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    Brightness control and hdmi out not working after windows 8

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by devildoc17, Nov 19, 2012.

  1. devildoc17

    devildoc17 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi does anybody know which are the most stable drivers I could download at the moment? After I upgraded to windows 8 nothing works right, hdmi out is not working and so is brightness control,

    Could someone pleasse port a download link to the most stable driver possible?, i dont care if its old.......... :(
     
    devildoc17, Nov 19, 2012
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  2. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Latest AMD drivers should work fine for you. The brightness issue seems to be a common AMD driver issue, some other users are also looking forward for a resolution on this issue.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Nov 21, 2012
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