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    Can I upgrade M14x r2 to windows 10?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by shredman, Jul 14, 2016.

  1. shredman

    shredman Notebook Geek

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    I checked the Dell site and they say they don't have drivers for windows 10. I mainly use the laptop for gaming while away from home and it still has original drivers and windows 7.

    Is it possible to upgrade to windows 10?
     
    shredman, Jul 14, 2016
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  2. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    It is possible, but we do not recommend it. Why? Because, as you said, there are no drivers.

    You can still do the upgrade, but you will have to source the drivers from the component's manufacturers websites.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jul 15, 2016
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  3. Sesme

    Sesme Notebook Enthusiast

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    im updated to w10 and have some small troubles with sound drivers ( install and reinstall )

    Fresh install w7sp1 + drivers and update ie11 and media creation tool install now and AlienFX run's great.
     
    Sesme, Jul 26, 2016
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  4. faiz23

    faiz23 Macbook FTW

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    I went from windows 7 to 10 and had no issues but performance was crap. I did a clean install and that made a huge difference. Only issue was sounds and for that I used windows 8.1 drivers. No issues in the end after sourcing drivers and installing manually in the correct order.
     
    faiz23, Jul 28, 2016
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  5. simonmpoulton

    simonmpoulton Notebook Deity

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    Problems with this:
    Windows 10 will break your sound driver repeatedly everytime a major update comes through and you'll have to reload the dell one
    Performance is lower
    Hotkey functions do not work

    Other than those issues it will work ok
     
    simonmpoulton, Aug 25, 2016
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    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    You may know this but just in case, you can prevent Windows from installing drivers via Windows Updates.
     
    katalin_2003, Sep 19, 2016
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  7. getgamein

    getgamein Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sure you can. I got a free Windows 10 update for my M14X R1. I've registered for it (using much annoying popup on task bar) then did fresh installation and used windows 7 activation key and it worked. But there was lot of problems with drivers and machine was running a bit hot than usual so reverted back to Windows 7. Point is I still have valid copy of Windows 10 which sort of works.
    You must remember I did this all in April 2016.
     
    getgamein, Oct 1, 2016
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