Alienware M15x Core i7 manual

Alienw are Ar e a-51® m15x Note: Specific ations and information f ound in this manual are subj ect to c h ange without notice. An y c han ges therefore w ill be incorpor ated in fut ure editions. The manuf acturer a ssume s no res ponsib ility f or errors or omi ss ions in thi s document. Repr oduction of this manua l in any manner w ithout the [...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 2 C ONTENTS Introduction, 5 Chapter 1 Sy stem Pr eparation and Set up, 7 Overview, 8 Standar ds, 8 Knowin g the Parts, 8 Ba sic s ides of the Mobil e S y stem, 8 T op Side, 9 Integr ated Dual Mic rophone Array (Built -inDigital), 9 Integr ated C amera (on selected model s), 9 Disp lay Panel, 10 Pow er Sw itc h, 10 Inst a[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 3 IEEE1394B Port (Bilingual), 16 Hi- Speed USB Port (2.0/1.1), 16 Security L oc k Por t, 16 Chapter 2 Getting st arted, 18 Swit c hes and Stat us Indicat ors, 19 Swit c hes, 19 Bluetooth K ey , 19 W ireles s LAN K ey, 19 Alien C ommand C enter Key , 20 Stealth Mode K ey, 20 Stat us Indic ators, 20 C apital L oc k Indic a[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 4 FC C RF Exposure Guideline s (Wir eless Clients), 34 R&TTE Directive (1999/5/E C), 35 CE Mark W arning, 35 W ireles s Operation Ch annel for Different Dom ains, 35 Franc e Restricted W ireless Fr equency Band s, 36 UL Saf ety Notic es, 37 Pow er Saf ety Requir ement, 37 Nordic Lithium C autions (for lithium-ion bat[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 5 INTRODUCTION Dear V alued Alienware C ustomer , W elcome to the Alienw are f amily . W e are thril led to include you among the gro wing number of s avvy high-performanc e mobile user s. The Alienw are tec hnicians who have cr afted y our mac hine have made c er tain th at your high-performanc e mobile is properly opti[...]

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Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 7 CHAP TER 1: S Y STEM PREP ARA TION AND SETUP[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 8 CHAP TER 1: SY STEM PREP ARA TION AND S ETUP Overview C ongratul ations on the purc hase of your Alien ware Are a-51® m15x! Standar ds The fol lowing s tandard s are adopt ed throughout thi s m anual: • Mobil e S ystem refer s to the note book computer that y ou have pur c ha sed. • Boldf ac e type is al so used t[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 9 T op Side R ef er to t he di agr am b elo w t o i dent ify the c omp onen ts on thi s si de o f the Mobile Sy stem. In te gr at ed Du al Mic r op ho ne A rr ay (Di git al) (1) The built -in mono microphones can be used f or video c onferencing, voic e narrations, or simpl e audio recor dings. Integr ated C amera (2) Th[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 10 Disp lay Panel (3) The Mobil e S ystem uses an ultra-c lear flat panel whic h provide s ex cellent viewing lik e that of desktop monit ors w ithout any harmful radiation or flic kering, so it i s eas ier on the eyes. U se a soft cloth without c hemical liquids (use pl ain water if nece ss ary) to cle an the displ ay[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 11 Bottom Side R ef er to t he di agr am b elo w t o i dent ify the c omp onen ts on thi s si de o f the Mobile Sy stem. C omponent Ac ces s C ompar tment (1) The component ac ce ss c ompar tment pr ovide s ac cess to c onfi gurable c omponents suc h as hard driv e, v ideo graphics car d, cpu, and memory . V isit an aut[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 12 Battery V oltage Indic ator Button (2) Pres s this button and rel ease t o see the battery pac k’s remaining po wer . Battery V oltage Indic ator (3) The battery pac k voltage indic ator estimate s how muc h battery power is remaining. Pres s the button onc e and relea se. One to five LEDs wil l illuminat e. No ill[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 13 L ef t Side R ef er to t he di agr am b elo w t o i dent ify the c omp onen ts on thi s si de o f the Mo bi le S y st em. P ow er (D C) I np ut ( 1) The supplied po wer adapter c onver ts A C po wer to DC power for use with thi s j ac k. Pow er supplied through thi s j ac k supplies pow er to the Mo bil e S ys tem and[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 14 Hi- Speed USB Port (2.0/1.1) (4) Th e U SB (U nive rs al S eri al Bu s) p ort is c omp atib le w ith U SB 2.0 or USB 1.1 dev ic es su c h a s k ey bo ar ds , poi ntin g de vi ce s, c amer as , h ard d is k dr ive s, prin te rs , and s can ne rs c on nec ted in a seri es up to 1 2M bits /s ec (US B 1 .1) and 480 Mb its[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 15 Right Side Re fer to t he di agram belo w to ide ntify t he c omponen ts on th is side of the Mob ile S ys tem. Fl as h M emory C ard Re ader Slot (1) Normal ly , an extern al memory car d reader mu st be p urc ha sed separately in order to use memory car ds from dev ic es suc h as digit al camera s, MP3 pla yers, mob[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 16 IEEE1394B Port (Bilingual) (4) IEEE1394 is a high speed serial b us lik e SCSI b ut ha s simple c onnections and hot- plugging c apabilities lik e USB. The interfac e 1394A has a bandwidth up to 400 M bits/ sec and 1394B up to 800 M bits/sec. They both c an handle many 1394 devic es on the same b us. IEEE1394 is also [...]

