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    drivers on m17x r3

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by james.q, Sep 7, 2011.

  1. james.q

    james.q Notebook Guru

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    Hey guys,

    I have my r3 just two days and I went to dell support to get the drivers. There are like 21 drivers (including the ones for different graphic cards) and Im not sure if I should download and install them all. I mean there are some for BIOS, some for CPU and things like that.

    Should I install it or wait if that particular part bothers me and than install?
     
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    Jas71 Notebook Evangelist

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    Your R3 should have most of the newest drivers already if you got it recently.
     
    Jas71, Sep 7, 2011
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    james.q Notebook Guru

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    well I got it from outlet so... . For example I noticed that the sound drivers updated something (at least visualy) and the graphic card driver also wasnt up to date.. is there any way to check if I have the up-to-date drivers?

    btw I dont want to start new topic on this, so do you know if my regular
    1 0PPPW Module,Dvd+/-Rw,8X,Plds,BARE,Alienware
    will write on dual layer DVD or just regular DVD?

    Thanks!
     
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  4. inap

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    if it ain't broke then don't fix it. if everything is performing as it should, then i don't see any reasons to update. newer doesn't always mean better.

    your dvd model is able to burn dual layers.
     
    inap, Sep 7, 2011
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    james.q Notebook Guru

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    thanks a bunch, Ill return the normal ones and will get the double layer, its just way cooler to have more data on them :) I needed those for the system backup as somebody here advised me to backup my system setting upon arrival in case I f... something up
     
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    should I, though, update the graphic card drivers directly from AMD or go with the older ones from Dell? I have hd6990m
     
    james.q, Sep 8, 2011
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