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    Can't use Enduro even on the "enduro performance drivers"

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by NickTheMajin, Dec 17, 2012.

  1. NickTheMajin

    NickTheMajin Notebook Guru

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    So this has been an issue for a few months actually, as a matter of fact that only drivers I can use Enduro with are the ones straight from Dell (Which are actually quite old). Basically what happens is when I fn+f7 to switch to Enduro, I get to my desktop for around 10 seconds and then blue screen every single time with the only fix being go back to no enduro. Now this wouldn't be an issue but a few games I own have specific bugs in 7970m only mode (Microstuttering).

    I figured the Enduro performance drivers would solve this problem but alas not at all.

    Each driver install I do is completely clean. Express uninstall all AMD software. Then hidden folders to on. Remove all the AMD folders. Then regedit and remove all the AMD/ATI entires.

    Any assistance?
     
  2. DDDenniZZZ

    DDDenniZZZ Notebook Deity

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    I would say don't install as clean isntall, sounds weird but the dell original drivers might have a few settings to make enduro work when you 'update' onto a beta driver. Also make sure you install the dell drivers for the integrated graphics as well, direct from dell, then update them with the ones from intels website.
     
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    utumkodur Notebook Geek

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    when enduro on boot pc without ac adapter connected, wait couple minutes after login, let windows load everything and connect ac adapter after, it works for me with newest enduro drivers + newest intel and thats only solution i have found so far - i tried everything.
     
  4. mikecacho

    mikecacho Notebook Evangelist

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    Nick do you have Windows 8?

    I had this issue, I had to use a restore point. Believe me when I say I tried every single configuration for getting the Enduro to work properly on Windows 8, I gave up because the Driver support is just not all there yet. But on Windows 7 I did not have this same issue, even just running on the Beta drivers I will get a random Minidump from time to time, something with the driver is causing the system to hang, but it happens at random and while the screen is idle, not a big issue, again its Beta drivers.
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    Case in point, yesterday I updated from A05 to A09, the computer rebooted and Enduro was enabled, by default. And it started installing Dells latest video driver over my 12.11 Beta 11 7970m driver, weird, right? so then I restarted the computer, right to BSOD during the loading of windows. so I tried to enter into safe mode to disable the HD4000 graphic, but even in safe mode it would hang and go to BSOD during windows start up, ok this is strange. So I decided to start a restore point, got everything back on track, it booted with Enduro enabled, drivers were as I installed them previously (Dell for the HD4000 and AMD 12.11 for the 7970m).