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Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 18 CHAP TER 2: GETTING ST AR TED[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 19 CHAP TER 2: GETTING ST AR TED Us ing AC Power Us ing Batt ery Power Swit c hes and Stat us Indicat ors Swit che s and Stat us Indicat ors Swit c hes Bluetooth K ey (1) The Bluetooth k ey tog gles the int ernal Bluet ooth ON and OFF . An on-screen di spla y and relev ant st atus indicator w ill show th at the Mobi le S[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 20 Alien C ommand C enter K ey (3) Pres s this k ey to st ar t the Alien C ommand C enter application. Stealth Mode K ey (4) Pres s this k ey to g o into ste alth mode. In ste alth mode your sy stem w ill not ex ceed 65w of pow er draw whic h will allow your sy stem to oper ate in power limited envir onments (e.g. airpl [...]

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Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 22 CHAP TER 3: USING THE MOBILE SY STEM[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 23 CHAP TER 3: USING THE MOBILE SY STEM Pointing D evic e The Mobil e S ystem’s int egrated t ouc hpad pointing dev ice i s fully compatib le with all two/three-butt on and scrol ling knob P S/2 mice. The touc hpad is pressure-sen sitive and cont ains no movin g parts; therefore, mec hanical f ailures c an be avoided. [...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 24 Mov ing The Cursor Pl ac e y ou r fi ng er in th e ce nte r of the t ouc hpa d a nd s lid e in a di re cti on to m ov e th e cur sor . Sc ro ll in g Slide y our finger up or down on the right side to s crol l a windo w up or down. Slide finger forwar d Slide finger right Slide finger left Slide finger bac kward[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 25 T ouc hpad Us age Il lustr ations C lic king/T appin g With the cur sor over an item, pr ess the left button or u se your fin gertip to touc h the touc hpad lightly , k eeping y our finger on the touc hpad unti l the item i s selected. The selected item w ill c hange c olor . The f ollow ing 2 examples produce the s[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 26 Draggin g Draggin g means to pic k up an it em and plac e it anywhere on the scr een you w ish. Y ou can mov e the cursor o ver the item y ou select, and while k eeping the left button depres sed, movin g the cursor to the des ired location, then rele ase the button. O r, you c an simply double-t ap on the item and ho[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 27 Remo ving an Exp ans ion C ard The Expres sCar d slot does not have an eject but¬ton. Pres s the ExpressC ard inwards and rele ase to eject the Expres sCar d. Car eful ly pul l the eject ed ExpressC ard out of the soc k et.[...]

