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    M17x R2 + Eurocom 7970m HDMI and fans Working On new Beta 13.6

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by flingin, Jun 19, 2013.

  1. flingin

    flingin M17x R2 Mafia

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    Hi guyz, i dont know if anybody noticed, but tooday i installed new beta drivers 13.6 from AMD website, i did not update drivers often hence i had problems with anything newer than 12.11 Beta.

    AMD Catalyst

    i checked the HDMI and it is working LOL !!!

    i dunno if anybody else posted this before, but here it is, fully functional 7970m in R2 with both, FANS and HDMI working :)

    ONLY VIDEO, i am working to get audio as well
     
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    That's great news man :)

    What vBIOS have you got loaded? Dell or Clevo?
     
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    Great stuff! I'm glad it's working fine now :)
     
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    Thanks :thumbsup:

    That would be the Clevo P270WM vBIOS then. I hope you get the HDMi sound working although I've read that svl7 was only able to get it working in the M15x using the Dell vBIOS in combination with the Dell HDMi driver. Maybe you can find the driver that Clevo use in their models?

    edit: How long have you been running the RJTECH vBIOS now? Did you experience any white screen issues with this vBIOS or is everything fine now?
     
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    I've been running on this vbios for like 6 months. 100% stable no issues at all since i flashed the card with it.

    Previous vbios, that came preloaded on the card, killed my whole laptop within 3 months, as you mentioned, white screens occurred more and more often, finally damaging the whole RGB screen by burning the diodes on it.

    I was under warranty....and Dell fixed it by changing LCD, GPU, and MOBO.....ufff :)

    i am sure the card killed the LCD, but i don't know why MOBO refused to post as well shortly after....
     
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    Yeah I remember you posted about it when it happened after a trip you went on, if I remember correctly. I think I referred you to rsgeiger on T|I who was experiencing the same issue. I've got Clevo cards on the way so I just wanted to be sure this vBIOS is safe. Thanks for the info :)
     
    Nospheratu, Jun 19, 2013
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