Just bought an Alienware 13 R2 like this! Followed your video for cleaning, repaste, new battery, and reassembly. I panicked for the past two days though - kept losing power but turned out I didn’t reseat the ram correctly. Keep the videos coming!
This gives me some vibes every time I watch Cat and Andrew's videos. The passion he put on cleaning and bringing back the life of an old laptop give's me 101% satisfaction and inspires me to be a laptop and desktop technician and help others to clean, repair and upgrade their laptops. Thank you so much for the inspiration and will always support you! -from PH.
I'm going to watch this tonight with my dinner but I just wanted to stop by and say I absolutely love your videos. I wish I had your skill set, so mesmerising to watch.
Best thing to do go buy a very cheap old laptop from ebay that works get a cheap tool set of amazon for $25 and take the laptop apart clean it and just investigate take bits off or look part numbers up on Google to find out what they do . Then put it back together again if it breaks you learn from your mistake for next time think of it as a hobby instead of buying games or drinking spend the money on cheap stuff to take apart and mess about with . It's the best way to learn and the money you spend would have been going on non important stuff anyway so no big loss plus you learn a skill you can charge money for once you get better at it
@@acid3129 all good ideas, I have managed to build a couple of PC's so I understand the basics from the technical side. I was more thinking the artistic element with the spray painting and whatnot. All very clever stuff.
lol. they straight-up smuggled it thru customs in an exit sign. There are restrictions to shipping batteries or extra fees from some countries so prob the reason.
One of the few guys on RUclips doing some real useful tech work. Love the content bro but mostly I love your technical skills, the things you do are innovative and creatively brilliant.
It's quite a cool way though pretty smart 🤣 I mean if you can hide a battery who knows what else you can do! You can even wire it and hang it up your door for a cool exit sign lol
Same here. I had a laptop die from a failed flash. It was nothing special, but if I lost an Alienware over a failed flash I would probably have a mental breakdown
Your channel is so good to follow and your videos are relaxing. Using those as inspiration, I opened up my laptop, cleaned it, put a new thermal paste e did some upgrades (SSD and +8GB of RAM)...WAS SOOOO NICE! Thank you for this incredible work!
1. I like the way you work. You're a very clean and detail-oriented person, which is not easy to find amongst computer technicians. 2. The list of GPUs should be named as "tested GPUs list", not "supported GPUs list" . In general, the adapter is, simply put, an external PCI-express connector. Therefore, in theory, any PCI board should work there. If something does not, most likely it's chipset or other reasons (like a NVIDIA eGPU on a AMD GPU laptop. Few systems allow that) I recently tested the amplifier with my 2015 15 R2 (i7 4720hq, AMD m390x) with a 5700XT and a 5700 and...it works just fine!! As well, I tested on my R3 2017 (i7 6700hq, GTX 1070) with the 5700XT, 5700 & a RTX 2080....and damn, I got some FPS bump there. 4K was perfectly playable in many games. My goal was to prove that older CPUs are NOT "old", as I really disapprove the way CPUs are marketed. Of course, it will NOT perform the same as recent CPUs and most likely bottleneck high-end GPUs, as you showed with the 2070, but that definitely does not mean one needs to upgrade their RIG/laptop thinking their CPU will simply not "support" the most recent GPUs as it is too old. Great video @Cat and Andrew!
This is one of the best restorations I've seen, great video, thanks for going through everything! It's good that this laptop can also have an external graphics card, not many laptops can do that! Also, I think I know why they used the exit sign in the battery: some couriers do not like shipping batteries (particularly overseas, if there wasn't any available in your country) so they put the battery in there and declared it as an exit sign, so it wouldn't be confiscated and/or destroyed in the shipping. At least you got a free exit sign (and yes I would have also turned it into a small portable light).
Andrew with this video i want to let you know you helped by telling my about the heat pads on the gpu and CPU. they are really terrible things. they don't work at all. I have damaged my laptop back cover because of the cooling fan noise. this minute 10 minutes ago i changed my the pads with thermal paste and the fans are not kicking in so far. as i am writing this i got a game on Microsoft edge on and many background things. usually at this point my fans would be going crazy but no nothing is making any noise to annoy me. no turbo no over heating and the room temperature is about 30-40 degrees. i am very thankful about i this i don't have the right words to express how much this helped me personally. much much love for this brother. oh and loved the video. good one make more please and faster if possible :)
Hi andrew! I was very poor and always failed my business. But since i watch your videos alot inspired me to learn and restore a lot of things, now bcs of you I'm success, by helping my people around me to restore their old laptop into new. Thank you!