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Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 29 CHAP TER 4: DECLARA TIONS AND S AFET Y ST A TEMENTS[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 30 CHAP TER 4: DECLARA TIONS AND S AFET Y ST A TEMENTS D VD-ROM Drive Inform ation The Mobil e S ystem c omes w ith an optional D VD-ROM drive or a CD-ROM drive. In order to view D VD titles, you must install your own D VD v iewer software. Option al D VD viewer softw are may be purc hased w ith this Mo bile Syst em. The[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 31 Region D efinitions Region 1 C anada, US, US T erritories Region 2 Czec h, Egypt, Finland, Fr ance, Germ any, Gu lf States, Hung ar y , Ic eland, Iran, Ir aq, Ireland, It aly , Japan, Netherlands, Norway , Poland, P or tugal, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sw eden, Switz er¬land, Syria, T urkey , UK, G[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 32 Overview On 4th August 1998 the European C ounc il Dec is ion regar ding the CTR 21 ha s been publi shed in the Offici al Journal of the EC. The CTR 21 applies to al l non voic e terminal equipment w ith D TMF-diallin g whic h is int ended to be c onnected to the analogue PS TN (Public Switc hed T elephone Network). [...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 33 F ederal C ommunic ations C ommis sion Stat ement This devic e comp lies w ith FC C R ules Part 15. Operation i s sub ject to the f ollow ing two condition s: • This devic e may not cause h armful int erference, and • This devic e must acc ept any int erference r eceiv ed, including interferenc e that may cause u [...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 34 FC C R adio Fr equency Int erfer enc e Requir ements This devic e is restricted t o INDOOR USE due t o its oper ation in the 5.15 to 5.25GHz frequency r ange. FC C requir es thi s product to be used indoors for the frequency rang e 5.15 to 5.25GHz t o reduc e the potential f or harmful inter ferenc e to co-c hannel of[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 35 R&TTE Directive (1999/5/E C) The fol lowing it ems were c ompleted and are c onsider ed relevant and sufficient for the R&TTE (Radio & T elecommunic ations T erminal Equipment) dir ective: • Essenti al requirements as in [Article 3] • Protection requir ements for he alth and safety as in [Article 3.1a[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 36 Franc e Restrict ed W ireles s Fr equency B ands Some area s of Franc e have a restricted fr equency band. The worst c ase m aximum authorized po wer indoors ar e: • 10mW for the entir e 2.4 GHz band (2400 MHz–2483.5 MHz) • 100mW for fr equencies between 2446.5 MHz and 2483.5 MHz There are few po ssib ilities f [...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 37 UL Safety Notic es Required f or UL 1459 c overing telec ommunications (telephone) equipment intended to be electric ally connected t o a telec ommunic ation network that ha s an operating volt age to gr ound that does not ex c eed 200V pe ak, 300V peak -to-peak, and 105V rms, and inst alled or u sed in acc ordance w [...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 38 Nordic Lithium C autions (for lithium-ion batterie s) CAUTION! Dang er of exp losion if battery is incorrectly replac ed. Repl ac e only w ith the same or equiv alent type r ecommended by the manuf acturer . Dispose of u sed batteries acc ording to the manuf acturer’s instruction s. (English) A TTENZIONE! Risc hio d[...]

Alienw are Are a-51 ® m15x 39 Optic al Drive Safety Inf ormation Laser Safety Inform ation Internal or extern al optic al drives sold with this Notebook PC c ontains a CLAS S 1 LASER PRODUCT . Laser clas sifi cation s c an be found in the gloss ary at the end of thi s user’s m anual. Ser vic e W arning Label CDRH Regu lation s The C enter for D[...]