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.

    M17x-R1 windows 8 network issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by desater, Oct 31, 2012.

  1. desater

    desater Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    6
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi,

    I'm having some annoying problems with windows 8 professional - legal version from MSDN.
    Everything works fine untill I install the NVIDIA drivers (2x 280M's). I used 306.97 drivers from the nvidia site. I modified nvac.inf myself to allow the driver to install (in no certificate mode). That worked, but then the wifi wouldn't work anymore. I have the Dell 1510 wlan card (broadcom).

    When I reboot I can connect to 2.4Ghz networks, but as soon as I try to connect to the 5Ghz network it fails to connect and removes ability to connect to anything. If I plug in the ethernet it somehow "recovers" the ability to find wireless networks again and I can connect to everything. I then removed the ethernet and upon disconnecting the 5Ghz network, it forgets that network (doesnt show up anymore). Same problem: can't connect to any network and then shows no available networks again.
    Video drivers work fine though.

    I have tried dozens of drivers and nothing works. help?
     
    desater, Oct 31, 2012
    #1
  2. vivektj

    vivektj Newbie

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    You may have already got this fixed. But this is a common issue on all NVIDIA drivers for this model.
    From device manager, change the "Device sleep on disconnect" to disabled and it should immediately start working.

    NetworkFix.PNG
     
    vivektj, Nov 3, 2012
    #2
  3. desater

    desater Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    6
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Awesome! Thanks very much! I hope other people are helped here as well..
     
    desater, Nov 4, 2012
    #3
  4. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

    Reputations:
    3,658
    Messages:
    6,874
    Likes Received:
    969
    Trophy Points:
    281
    Yup, that's a common issue. Thanks for sharing.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Nov 5, 2012
    #4