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    New M17x R2 does not wake from sleep

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by jdbaker82, Nov 6, 2010.

  1. jdbaker82

    jdbaker82 Notebook Evangelist

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    Goes to a grayish screen not totally black keyboard still lit but will not wake up. I have BIOS A08 and installed the latest Drivers for 5870x2. Anyone else have this problem or know the solution?

    Thanks
     
    jdbaker82, Nov 6, 2010
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    reborn2003 THE CHIEF!

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    Chiefs have you installed the latest 5870 vbios for the GPU as well? You will need to use that along with the latest dell drivers being installed 1st. After that you can use the AMD 10.10 mobility drivers if you wish.

    I would also recommend system bios A09. Its running great for people and its the latest atm. + it comes with a better trackpad polling rate improvement.

    Perhaps also list your specs in a signature chiefs. Go to User CP in the top left corner of the page and edit Signature. It will help give others a reference to work off when diagnosing problems and the like. :p Thanks ule! :D

    Cheers. :)
     
    reborn2003, Nov 7, 2010
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    VBIOS for the 5870? Where can I download this?
     
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    Thanks Reborn just finished flashing VBIOS and went to A09 working great so far!

    M17x R2 -740QM -5870x2 - 64GB SamsungSSD 740 Series - 6GB DDR3

    I love this sexy thang she flyyyyyyyysss
     
    jdbaker82, Nov 7, 2010
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