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    Problems Alienware 17 Ranger 970m failing motherboards

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by goodstone, Aug 11, 2017.

  1. goodstone

    goodstone Notebook Consultant

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    Need some help please,

    iv got Alienware 17 r1. I bought a 970m through ebay.

    The problem is I have gone though 3 motherboards in 6 months of having the card.

    I don't know the make of the card but it came with prema bios.

    Nvidia 970m MXM 6gb (bios version 84.04.88.00.C1)

    card id. 10DE 13D8 1028 05AD


    is the bios version correct for this card as results are saying it belongs to 980m.


    in all instances the motherboard is heating up by the HDMI port on the left when playing heavy load games


    Any help on this matter would be great.

    My specs

    4910mq
    32gig ram
    60hz screen

    Cheers
     
    goodstone, Aug 11, 2017
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