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    6970m issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by lukimonki, Feb 14, 2012.

  1. lukimonki

    lukimonki Notebook Geek

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    Hey guys I just had my motherboard and gpu replaced today by a dell tech today and everything seemed alright until I tried to install the drivers for the gpu. In the middle of installation my screen just shuts off. Its not even the flickering that you would normally get from installing graphics drivers it just turns off completely. The alien fx would still be on and it seemed like the laptop was still on. After around 30 mins of waiting I decided to force shut my laptop but when I tried installing the driver again thge same thing would happen.
    Do any of you guys know whats wrong with it and how to fix this? Any help would be appreciated.

    P.s. the dell tech guy didnt seem to know alot aboutwhat he was doing. (he was trying to insgall the motherboard backwards until I stopped him)
     
    lukimonki, Feb 14, 2012
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    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    First of all he is not a Dell tech but an outsourced local tech.
    What driver were you trying to install, reference or Dell driver?
     
    katalin_2003, Feb 14, 2012
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  3. lukimonki

    lukimonki Notebook Geek

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    Dell drivers I just downloaded them the other day
     
    lukimonki, Feb 14, 2012
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