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    Alienware Offical AMD 12.3 Drivers

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by justwood, May 8, 2012.

  1. justwood

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    justwood, May 8, 2012
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    ya bro! 12.3 and newer seem to install great on alienware now...cross my fingers
     
    SlickDude80, May 8, 2012
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    Xenn0X Notebook Evangelist

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    did dell remove them? files not found...
    only works with dl manager from dell
     
    Xenn0X, May 8, 2012
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    jimbo312 Notebook Consultant

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    thanks for the heads up. works like a charm
     
    jimbo312, May 8, 2012
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    Oh wow awesome! Right when i need it! Tomorrow my kit is gonna arrive! Just a few more hours now...god!
    have you tried it yet man? I'm curious whether enduro would work or not :p
     
    long2905, May 9, 2012
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    which version does it show in gpu-z with u guys? after clean installing it says ati 8.902.0.0 so this "new" version is 11.10.. and not 12.3
    went back to 12.4
     
    Xenn0X, May 9, 2012
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    no long!!! This won't work with the 7970m...for the time being, stick to my guide. Geo tried the so called official amd drivers off the R4 resource cd and it took him 5 hrs to restore his computer

    Ya, those drivers are ancient...that's why they won't work with the 7970m. I'm on modded 12.5 betas...8.97
     
    SlickDude80, May 9, 2012
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    willoc Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey Slick, I'm using the 12.5 betas that u recommend. But I'm currently having problem with my R4. I didn't mod my BIOS so I can't disable the Intel graph card... Which means I can't use the 7970M right now... HELP@!!
     
    willoc, May 9, 2012
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    there drivers have sleep issue on R3. wen closing lid and re-openeing screen stays black.
     
    Xenn0X, May 10, 2012
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    Did you solve your driver issues? unfortunately, the R4 is too new and there is no unlocked bios yet.

    Dell did put up a new driver though for the 7970m
     
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    yeah i saw that too yesterday, although it's 12.1...
     
    Xenn0X, May 10, 2012
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    At least its in the 12's lol...i was expecting 11.10 or 11.12

    the 12.5's i'm using are by far the best drivers to date, but you can't install those on the R4 just yet.
     
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    i will see when my r4 comes in. :)
     
    Xenn0X, May 10, 2012
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    You are one lucky dude! When are you getting your R4?
     
    SlickDude80, May 10, 2012
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    Im still working with dell on the correct replacement setup.
    squeezing them to the bone for the SATA3 rippoff in the R3.
    Order will be booked by tomorrow so withing 2 or 3 weeks i hope.
     
    Xenn0X, May 10, 2012
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