Hi Andrew, I am in the Age of 13.and i always watch your Videos. Thank You For Your Inspiration, Becouse of You, I hav learnt Many Hardware Things of Laptops.
Hello Andrew, this is a great video. I definitely enjoyed watching you fix a higher end laptop. 960m is a decent graphics card nowadays. Anyways, good video overall 10/10. Have a good day andrew!
I’ve had this laptop for almost 8 years of basically daily use and heavy gaming on it, its still kicking and I haven’t even bought the graphics amplifier yet!
Hi andrew, I am big fan of you from Myanmar. Your fixing ideas, repairing and upgrading are awsome and i get so much knowledges from your videos. Please make DSLR camera fixing videos guy. I am so excited how u restore some camera and wait tips and tricks from your's videos if u make about camera. Love your videos forever guy.
I have one of those AGA units, its pretty cool. I believe there is a performance penalty for utilizing the built in screen however. So ideally, you use a standalone monitor with an AGA setup. Nice video!
Awesome video Andrew bro!! Full support from India!! BTW Dell and Alienware used to make great laptops. Whoever uses an older Dell laptop even now, please reply to this comment and post your specs. I use Dell Latitude e5420 with i5-2520m, 8GB RAM and 480GB Kingston SSD(soon upgrading to i7-2640m and 16GB RAM). It is superfast for the multitasking that I do as a student (I don't game, so don't ask about that)!
Alienware laptops are so satisfying to take apart. I own the r4 and it was insanely easy to take apart. I plan to eventually upgrade the display soon cause who likes 60hz.
Your knowledge is incredible and your troubleshooting skills are second to none! You have a dedicated subscriber here! Wish I could send you my HP omen 17 GTX 1070 laptop for a clean! I need to repast the cpu but I’m too scared to even open it let alone do that! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ ❤️👍🏻
Funny you should say that because I opened up my own HP Omen (2018 model?) today, the one with i7-8750H and 1050Ti GPU. It had way too much dust near the fan/heatsink fins, and the thermal paste had gone past its best. Temperatures already much lower, and with the latest software update there is also an Eco mode which limits performance in order to reduce temperatures. I may use that in future when this laptop is no longer required for gaming.
hello! A question after so much time! Can the Alienware graphics amplifier be connected directly to the laptop screen? Or does it have to be used exclusively on an external screen? thank you so much!. Greetings
I bought a broken computer to fix it but i think i messed it up xD while watching your videos, i thought i could do what you do but now i see that it is not a simple task, keep up the good work
I admire your work and your passion for doing what you do. I've watched several videos and I 1000% support your work. Any chance you sell any of these computer laptops you restore?
hey, the rtx egpu is not even being used, as you can see the fans arent even spinning in some instances, maybe you had to disable the factory gpu first?
Wowww! I knew that the speaker was okay I had the same exact issue before in an older laptop and I too had a pin from a stabler stuck in the speaker and caused the scratching noise. Laptop speakers rarely go bad I actually never seen one going bad before.
Great video, thanks! I love these R2 series, but the larger models featured four core, eight threads CPU, and only for a short time did this model use the 6000 series i7 CPUs, like the 6700k and the 6820HK, which also lets you step up to DDR4 RAM. Amazing build quality also. Love these machines.
Yeah the build quality of this generation was Alienware's last of it I still have my AW13r2, same as in this video. Also have the gfx amp, with a 1080ti. Still going strong, never an issue (HD did fail, replaced with SSD) Recently bought a new M15 R5 Ryzen 9 + 3070 and it's a beast. Have 0 issues with it, but the build quality is not the same. If I had to put it into words, If i started walking up the steps, and dropping the laptops with each new step, this generation AW13r2 would last til like the 6th or 7th step, while the new M15 might not make it past 2.
@Cat and Andrew I have Alienware 15 R2 Laptop but the problem is whenever i play games it displays some dead pixels(happens mostly for all games except few) and gradually game crashes...but in normal use its good....what might be the problem?
