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    Can't find a driver I need

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Cereallll, Mar 31, 2013.

  1. Cereallll

    Cereallll Notebook Consultant

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    Hello all

    Reinstalled everything today and having problems with my hot keys (volume up/dn, mute, eject, etc)

    The functions work but are not displayed on screen when this happens

    Tried following multiple guides on install order and my old drivers I had saved from last time but I am missing something and have been searching for about an hour now

    Any help would be appreciated

    Thanks

    M17xR3
     
    Cereallll, Mar 31, 2013
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  2. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    gotta get the On screen display drivers off the dell website. :)
     
    bigtonyman, Apr 1, 2013
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    xZorbZx Notebook Consultant

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    What if you used the On screen display driver from the resource disk that was sent to you? I have done 2 clean installs now and have used the disk both times. Has everything I need and other drivers that I don't :p

    Also, try this link, http://alienwareusersupport.weebly.com/upgrading-to-an-ssd.html That is the exact site I used to instal my drivers.
     
    xZorbZx, Apr 1, 2013
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    You're missing the On-Screen Display driver (OSD).

    If you haven't done so yet, download and install Microsoft .NET Framework 4 before the OSD driver.
     
    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Apr 1, 2013
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  5. Cereallll

    Cereallll Notebook Consultant

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    Funny I downloaded this driver and ran it after download... said unzipping files and stopped. Didn't think anything of it

    Had to run as an Admin (stupid me for not doing in first place) and all is well

    Thank you for the quick help. Looks like the images changed slightly from my old driver and looks a little better now
     
    Cereallll, Apr 1, 2013
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