Out of the box and working well.  Did come across the flickering lightfx panel bug, but for now, seems all is well.

One question, I see frequent HD light activity. I do have a 1.5TB HD and a 1.0TB secondary drive, but not raid configured.  Could Intel Rapid Storage Technology be causing this? Is this normal?

Configuration below:

Alienware Aurora (non-ALX)

Intel i7 9.30 QC 3.36Ghz

9G 1333Mhz DDR3 ram

1.5TB HD (AW stock), 1.0TB (Western Digital Black)

TactX Mouse / Keyboard

NVidia GeForece GTX 260 1.8G

19-in-1 Card Reader (AW stock)

Single drive, BD ROM

Windows 7 Home Premium

 

Thanks!