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    Area 51m Base System Device

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by circuit, Sep 8, 2019.

  1. circuit

    circuit Notebook Evangelist

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    Any Area51m owners know how to fix the thunderbolt controller issue. I installed the driver from dell website. Didn't help. It keeps showing up as base system device.

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    That's what it shows for me too but it works.
     
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    Thanks. My guess is that the thunderbolt port is used by both the Nvidia card since it installs it's own 3.1 drivers. Since the integrated card is not active, it's showing the thunderbolt port as a base system device. I could be wrong. Just what I deduced.
     
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    Anyone has any suggestions on why this is or how to make this issue disappear.
     

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