The EGPU part is the best innovation I've ever seen for Alienware laptops ...I have Omen 17 (1050 ti) and its filling its lifetime. Wish my computer has a fast Thunderbolt output.... But next , I buy a desktop .
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew I don't mean the gpu & cpu, i mean the other components you missed to use the pads there like the person who did the thermal pads mistakenly on cpu & gpu he supposed to put them on the other components and use the paste like you did, so both of you I believe didn't do a great job thermally wise.
I just did this a couple days ago (to the best of my ability) to the exact same model of laptop that my roommate has! And then this shows up in my recommended
Thank you! I learned something I didn't know. I thought the laptop fan was encapsulated and not working! But I saw in you how you disassemble that laptop fan and restore it so that it doesn't rustle. I put this clip as a google chrome barmark
What bios did you use to make the Alienware Graphics Amplifier accept the RTX 2070 Super? I put a GTX 1660 Super in my AGA but it would shut down and restart in an endless loop when I connected it to my Alienware 13 R3.
i have a Alienware 15 R2 which i was trying to update bios but it failed, now there is no post and cant access the bios no visual on the screen after booting the laptop. any suggestions?
I have the 13 model from the first of these "generation" of alienware laptops. Nowadays won´t run any of the new games. Is there a way to upgrade the GPU and Videocard? Will I have to change the whole motherboard?
2022 still have this laptop my favorite 600 dollars 4 years ago I bought it from the pawnshop now wants a graphic amplifier I understand they are discontinued? ....I love your skills for rebuilding things ?
These are still good, I still use this 13" model :) the amplifier can be still found, you can get even used one in very good shape. New ones are harder to find nowadays because newer alienware laptops are coming with great specs already, but still you can find some in the box
I have a alienware 17 r4 and alienware 15 r3. Both bios's broke Intel ME and now none of the usb ports on both laptops work except the thunderbolt 3 port on the back and both laptops will not shutdown or restart, so can not update or downgrade bios due to not being able to restart during bios update. Any idea how to fix???
I have an Alienware 13 R3, I was wondering if anyone knows where I can buy new Wifi/Bluetooth antennas? I had to pull out the card when I replaced the battery and I broke the connectors. Got a new WiFi card but can't attach the antennas because the broken parts are stuck inside the plugs.
If only I also have the same skill sets like you, my Alienware 13 R3 won't be just sitting in a corner collecting dust lol Nevertheless, awesome video, earned a sub!
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew That would be awesome haha, looking forward to that! The one I used before had the i7 7700HQ with the 1050Ti version, can't wait to see how you're gonna work your magic!
I still have one of those external graphics devices - I brought it with my Alienware. My devices started failing like the speakers/mouse pad but it is my live streaming laptop and it has been running 24/7 365 days of the year. since I brought it. I use and external speaker and mouse
I have Alienware m11x r3. I have it since 2012 and i just recently i upgraded to m17 r4. I want to use my m11x r3 but its floaded with bsod. I am tired of fixing it. Any tips.
I kind of wish the Exit Sign had been used as the replacement back panel. With Andrew's modding experience I can't imagine he would have struggled too much to do it.
I've always wondered if you can use both GPUs (the 960M and the external one) at the same time so you can have a great boost and future proof for that laptop, is it possible, right?
hello I currently have an alienware model M18x r2 it does not start I changed the processor and I put an SSD and it still does not start it could come from where the failure please
In the list they mention 1060 and 2070, but my 2060 Super although small isn't connecting. Not sure what else to try. The GPU is working as tested in a desktop. Maybe it's windows 11 being problematic.
Just bought an Alienware 13 R2 like this! Followed your video for cleaning, repaste, new battery, and reassembly. I panicked for the past two days though - kept losing power but turned out I didn’t reseat the ram correctly. Keep the videos coming!
6:28 wait that's illegal!
Nice restoration 😁
definisi rakit laptop
Bruh.... I'm waiting for another review
Lmao why am I not surprised to see you here Jarrod? Big fan 👍
Hi Jarrod!
Very illegal :D btw I like your videos bro :D
This gives me some vibes every time I watch Cat and Andrew's videos. The passion he put on cleaning and bringing back the life of an old laptop give's me 101% satisfaction and inspires me to be a laptop and desktop technician and help others to clean, repair and upgrade their laptops. Thank you so much for the inspiration and will always support you!
