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    Alienware m17x r3 NEED IMMEDIATE HELP!! Driver error.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Zelda_FTW, Jan 15, 2013.

  1. Zelda_FTW

    Zelda_FTW Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, so I was trying to update my drivers. I went into safemode, went into device manager, installed the device and drivers, I restarded the pc, came back and tried to install the drivers and I get this error

    System Specs: 2760QM, 6990m 2GB, 8gb 1600mhz HyperX RAM, 500gb HDD

    Existing packagesPX Profile Update
    ATI Catalyst Install Manager
    AMD APP SDK Runtime
    ATI Display Driver
    HDMI/DP Audio Driver
    Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable
    Catalyst Control Center


    Other detected devices

    Error messages
    Failed to load detection driver

    Please! Someone help me soon, I have no idea what is going on ;___;
     
    Zelda_FTW, Jan 15, 2013
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  2. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    what are your system specs? Can't help if we don't know what hardware you have. ;)
     
    bigtonyman, Jan 15, 2013
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  3. Zelda_FTW

    Zelda_FTW Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, saved myself with System Restore so this is not as urgent....but I would still like to know what I did wrong .____.

    how do I create a little tag like yours?
     
    Zelda_FTW, Jan 15, 2013
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  4. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Sounds like something happened to CCC when you updated your drivers. ATI install package won't run in Safe Mode, you can only manually install drivers via Device Manager in Safe Mode.

    I think you need a fair bit of posts to get signature privileges..
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jan 15, 2013
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  5. Zelda_FTW

    Zelda_FTW Notebook Enthusiast

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    So how would I go about installing my drivers? Also how can I use none dell drivers, I want to use the new 6990m drivers by AMD, not dell.
     
    Zelda_FTW, Jan 15, 2013
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  6. sangemaru

    sangemaru Notebook Deity

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    Uninstall all ati drivers in normal mode, Run DriverSweeper in safe mode, uninstall all ati drivers detected by it, restart computer, boot in normal mode, normally install drivers. Also, regarding dell drivers, i've read about people having issues unless they first installed the dell drivers and over them the amd drivers.
     
    sangemaru, Jan 15, 2013
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    Zelda_FTW, Jan 15, 2013
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