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    Alienware 17 R2 freezing after GPU driver installation

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by razor0601, Nov 6, 2021.

  1. razor0601

    razor0601 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, I have a problem with my AW 17 R2. I bought it with a bricked Mainboard. It turns on and off with black screen. I installed a new Mainboard from an 15 R2 with I7-4720HQ and 970m. Everything worked until I will install the Nvidia driver. It freezes completely during installation or at the end or after the reboot. I tried in UEFI and legacy windows 10. the order I installed the driver is in the pic. Maybe someone has a solution or is the 970m faulty?
     

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    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Looks more like corrupted SW packages. Try Dell drivers for intel and nvidia. I had same issue on 15 r2 where I had random stuttering even on decade old games like Kotor1/2 and also new games like Hitman 2, Witcher 3 modded edition, GTA 5 even on latest drivers.
     
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