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    Alienware m17x r1 driver install

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ngthien255, Nov 3, 2010.

  1. ngthien255

    ngthien255 Notebook Geek

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    I restore my system to orinal win7 home pre 64 bit last night. While i was installing the driver, sthappen and i hve to restore the system. I cant not find tthe dual gpu card in manage of computer, ibstead there are 4 different device that dont have driver show up. I dơnload all the driver on dell ưebsite but 3 ò them said that i nêd to have the previousdisk to install. Im gonna open the computer and check the gpu to see if it is connected or not and after that i will reinstall the window again. Can anybody give me some helps woth the driver install please, thank you. Ive lost the respawn disk so can i use a usb as the diskfor restore and if i use usb, how can i do it? Thank you
     
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    ngthien255 Notebook Geek

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    Could someone help
    Me please :(
     
    ngthien255, Nov 3, 2010
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    Luminair Notebook Consultant

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    Sounds like you're not using the right driver. What GPU do you have?
     
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    Please put the specs of your laptop in your signature. That will make it much easier for folks to troubleshoot in the future.
     
    TurbodTalon, Nov 3, 2010
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    Oh sorry guy i forgot. My gou is gtx 260m sli. I went to dell driver website to download the driver and many thing else so i dont thing i donwloaded the wrong one. There are 3 different driver thwt i cant even install. Im checking again right now. Just restord the system.
     
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    in my driver manage tap, there are 3 base system devices that missing the drivers, they are located at PCI bus 1, device 7, function 3. PCI bus 1, device 7, function 2, PCI bus 1, device 7, function 4. Do u guy know what driver should i instal?
     
    ngthien255, Nov 4, 2010
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