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Ive swapped back to the original ram and the issue stays along with trying a lot of the troubleshooting I could find please help

I have a 16" Area-51, and I thought it would be cool to have my Xbox Elite Series 2 controller match its "liquid teal" paint.

I have checked out a few modded controller vendors, but haven't found anything close. Does anyone else looked into it with good results, or maybe have any leads for me?

I did just buy some Spaz Stix Green/Purple/Teal Color Change paint this morning. I'm going to spray an old controller faceplate I had laying around. I'm really curious how it turns out. If there is any interest, I'll post pics of the results here. My plan is to spray it with that paint, then hit it with some dull lacquer afterword to knock off the gloss finish.

I’ve had my R16 for about three years now. I had a lot of issues with it upfront with it blue screening, after a number of troubleshooting fixes that’s been resolved for a couple years without any issues.

Now, when fully turned off, it’s making a loud clicking sound every 5 to 15 seconds. Searching online I haven’t found anything similar. I’ve been unplugging it while not in use. The clicking also doesn’t seem to happen when turned on.

Any idea what this could be? Even if it’s not harmful I’d like to resolve it because it’s so loud I can hear it from the next room where I sleep.

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I just saw the Walmart has open box Alienware RTX 5090, which is 5599 cad compare to 6999 cad with same 64GB ram in Alienware official website, Is this thing real or just scam? https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/Open-Box-Alienware-Aurora-Gaming-Desktop-AAT2250-Intel-Core-Ultra-9-285K-2TB-SSD-64GB-RAM-RTX-5090-Windows-11-Home/1L3O7PNPA21V?selectedSellerId=5D42AB416C1A43378554B43B89606FE9&cmpid=SEM_CA_658_KNRR28L74L_23562950522_193735782696&utm_id=SEM_CA_658_KNRR28L74L_23562950522_193735782696&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=always_on&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23562950522&gbraid=0AAAAADv6L0RjDK5ib5hFd6u7XCMnpTZ3m&gclid=Cj0KCQjws83OBhD4ARIsACblj1_nzKPpGUCXGtFjVvuoO1aKdrYyKW3OKu3HSqKYjsl0f0a9LSxYCM8aAmacEALw_wcB

hello All, I have a R11 I basically just took the ram out to switch but didn't and put same ram back in and nowmy disolay go to deep sleep can. anyone help me please.

Hi there I have a AW 5080 laptop, what is a good docking station any would recommend, I debating between a caldigit t5 plus or dell Dell Pro Thunderbolt 5 Dock - WD25TB5. I also play on a Asus tandem oled monitor. Any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it

Then mute button on my keyboard does nothing. I press it and nothing happens. I've updated my command center, uninstalled and reinstalled it and it still wont work. Not a major issue or anything just kind of annoying. Can someone help?

Windows 11 essentially bricked the laptop. It runs so slow that no games are playable. First it had the wrong wifi driver upon update. I reinstalled killer wifi. The wifi did start working. The cpu is being throttled. I tried different drivers. I tried adjusting the temp settings. It's still throttled. I am able to add more ram but it doesnt look like it needs it. I tried rolling back to windows 10. It didn't help. I completely wiped the hard drive. Deleted all the partitions. I put a fresh version of windows 10 on it. It's still running super slow. I tried different versions of win10. I tried all manufacture drivers. The diagnostic says it's all fine and everything is working. I know I'm not the only one with this issue because I've read other reddit posts that are similar, but usually changing the temp settings works. I wonder if there is a windows version & driver setup thats currently working for anyone I can put on this thing that will work. Also, the cpu component looks cosmetically fine, smells normal and it says its running normal. It currently has a win10 H 64bit on it.

I’m using an Alienware Area-51m with two SSDs (1 TB and 512 GB) configured in RAID 0 through Intel RST.

I understand that RAID 0 typically limits total usable capacity to twice the size of the smaller drive, which results in only ~1 TB being available in my current setup. However, I would like to know:

Is there any supported configuration or method that allows utilization of the full combined capacity (~1.5 TB) while still benefiting from RAID 0 performance?

Does Dell offer any hybrid RAID or alternative storage configuration that avoids unused space with mismatched drive sizes?

Are there BIOS or Intel RST settings specific to the Area-51m that could change how capacity is allocated?

If full capacity in RAID 0 is not possible, what configuration would you recommend to maximize both performance and storage efficiency on this system?

Thank you.