The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    10.6 driver problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by inpulze, Jul 4, 2010.

  1. inpulze

    inpulze Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    hey guys, i was trying to update to 10.6 i go through all the normal install things with CCC adn then when it actually gets to the last bit it starts installing the bam it says its done in like 20 sec but then thats it nothing no reboot, i restart manually n still 8.6 is there. it also says check logs but there was nothing in logs ??? i have read there is know issues with 10.6 shud i just find 10.5 and use them. only real reason i want to update is bfbc2 load times pissing me up the walll

    cheers inpulze
     
    inpulze, Jul 4, 2010
    #1
  2. lancorp

    lancorp Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    558
    Messages:
    3,258
    Likes Received:
    55
    Trophy Points:
    116
    Funny, because I had a similar experience when I attempted upgrading to 10.6 from ATI/AMD's website. Once installed, I looked at my software information page in CCC, and nowhere did I see 10.6 (or 10.anything as a matter of fact). I do recall seeing 8.somethings, and thought, how confusing to have a 10.6 driver and have the actual version numbers be something else.

    Could someone with 10.6 post a screenshot of their CCC software information page that shows all the version numbers, just to compare?
     
    lancorp, Jul 4, 2010
    #2
  3. GadgetBoi

    GadgetBoi Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    441
    Messages:
    515
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    31
    GadgetBoi, Jul 4, 2010
    #3
  4. lancorp

    lancorp Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    558
    Messages:
    3,258
    Likes Received:
    55
    Trophy Points:
    116
    lancorp, Jul 4, 2010
    #4
  5. mfractal

    mfractal T|I

    Reputations:
    1,948
    Messages:
    2,890
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    55
    i had 10.6 installed but then removed it as i noticed that 10.3 and 10.5 perform better in games and overall stability.
    to intall those on a 4870s is just a matter of going to the configuration directory of the installation and changing the workaroundinstall from false to true in only .CFG file there.
    To install 10.6 on 5870s have a read here.
     
    mfractal, Jul 4, 2010
    #5