-from PH.
I'm going to watch this tonight with my dinner but I just wanted to stop by and say I absolutely love your videos. I wish I had your skill set, so mesmerising to watch.
Best thing to do go buy a very cheap old laptop from ebay that works get a cheap tool set of amazon for $25 and take the laptop apart clean it and just investigate take bits off or look part numbers up on Google to find out what they do . Then put it back together again if it breaks you learn from your mistake for next time think of it as a hobby instead of buying games or drinking spend the money on cheap stuff to take apart and mess about with . It's the best way to learn and the money you spend would have been going on non important stuff anyway so no big loss plus you learn a skill you can charge money for once you get better at it
@@acid3129 all good ideas, I have managed to build a couple of PC's so I understand the basics from the technical side. I was more thinking the artistic element with the spray painting and whatnot. All very clever stuff.
What kind of tools would I need? Do you know any toolsets by name I could get?
I just looked at this laptop and knew this would be good
Why exit sign :D i was like oh god did he get scammed ..... but i like the idea
lol. they straight-up smuggled it thru customs in an exit sign. There are restrictions to shipping batteries or extra fees from some countries so prob the reason.
@@timpatrick564 yes bro batteries are fragile and can cause fire🔥
Lol sir
Its a win-win-win!
Yup its to trick customs. Lucky they didn't get caught.
One of the few guys on RUclips doing some real useful tech work. Love the content bro but mostly I love your technical skills, the things you do are innovative and creatively brilliant.
I have never seen anyone use an exit sign as a packaging material
Yeah, it's probably to evade customs and duties being levied on the imported battery
It's quite a cool way though pretty smart 🤣 I mean if you can hide a battery who knows what else you can do! You can even wire it and hang it up your door for a cool exit sign lol
I might have assumed they sent me the wrong thing
That bios flash failure almost gave me a heart attack xD
Your videos are so entertaining. I enjoyed really much!
Same here. I had a laptop die from a failed flash. It was nothing special, but if I lost an Alienware over a failed flash I would probably have a mental breakdown
@@howtofixyourtech9945 me too but I use an 2013 msi ge70 2or 011ne
Your channel is so good to follow and your videos are relaxing. Using those as inspiration, I opened up my laptop, cleaned it, put a new thermal paste e did some upgrades (SSD and +8GB of RAM)...WAS SOOOO NICE! Thank you for this incredible work!
1. I like the way you work. You're a very clean and detail-oriented person, which is not easy to find amongst computer technicians.
2. The list of GPUs should be named as "tested GPUs list", not "supported GPUs list" . In general, the adapter is, simply put, an external PCI-express connector. Therefore, in theory, any PCI board should work there. If something does not, most likely it's chipset or other reasons (like a NVIDIA eGPU on a AMD GPU laptop. Few systems allow that)
I recently tested the amplifier with my 2015 15 R2 (i7 4720hq, AMD m390x) with a 5700XT and a 5700 and...it works just fine!!
As well, I tested on my R3 2017 (i7 6700hq, GTX 1070) with the 5700XT, 5700 & a RTX 2080....and damn, I got some FPS bump there. 4K was perfectly playable in many games.
My goal was to prove that older CPUs are NOT "old", as I really disapprove the way CPUs are marketed. Of course, it will NOT perform the same as recent CPUs and most likely bottleneck high-end GPUs, as you showed with the 2070, but that definitely does not mean one needs to upgrade their RIG/laptop thinking their CPU will simply not "support" the most recent GPUs as it is too old.
Great video @Cat and Andrew!
This is one of the best restorations I've seen, great video, thanks for going through everything! It's good that this laptop can also have an external graphics card, not many laptops can do that!
