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    General drivers question

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by adrian5683, Oct 24, 2012.

  1. adrian5683

    adrian5683 Notebook Evangelist

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    For laptops in general, is it always the same hassle of getting updated drivers from the manufacturer's site? Alienware driver support is horrific, the R3 had maybe 3 sections that got updated once, and trying to get drivers from the hardware manufacturers seems to result in installation conflicts and BSODs. Is it the same with Sager, MSI, etc.? Is it the price we pay for owning laptops?
     
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    Alienware-Pablo_R Company Representative

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    The drivers in the Dell´s support website are proven to be stable on a certain platform. But you can always use the latest drivers from the manufacturer´s website. Perform clean video driver installation to avoid conflicts during and after the installation.
     
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