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    Crossfire 4870

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Outlaw420, Aug 31, 2010.

  1. Outlaw420

    Outlaw420 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have ati crossfire and other day I started getting a warning that my internal interconnect bridge is not connected and have not moved laptop one time and kinda not willing to try myself to open it up. can someone tell me if the driver or bios could be causing this or do I really need to open and check it out
     
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    Nick Professor Carnista

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    I think that means that the CrossFire cable between the 2 video cards is disconnected. It should be as easy as 1 2 3. 1. open case. 2 plug cable back into video cards. 3 close case. A 4th step would be not to break any labels that void the warranty.
     
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    Outlaw420 Notebook Enthusiast

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    easy for some but to be honest kinda scared considering what these things cost..... have you heard of them coming loose like this before?
     
    Outlaw420, Aug 31, 2010
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    If your system is still under warranty contact support. If not, the service manual can be found here:

    Documentation
     
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    I wasn't saying it was easy :) I've never done it.
     
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    well I did it and got it plugged in and back together under an hour was nervous thanks guys for the info
     
    Outlaw420, Sep 1, 2010
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