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    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by martin541, Oct 16, 2012.

  1. martin541

    martin541 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi after lots of issues with my igpu freezing my laptop i decided to atemp a driver reinstall but it wouldnt let me reinstall intel hd3000 drivers so i saw in the bios that the igpu was disabled i enabled it now it wont post just sits with lights on and fans tryingto spin no bios beeps either tried a cmos reset nothibg same again have i brick my bios ???? And how to fix this
     
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    when you popped out the CMOS battery did you hold the power button for 30 seconds? My system won't reset unless It it down. just a thought! :)
     
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    martin541 Notebook Consultant

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    Yes i did it wont work and i dont understand the blind flashing guide
     
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    Good news managed to blind flash the bios by myelf i was overthinking it lol had to remove the gpu and it actully fixed my prevous issue but now i have a new one lol this laptop hates me when going to play a game it wont auto swich to the gtx 580 thanks anyway ur a good guy :)
     
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    Do you have a 3D screen?
     
    Alienware-Natalia_J, Oct 17, 2012
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    no dont worry managed to get everything fixed in the end thanks anyway
     
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    oh, ok, good to hear that :)
     
    Alienware-Natalia_J, Oct 17, 2012
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    If your having issues with graphics switching, use the guide in my sig to whitelist games. Should fix the issue. :)

    Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2 running Resurrection Remix
     
    bigtonyman, Oct 19, 2012
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    dont worry i have already fixed everything thanks
     
    martin541, Oct 19, 2012
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