Also, I think I know why they used the exit sign in the battery: some couriers do not like shipping batteries (particularly overseas, if there wasn't any available in your country) so they put the battery in there and declared it as an exit sign, so it wouldn't be confiscated and/or destroyed in the shipping. At least you got a free exit sign (and yes I would have also turned it into a small portable light).
my thoughts exactly
Andrew with this video i want to let you know you helped by telling my about the heat pads on the gpu and CPU. they are really terrible things. they don't work at all. I have damaged my laptop back cover because of the cooling fan noise. this minute 10 minutes ago i changed my the pads with thermal paste and the fans are not kicking in so far. as i am writing this i got a game on Microsoft edge on and many background things. usually at this point my fans would be going crazy but no nothing is making any noise to annoy me. no turbo no over heating and the room temperature is about 30-40 degrees. i am very thankful about i this i don't have the right words to express how much this helped me personally. much much love for this brother. oh and loved the video. good one make more please and faster if possible :)
Hi andrew! I was very poor and always failed my business. But since i watch your videos alot inspired me to learn and restore a lot of things, now bcs of you I'm success, by helping my people around me to restore their old laptop into new. Thank you!
That was the strangest / coolest packaging I ever saw on a part !! Great job on the bios troubleshooting !!!
Inspired by you, I repaired my hp laptop myself.... 🙏
@daeniel teppang Good for you... lol 🙄
Yayyyy
Good thing that you changed the montage music because it's better.
Ik
jUst sWap yE Ye yE
I hope he swaps the music with each of his videos.
Ikrrrr I love his videos but I hated this song that he used to play in every single video
It was so annoying
But I love his videos ♥️♥️
Hi Andrew, I am in the Age of 13.and i always watch your Videos.
Thank You For Your Inspiration, Becouse of You, I hav learnt Many Hardware Things of Laptops.
Hello Andrew, this is a great video. I definitely enjoyed watching you fix a higher end laptop. 960m is a decent graphics card nowadays. Anyways, good video overall 10/10. Have a good day andrew!
Let me tell. You make the quarantine of everyone better and better
I’ve had this laptop for almost 8 years of basically daily use and heavy gaming on it, its still kicking and I haven’t even bought the graphics amplifier yet!
Another amazing video Andrew! Absolutely loved this episode🥰🥰🥰. Great work. Can’t wait till your next episode!
why on earth dint i think of this before. this is the best example to explain why we need each other around the world :)
Hi andrew, I am big fan of you from Myanmar. Your fixing ideas, repairing and upgrading are awsome and i get so much knowledges from your videos. Please make DSLR camera fixing videos guy. I am so excited how u restore some camera and wait tips and tricks from your's videos if u make about camera. Love your videos forever guy.
friend, after all and more for this project, I am honored to say, that, I am your fan :)
I have one of those AGA units, its pretty cool. I believe there is a performance penalty for utilizing the built in screen however. So ideally, you use a standalone monitor with an AGA setup. Nice video!
Awesome video Andrew bro!! Full support from India!!
BTW Dell and Alienware used to make great laptops. Whoever uses an older Dell laptop even now, please reply to this comment and post your specs.
I use Dell Latitude e5420 with i5-2520m, 8GB RAM and 480GB Kingston SSD(soon upgrading to i7-2640m and 16GB RAM). It is superfast for the multitasking that I do as a student (I don't game, so don't ask about that)!
The best restoration channel for laptops!
Alienware laptops are so satisfying to take apart. I own the r4 and it was insanely easy to take apart. I plan to eventually upgrade the display soon cause who likes 60hz.
Your knowledge is incredible and your troubleshooting skills are second to none! You have a dedicated subscriber here! Wish I could send you my HP omen 17 GTX 1070 laptop for a clean! I need to repast the cpu but I’m too scared to even open it let alone do that! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ ❤️👍🏻
Funny you should say that because I opened up my own HP Omen (2018 model?) today, the one with i7-8750H and 1050Ti GPU. It had way too much dust near the fan/heatsink fins, and the thermal paste had gone past its best. Temperatures already much lower, and with the latest software update there is also an Eco mode which limits performance in order to reduce temperatures. I may use that in future when this laptop is no longer required for gaming.
Yet another great video Andrew! Keep it up my friend!
The battery in the exit sign was pretty funny haha, I guess that's one way to ship it
Hey man i am from india and i watch so many videos because they are very informative so keep it up u are doing great ❤️❤️❤️
Thank youu bro :D I will do more and better content
Bro this is one of your best Videos 💪
This laptop is better than my entire desktop. Nice videos I love watching your channel
hello! A question after so much time! Can the Alienware graphics amplifier be connected directly to the laptop screen? Or does it have to be used exclusively on an external screen? thank you so much!. Greetings
I bought a broken computer to fix it but i think i messed it up xD while watching your videos, i thought i could do what you do but now i see that it is not a simple task, keep up the good work
Keep up the good work man
What a Beast of a Laptop! Another nice project! keep it man!
