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    Lost on how to update VBios for ATI Radeon HD 870 single GPU

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by foxdenvixen, Mar 21, 2013.

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    foxdenvixen Notebook Enthusiast

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    My current VBios is 012.019.000.006.036284 according to GPU-Z. I am not sure really how to update this safely without screwing up everything. I have found older posts but they are confusing. I would like to update my driver straight from AMD and have been having problems doing this. My driver is dated 9/2010 from Dell. Whenever I have tried in the past to update the driver, it drops my highest resolution to 1600x1200. I like my resolution at the recommended 1920x1200. I don't really know what I was doing incorrectly in the past except maybe that the VBios was not up to date. Please help so that I can have the most current drivers. Thanks.
     
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    Nevermind, got it. I did it through burning a CD instead of the USB route and it worked and I have updated drivers. I will continue to monitor this as I have had problems in the past but maybe that was due to not having the latest VBios.
     
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