It looks like at least some of the Alienware M17x laptop owners simply can not catch a break. Although the previous so-called DPC latency issue, apparently, was finally settled, the number of users are currently reporting an issue that only becomes apparent after the earlier problem was fixed.

As it turned out, the symptoms are similar to the stuttering caused by DPC latency issue (hence the confusion), but new problems blamed on energy issues – namely, that the GPU requires more power than a laptop can provide. Even worse, it seems that those who ended the configuration are the most likely to experience problems, since they effectively Maxing out already exceeded the system. For its part, Dell, apparently fixed the issue in the latest revision of the notebook, but users on the forums Notebook Review reports that the company has not exactly tried to dish out replacements for all the victims (who, it seems only right to “fix” available).

Source: engadget