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Also embarrassing that a company like Apple would have overheating graphics cards and failing hard drives (and OS's that delete user data)...

Where is the QAQC these days?]]>Feb 21st 2010 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Apple also just fixed the audio issue with the Mac Pro. Surprisingly enough, HP hasn't shown up on the radar lately.

In the end, no matter how much QAQC you do, you will always have that one that falls through the cracks. Applies to anything man made.]]>Feb 21st 2010 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
+1 for Office reference]]>Feb 21st 2010 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/youtube has html that works with ie8 (google)
firfox and safari i think ]]>Feb 21st 2010 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
Since when does Apple make overheating graphics cards and failing hard drives? The OS stuff is definitely on them. But it's not like their suppliers have any incentive to be forthcoming about the potential for their parts to fail.]]>Feb 21st 2010 6:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
Caused Apple makes hard drives and graphics chipsets....
Quality control is done in hours/ weeks/ months. If you want manufacturers to sit on hardware for a year, you'll never see new hardware.
The graphics chip issue was not Apple specific. It was the entire chipset line for every manufacturer.]]>Feb 21st 2010 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
Because Dell and HP make hard drives too.......
When parts not made by those companies fail, they are still blamed, however when something fails on a $2,500 - $4000 dollar Mac (I am talking about the Mac Pro issues with audio files that was just fixed) it is their supplier's fault. As someone in the manufacturing sector, I can tell you that any problems with supplier parts become your problem when the product is released/sold. Although it is difficult to QC all of the time, and problems slip by, it is still the manufacturers problem (e.g. Apple, Dell, HP...). Even more so, some of these issues should not have gotten by QC, such as the yellowing screen on the 27" iMac.

To put things in perspective: Ford does not make a lot of the parts that go into their car, however when one of them fails, nobody yells at Ford's supplier, they complain about the cheap parts Ford uses.]]>Feb 21st 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
I've never actually had any problems whatsoever with my m17x. It has, all in all, been one of my best computer purchases to date. When considering the power for $$$ (sli'd 260GTX's ,quad core 500gb hdd and 4gb of ddr3 ram for 2k cant really be beat in a laptop) I am wholly satisfied with my purchase. Ive even called dell customer support to find where i could get my windows 7 upgrade download, and had no trouble whatsoever (and Ive heard that dell's support is TERRIBLE).]]>Feb 22nd 2010 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/you obviously didn't have the Area-51 m15x...]]>Feb 21st 2010 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
I was just thinking that....the audio works just fine on my netbook after a year and a half of use, time to go with cheaper computers!

(This was a joke, but I do find it crazy how two premium computers in the same week had issues with their audio fixed)]]>Feb 21st 2010 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
1. Buy an already high margin laptop business
2. Increase the margins even further by reducing quality, having the power of dells supply chain etc.
3. Profit!]]>Feb 21st 2010 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Was a serious post, :j.]]>Feb 21st 2010 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/way to admit that you watch porn.]]>Feb 21st 2010 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
You post on engadget, therefore you are male, ergo you watch porn. QED]]>Feb 21st 2010 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
Man, and I thought my clever code wouldn't be cracked. Damn you.]]>Feb 21st 2010 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
For PC's with older chipsets, just disable all your network interfaces when you're doing audio recording. This disables WAP, and when WAP stops checking on the status of your network connections, the mysterious pops and clicks (possible drop outs) are generally alleviated. This method is always worth a shot in testing as it's simple to do and rollback, without performing crazy regedits or whatever.

This of course does NOT apply to this particular article. Dell obviously screwed the pooch with their driver stack.
]]>Feb 21st 2010 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
Also the PowerMizer registry tweak doesn't work with SLI, it only locks one GPU.
]]>Feb 21st 2010 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
This fix has not worked for me either. Still getting spikes 153301 microseconds is the maximum recorded so far since applying the fix.]]>Feb 21st 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
One would (or maybe you wouldn't!) think that they would've thought about it before hand this time.

On a related note, audio recording can still be difficult on a laptop because of the noise the fan makes. What tips do you have for getting around this?

For my original m15x, I managed to use stealth mode to lower the fan speed (and thus the noise), which was usually good enough.]]>Feb 21st 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8ju4h2GLD0]]>Feb 21st 2010 4:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 22nd 2010 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 22nd 2010 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 22nd 2010 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/I'm a business customer and had to fight Dell to get what is clearly a manufacturing defect on their Optiplex GX520 SFF PSUs fixed. I wasted days on the phone and emails back and forth and the only way I got them to approve exchanging 200 faulty PSUs was to threat to start buying HP instead.
They have not admitted to there being an issue but after the threat I got a positive response. This company is apalling, and despite them finally resolving my issue I will never buy Dell again. They just don't give a sh*t about their customers. Clear and simple.]]>Feb 21st 2010 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/I'm a business customer and had to fight Dell to get what is clearly a manufacturing defect on their Optiplex GX520 SFF PSUs fixed. I wasted days on the phone and emails back and forth and the only way I got them to approve exchanging 200 faulty PSUs was to threat to start buying HP instead.
They have not admitted to there being an issue but after the threat I got a positive response. This company is apalling, and despite them finally resolving my issue I will never buy Dell again. They just don't give a sh*t about their customers. Clear and simple.]]>Feb 21st 2010 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Really? How big of a business customer are you? I got 250+ faulty GX260 and 620 replaced in under 2 weeks. And had the exact opposite experience when one of our HP server literally burned up in the rack. Said it was a "Configuration error". Tell me, what possible configuration error causes a server to burn to a crisp?]]>Feb 21st 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 21st 2010 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/Feb 22nd 2010 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/dell-issues-alienware-m17x-stuttering-audio-fix-will-it-stick/
If like me, you're one of the hundreds of DELL and alienware users who got suckered into buying their early machines with Samsung SSDs there's no sign of any commitment to us getting TRIM support. Even with companies like Boeing signing the petition they're still doing nothing.

This will definitely be the last DELL my company will ever buy]]>Feb 22nd 2010 6:55AM