NVidia 3D Vision IR-Emitter problem

Hello,
I have an Alienware M17xR4, running Windows 8.
It has

- A 3D ready monitor SEC5044 with 120 Hz (NO OPTIMUS TECH)
- NVidia GTX 675M
I can see the small black square under the screen to the left, so it has an IR-emitter (I think).
and it came with NVidia 3D Vision 2 glasses.

But I cannot seem to find the Stereoscopic device under the device manager, and I cannot enable it through the NVidia control panel,
I only find four options in NVidia the setup wizard which are:
1- USB IR Emitter and Glasses
2- Wired Glasses
3- Pro Hub and Glasses
4- Discover Glasses

there is no laptop emitter listed.

I updated the BIOS to A13
Installed the NVidia drivers on dell's support website
I even restored the PC the factory image using Alienrespawn.
Nothing has worked..

Any suggestions ?

 

Hi, I would be looking at the cable used by the internal IR emitter. Check out the 120hz display sticky for location and access details. Hopefully just a reseat is all that is needed.

You will be able to plug in an external emitter as well and it should work if the emitter is duff. In the right games I think the 3D is awesome!

 

Thanks for your reply, the sticky does not mention where the cable should be, I am not much of a tech guy, a minor disassembly is a risk for me , but hell I will give it a try when I know where exactly should I be looking.

 

You're welcome, sorry that thread does not have enough detail but at least you can identify the cable you are looking for if not it's exact location.

IIRC it's not a 'minor' disassembly like a GPU replacement is but there are teardown videos, even Dell/Alienware have them. You will need a good set of small screwdrivers but as long as you select a good fit you should be fine. Biggest issue I see is people mashing screws with poor fitting drivers .
It can be daunting and you are dealing with ribbon cable connections which are known to be problematic, I had a dell engineer damage one when replacing a motherboard. I lost the illuminated 'Alienware' on the panel.

You will see from a teardown video if it's something you want to tackle - good luck.