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    [Alienware 17] Booting from mSATA SSD. WLAN doesn't work, HDDs aren't being detected by OS...

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by TheAntiFanboy, Oct 25, 2013.

  1. TheAntiFanboy

    TheAntiFanboy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey everyone,

    I just installed Windows 8 Pro on my Alienware 17's 256GB mSATA SSD. I had to do some boot switching shenanigans to get it to work properly (something about disabling legacy boo, turning on AHCI, and switching to UEFI), and now I'm sitting pretty on a wicked fast 2-second boot time and other pretty jazz.

    Unfortunately, my WiFi isn't working and I can't figure out why. In Device Manager, it shows up as "Network Adapter" with a yellow ! next to it. In the Taskbar, it's just a picture of a square with a red mark on it. I've tried installing the Killer1202 driver, but once it finishes, nothing changes.

    Also, the HDDs that I've installed into the two drive bays (1x750GB,1x500GB) aren't appearing either. The BIOS detects them properly, but once I get into the OS, they don't show up, either in My Computer or in the Disk Management utility. If I take them out and connect them to USB via an enclosure, they work just fine.

    Any ideas? =(

    Alienware 17
    Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
    Intel i7-4900MQ
    Nvidia GTX 780m
    32GB RAM
    256GB SSD, 500GB HDD, 750GB HDD
     
    TheAntiFanboy, Oct 25, 2013
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  2. vortex127

    vortex127 Notebook Consultant

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    vortex127, Oct 26, 2013
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  3. Hackintoshihope

    Hackintoshihope AlienMeetsApple

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    Are they listed in computer management, type computer management in windows search. Then click storage, then disk management in the app.
     
    Hackintoshihope, Oct 27, 2013
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  4. Shinzetsu

    Shinzetsu Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi!
    how did you fix your gpu problem?
    i also have that problem my alienware 17 cant detect nvidia. im currently using it by hibernation because if i shutdown it nvdia will be missing but i can enable it by doing a couple of disabling and enabling nvidia gtx 770m.
    Alienware 17
    16gb ram
    nvidia gtx 770m
     
    Shinzetsu, Feb 8, 2014
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