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    Alienware M17x r1 problem with 5870 and incompatible crossfire cards?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by linkinsoldier22, May 3, 2013.

  1. linkinsoldier22

    linkinsoldier22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    sorry for my bad english im from germany ;)
    i´m also in a german forum but i do not get any answer ....
    yesterday i got two new 5870
    first thing i saw the cards are not crossfire compatible? i cant see any way to put the cable into the cards.
    but the bigger problem ist how do i get the card runable?
    in my old system was a gtx 260m
    now i put the new card in and then?
    at the moment i run the bios at a07
    i read that i have to use a flashed bios
    so i downloaded one and try to overwrite the old one but i just found the a06 flashed bios.
    i use win flash and it running normally
    but when i restart the pc it says that i have a cmos mistake?

    pls help me ....
     
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    linkinsoldier22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    this is exactly what i´ve done
     
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    Regarding the vBIOS

    Dell's Official 5870m vBIOS

    As for the CMOS error, try re-seating the CMOS battery.
     
    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, May 3, 2013
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    gthirst Notebook Evangelist

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    Are your 5870s red or green? If green, you bought non-Dell cards that are non cfx compatible (the crossfire plug is not phsyically there). If red, there should be a plug. Please take a picture of the cards and post them.

    As for how to flash them correctly, flash using ati flash. When I get home ill pass on a tutorial from Radjj, from when he assisted me.
     
    gthirst, May 3, 2013
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    You must use the DELL cards only, we have 2 different part #'s.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, May 6, 2013
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    linkinsoldier22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got green ones....
    i allready got the pc to work with the card build in but just with the onboard running
    the fan was moving so i thought windows could find this card but it didn´t...
    i wanted to flash the card in windows but i cant do it without finding it X)
    so i have to copy ati flash and the flashed vbios on a usb stick and boot it over the usb stick?
     
    linkinsoldier22, May 8, 2013
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