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    Alienware M17x (R4) lean drivers

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Mr Pras, Sep 4, 2015.

  1. Mr Pras

    Mr Pras Hardware and systems

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    I've always been annoyed at having to download over 100MB for a tiny network driver. I don't want or need all that bloatware, I'm not running a server!

    I recently extracted my windows 7 64bit drivers and they functioned perfectly upon reinstall so i wanted to share them here for others who don't want the bloat..

    Install the Intel Chipset driver first - that's already lean. Then the following drivers can be installed using the Device manager (update the driver and browse for the inf).

    Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
    Killer Wireless-N 1103 Network Adapter
    Realtek PCIE CardReader
    STMicroelectronics 3-Axis Digital Accelerometer
    USB 3 drivers

    These drivers altogether take up just over 4MB (as opposed to >350 MB)
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6hxJeinI7ZodmxKU0YwT0pVRnM/view?usp=sharing

    What's missing:
    Management software for the network cards (Useless and annoying)
     
    Last edited: Sep 5, 2015
    Mr Pras, Sep 4, 2015
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  2. kakaroth1977

    kakaroth1977 Notebook Geek

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    Good Job ,


    for Win 10 are the same drivers?

    I cannot do on screen display work
     
    kakaroth1977, Dec 24, 2015
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