Alienware 17 R1 980m Upgrade

Hello everyone so my 980m 8gb is arriving in a week or so i have seen forums people are getting 8 beeps or their 60hz screens even 120hz stopped working i am just curious to know if the problem still exists with nvidia drivers and windows 10 i know that you need to edit. inf file i also have seen eurocom drivers are they modded download them and install it that's all?

 

I've upgraded mine to a Dell 980m last year, bought via Ebay, worked smoothly with the 60Hz screen on my Ranger, using Windows 10, UEFI. Nvidia drivers are officially supported since more than a year ago, so you wont need modding, unless you're planning to use older drivers (prior to version 390.xx).

 

So are you suggesting that 980m is plug and play and no need for inf modding

 

Yup, it is, no inf modding at all on my rig, provided you get the same Dell version 980m..

 

It's pulled from dell m15x
Is it possible for you to backup and provide the vbios

 

You can refer to this post on Techinferno with regards to driver support for 980m on Alienware 17 R1, apparently it was officially supported since end of 2017.
https://www.techinferno.com/index.p...t-upgrades-driver-support-modded-inf/&page=70

 

Bought mine from a Chinese seller on Ebay, but feel free to compare the vbios (will share soon once im back from work)..

 

Here's the GPU-Z screen shot of my Dell GTX 980m and its backup vBIOS..

 

Thank you i will update soon with comparison.

 

But why are you using 2017 drivers

 

Decided not to update further as previously i noted a marginal drop in performance with drivers after 399.xx. Its my personal decision, not really a proven thing, so feel free to try later drivers if it works for you.

 

But you require modding in current drivers don't you and can you explain about Optimus because i am noob what is Optimus mode is it mandatory to enable it or you can you like normally like in my old GPU 780m can be used in games and Intel in normal browsing etc

 

Latest I've tried is up till driver version 410.xx, without driver modding. Beyond that I'm not sure, but if you really do have to mod, then please do so and refer to the various guides for driver modding in the forum. Optimus mode refers to switchable graphics (SG) mode, which is available to Alienware Ranger with the 60Hz screen, whereby your system will alternate between your internal graphics (for 'light' activities - e.g internet browsing, watching videos, etc) and your dedicated graphics (for 'heavy' activities - e.g. gaming, animation designing, etc). On the other hand, Alienware Ranger with the 120Hz screen will be in PCI Express graphics (PEG) mode, whereby your system will use your dedicated graphics for all activities (no switching).

 

3x ex ex

Thank you soo much for guide

 

Your welcome, all the best with your upgrade!

 

Hi again i am having problems with drivers can you help

 

Where did you purchase your 980m? Is it new or second hand? Furthermore with the drivers installed as above (frm your pic), did you try running a benchmark? (e.g Heaven, 3dmark, etc)?

 

i bought it from aliexpress i tried running benchmark but they are running on intel gpu i can't access nvidia control panel and the gpu doesn't show up in msi after burner

 

Can you send the link to the seller's page on Aliexpress?

 

i sent in the conversation

 

The picture u referenced to me, is it flashed with my 980m vBios? If so, do you have the original vBios of your 980m (backup)?

 

I tried troubleshooting for 3 hrs on original vbios then i did backup and flash yours after flashing your bios the gpu z was showing core clock etc except the vram then i installed the driver after DDU then the gpu z details vanished again.

 

Edit its my bios

 

Can u send me the backup file of your original vbios? In zip format.

 

After flashing your vbios again it seems to work let me do some testing

 

Ok after flashing the dell bios theat you provided and 3 hrs of testing the gpu is working properly the temp maximum is 72

 

Nice, glad it worked out for you!