The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    GPU and Normal bios update killed my dual display. Please help! M17X R3

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by thebarraster, Mar 26, 2013.

  1. thebarraster

    thebarraster Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    6
    Hi there. I have a M17x r3 with an nvidia gtx580m and non 3d display. I recently took the plunge and updated both my GPU bios to the latest and the normal bios to the latest version believing it may fix the throttle bug/stupidity dell added to my machine. Instead of improvements I ended up not having my second display recognized in the Intel display screen (meaning i cant scale second display (tv) anymore) and anything i do view on that display from HDMI is now like a slide show although still works fluently on the PC monitor. I have tried various old and new drivers for both gpu's but im now under the impression they is no going back. I also see no relative settings through the nvidia drivers to help me with this multi display problem. Please could somesone advise/help?
    Kind regards Alex
     
    thebarraster, Mar 26, 2013
    #1
  2. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

    Reputations:
    3,658
    Messages:
    6,874
    Likes Received:
    969
    Trophy Points:
    281
    You probably need to rollback to the older vBios version you had.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Mar 27, 2013
    #2