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Adapter is incompatible

Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by sebalugo, Sep 10, 2012.

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Hi, I was going to purchase my Alienware M17x today, but when I changed the video card from NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M to AMD Radeon HD 7970M, a message appeared saying:

"The selection - Alienware M17x 180W A/C Adapter is incompatible with Video Card".

The problem is, I don't see where I can change the A/C Adapter to another one, and the ones that I can select as extra ones don't say if they're compatible with the video card. This is the only thing that's stopping me from purchasing it so I would like some help please.

Thanks.

sebalugo, Sep 10, 2012

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mikecacho Notebook Evangelist

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Hmm, I had this issue to. I called a dell rep with my build config and they assured me all would be correctly configured. You might also pull a discount by calling in and negotiating the price. And yes all was correct upon arrival.

mikecacho, Sep 10, 2012

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it's ok. the dell website has errors from time to time. when i placed my order, the site was telling me nvidia 680m & nvidia 3D bundle were incompatible.. lol.. go figure

jaeyang9, Sep 10, 2012

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