I admire your work and your passion for doing what you do. I've watched several videos and I 1000% support your work. Any chance you sell any of these computer laptops you restore?
I watched this again as I love this episode 🥰🥳👍
Gotta love some alienware ingenuity. I’ve had about 4 different models and loved all of them! Been had the famous i7 4940mx cpu!
I have a question if I may, at 11:05 what lubricant did you add to the fans before putting them back in their place?
this man is perfectionist he never rushes and cleans even without a spot ❤️
Your videos are pure gold....
really like the music used in this video, unlike your other videos
You re awesome man......thanks to your videos i repaired my laptop.. thank you so much man.....great explaining and tutorial.....
Another incredible heroic restoration!
hey, the rtx egpu is not even being used, as you can see the fans arent even spinning in some instances, maybe you had to disable the factory gpu first?
Wowww! I knew that the speaker was okay I had the same exact issue before in an older laptop and I too had a pin from a stabler stuck in the speaker and caused the scratching noise. Laptop speakers rarely go bad I actually never seen one going bad before.
Sweet man! I got the 15 r2 with gtx 970 3gb of vram and the graphics amplifier. They are absolutely awesome pcs. I carry mine with me daily
Another incredible video Andrew! Say hi to Brazil, me and some friends love your videos =D
After watching your videos, i immediately want to clean or do something with my laptop, lol
Great video, thanks! I love these R2 series, but the larger models featured four core, eight threads CPU, and only for a short time did this model use the 6000 series i7 CPUs, like the 6700k and the 6820HK, which also lets you step up to DDR4 RAM. Amazing build quality also. Love these machines.
Yeah the build quality of this generation was Alienware's last of it
I still have my AW13r2, same as in this video. Also have the gfx amp, with a 1080ti. Still going strong, never an issue (HD did fail, replaced with SSD)
Recently bought a new M15 R5 Ryzen 9 + 3070 and it's a beast. Have 0 issues with it, but the build quality is not the same.
If I had to put it into words, If i started walking up the steps, and dropping the laptops with each new step, this generation AW13r2 would last til like the 6th or 7th step, while the new M15 might not make it past 2.
Good Work Andrew... I wait for this
I love this laptop.... Form factor, size, design...
Why would these two options confuse BIOS update? I don't get it.
@Cat and Andrew I have Alienware 15 R2 Laptop but the problem is whenever i play games it displays some dead pixels(happens mostly for all games except few) and gradually game crashes...but in normal use its good....what might be the problem?
11:19 you didn't replace the thermal pads for the vrm/vram(?) around the cpu....
The EGPU part is the best innovation I've ever seen for Alienware laptops ...I have Omen 17 (1050 ti) and its filling its lifetime. Wish my computer has a fast Thunderbolt output.... But next , I buy a desktop .
Why you didn't install any thermal pads before reinstalling the cooler??
Hi bro, I used thermal paste instead as supposed to be, thermal pads are not really for this GPU or CPU
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew
I don't mean the gpu & cpu, i mean the other components you missed to use the pads there like the person who did the thermal pads mistakenly on cpu & gpu he supposed to put them on the other components and use the paste like you did, so both of you I believe didn't do a great job thermally wise.
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew
Awesome video by the way, I'm a subscriber already.
I just did this a couple days ago (to the best of my ability) to the exact same model of laptop that my roommate has! And then this shows up in my recommended
Hello! Do you know if the Thunderbolt port supports a monitor? I have a connection via HDMI to another monitor and I want a second monitor.
New episode again! Sending support here from PH! Love you Cat&AnDrew.
Hello Philipine Love From Indonesia
@@kayhanbaltian4949 Hello! Thank you for the
Thank you! I learned something I didn't know. I thought the laptop fan was encapsulated and not working! But I saw in you how you disassemble that laptop fan and restore it so that it doesn't rustle.
