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    M17x-R2 will never boot with CrossFireX 5870

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Xeroxidous, Mar 4, 2011.

  1. Xeroxidous

    Xeroxidous Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys, for some odd reason my laptop will never boot into BIOS with CrossFire with the battery and AC adapter in. I would have to take the battery out and unplug the AC adapter and plug it in again to get it to boot into windows. I would then have to re enable CrossFire again in windows. The only time where I could start the laptop up and boot straight into Windows is when it is on the AC adapter only and the battery taken out. I'm currently on BIOS A10 and the 5870s are updated to A01. I also have the latast cards. I have read through the threads in this forum but they are a bit outdated and only talk about older BIOSes. Also I'm running a i7-720QM. Any ideas?
     
    Xeroxidous, Mar 4, 2011
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    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Give Dell a call!
     
    katalin_2003, Mar 5, 2011
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