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    Radeon 5870 driver for M17xR2?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Anton17, Jun 20, 2012.

  1. Anton17

    Anton17 Newbie

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    Hi, I'll be getting a M17xR2 in the near future and have read about some driver issues. Namely that Dell only supports up until 11.10 and then crashes/BSOD when trying to install the latests ATI drivers (12.3?).

    How much truth is there to this and is there a work around without having to reinstall windows and the BIOS? Also, I've heard that crossfire is disabled when using the Dell drivers back in v11.1?
     
    Anton17, Jun 20, 2012
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    kimlo Notebook Geek

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    On my R2 I just install the latest ATI drivers and I have no problems. The Dell drivers are slow and had a heap of problems for me.
     
    kimlo, Jun 20, 2012
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    Anton17 Newbie

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    Thanks. Can anyone confirm there's no issues when trying to install the latest drivers?
     
    Anton17, Jun 21, 2012
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  4. kimlo

    kimlo Notebook Geek

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    Well I've been using the latest drivers and haven't had any problems so I don't believe there's any issues.
     
    kimlo, Jun 21, 2012
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  5. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    I've been on 12.6 Beta for a couple weeks now, no issues really.

    Don't use the Dell drivers, they are ANCIENT.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 21, 2012
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    Greywolf22 Notebook Deity

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    12.6 beta here as well, and they've been great...granted I'm on 6970's, but no problems.
     
    Greywolf22, Jun 21, 2012
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    Megatony73 Notebook Consultant

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    I think that the only way you have with installing drivers is if you somehow got ahold of a really old r2 that no one ever updated the Vbios on the cards. Which is really unlikely. I believe you can download and install GPU-Z and it will tell you what VBIOS you have installed on the cards. Then you go to Welcome to Dell Technical Support and enter your service tag number, select drivers and then look for the updated VBios. If the version listed is the same as yours then you will have no problem installing drivers up to 12.6.

    But seriously, the chances of finding an R2 that doesnt already have that VBios update on it has to be really slim. Anyone who wanted to keep on their drivers had to update to it...who would not do that???
     
    Megatony73, Jun 21, 2012
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    Anton17 Newbie

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    These are the BIOS versions and Graphics drivers:

    Removed

    That seem right?
     
    Anton17, Jun 21, 2012
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  9. radji

    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    VBIOS -> Good
    ATI Driver -> Good

    You good to go.
     
    radji, Jun 21, 2012
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