Thanks for all the replies and shit! I didn't think there'd be this many interested heads on the board. That was actually my first post on any tilted board. Usually just check out the titty board and be on my merry way
Since I last posted, Alienware have supposedly repaired my system which, according to the DHL waybill they gave me, is now in a sorting hub somwhere on its way to me.
As a means of compensation for this ordeal, Alienware have given me a free mouse (the one I got originally was getting a bit tired from all my frantic left clicking) and they upgraded my headphones to the next more expensive set for free.
I'm not entirely happy with that, but hey, its something.
Give it a week, I'll be back in here bitching about something else to do with my laptop.
Thanks again for reading that essay of a post of mine.
Take it easy