I put this clip as a google chrome barmark
I always look forward to your videos...it gives me satisfaction and this time, you didn't disappoint me
where u find the replacement parts for all the laptops u have repaired? cant find it in banggood or anything
What bios did you use to make the Alienware Graphics Amplifier accept the RTX 2070 Super? I put a GTX 1660 Super in my AGA but it would shut down and restart in an endless loop when I connected it to my Alienware 13 R3.
i have a Alienware 15 R2 which i was trying to update bios but it failed, now there is no post and cant access the bios no visual on the screen after booting the laptop. any suggestions?
Thermal pad on CPU&GPU, but not where they were supposed to be,on the ram chips,correct ???
I have the 13 model from the first of these "generation" of alienware laptops. Nowadays won´t run any of the new games. Is there a way to upgrade the GPU and Videocard? Will I have to change the whole motherboard?
2022 still have this laptop my favorite 600 dollars 4 years ago I bought it from the pawnshop now wants a graphic amplifier I understand they are discontinued? ....I love your skills for rebuilding things ?
These are still good, I still use this 13" model :) the amplifier can be still found, you can get even used one in very good shape. New ones are harder to find nowadays because newer alienware laptops are coming with great specs already, but still you can find some in the box
Free exit sign nice :)
Also had me nervous on the biosflash, i was like aaah shit its bricked.A
As always great video.
my dream is to have an alienware, however here in brazil it is very difficult and expensive.
congratulations on your channel
Please help about Acer aspire one Z1401-C7T0 which parts are available for upgrade?
how many cores and threads has this i7 and it can take a 2070?
2 cores 4 threads ig
I have a alienware 17 r4 and alienware 15 r3. Both bios's broke Intel ME and now none of the usb ports on both laptops work except the thunderbolt 3 port on the back and both laptops will not shutdown or restart, so can not update or downgrade bios due to not being able to restart during bios update. Any idea how to fix???
But is it good for video editing at 1080p and some gaming
WOW KEEP up the hard and good work one day you will shine ❣️
Can you use it as a power supply as well instead of using graphics
I wish I got my stuff shipped in a stop sign! Great video as always.
What do you lubricate the brushes with? Thanks.
I have an Alienware 13 R3, I was wondering if anyone knows where I can buy new Wifi/Bluetooth antennas? I had to pull out the card when I replaced the battery and I broke the connectors. Got a new WiFi card but can't attach the antennas because the broken parts are stuck inside the plugs.
Why does that BSOD look fake? 3:01
If only I also have the same skill sets like you, my Alienware 13 R3 won't be just sitting in a corner collecting dust lol
Nevertheless, awesome video, earned a sub!
Thank you for the subb bro 😀 btw I can give advice or guide about R3
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew That would be awesome haha, looking forward to that! The one I used before had the i7 7700HQ with the 1050Ti version, can't wait to see how you're gonna work your magic!
My favourite RUclips channel 🖤
Those thermal pads must be fore the memory chips Andrew someone saw it and added to the gpu to see if it fixes the issue I would put them back.
Hi sir may i know what is the size of back screw because i lost mine 😢
I still have one of those external graphics devices - I brought it with my Alienware. My devices started failing like the speakers/mouse pad but it is my live streaming laptop and it has been running 24/7 365 days of the year. since I brought it. I use and external speaker and mouse
You Should Open A Computer Repair Shop Since You are So Good At Repairs
Awesome Alienware!!! You make a great job!
with your videos, I managed to fix my Toshiba by myself
I really like your work, good luck 👍
I have Alienware m11x r3. I have it since 2012 and i just recently i upgraded to m17 r4. I want to use my m11x r3 but its floaded with bsod. I am tired of fixing it. Any tips.
I kind of wish the Exit Sign had been used as the replacement back panel. With Andrew's modding experience I can't imagine he would have struggled too much to do it.
I've always wondered if you can use both GPUs (the 960M and the external one) at the same time so you can have a great boost and future proof for that laptop, is it possible, right?
No you can't. The software will use the external gpu for gaming. Unless you do crypto mining then yes
can you use the alienware graphics amplifier on a alienware 14 notebook
Sweet restoration!
hello I currently have an alienware model M18x r2 it does not start I changed the processor and I put an SSD and it still does not start it could come from where the failure please
Does it power on? Any beeps?
In the list they mention 1060 and 2070, but my 2060 Super although small isn't connecting. Not sure what else to try. The GPU is working as tested in a desktop. Maybe it's windows 11 being problematic.