Alienware logo on it. I got my PowerPro (Compal) IFL-90 in October of 07 (ordered in August). T7500, 2 gigs of Ram (now 4), Nvidia 8600 GT 512 version for right around $17-1800 with a 3 year warranty. The closest thing Dell / Alienware could supply was approximately $500 more.

There are just better deals to be had out there for that kind of money.]]>Nov 17th 2009 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/
If you look around on NBR, I think the Mac owners found a slight fix by using different drivers for either the WiFi card, the audio, or both.]]>Nov 17th 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Never buy Alienware.]]>Nov 17th 2009 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/
The problem in bootcamp is on the bootcamp.exe, changing the affinity to core 1 fixed it (not a simple thing to be done automatically on an x64 windows). The other component that generates latency is the audio driver, but the latest driver from the manufacturer fixed it too. Perhaps something like this can be found on this Alienware.

I know that Dell cares about support so a fix won't take too long.
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My Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1 is completely useless in Vista or Windows 7 due to the DPC latency issue: audio just mysteriously drops out for 5 seconds at a time... yet it isn't *as much* an issue in Windows XP, or the issue manifests itself differently: just the occasional click / pop.

]]>Nov 17th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/
i don't recall stuttering audio, but while gaming, for example, it seemed like you'd get a few seconds of bullettime (per say)....and some keyboard/mouse input lag...]]>Nov 17th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/i have this sound issue
and my baby likes to lock up more than 10 times a day!
go dell, umm, i mean alienware
or is it windows 7 the culprit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]>Nov 17th 2009 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/
Got the MBP instead, never looked back!]]>Nov 17th 2009 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/alienware-m17x-owners-complaining-of-skipping-stuttering-audio/Nov 17th 2009 4:47PM