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    hi guys after researchig i still dont get it

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by mrstage, Mar 17, 2013.

  1. mrstage

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    can we use clevo 7970 on m17xr4? and can we flash it to dell vbios or any modified bios which makes it work fine in the alienware?

    guys pls help ! tyvm !
     
    mrstage, Mar 17, 2013
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    Well I just bought a 675m from upgradeyourlaptop on eBay. It's a 4 GB vram model witch makes it a clevo. And have assurances it will work just fine on my r4. I plan on flashing a modded clevo vbios so I can overclock it though. I think it depends where you buy it from on the driver support though. Worse comes to worse just used an edited .inf file and you should be able to install drivers straight from the nvidia website.

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    eliteone, Mar 17, 2013
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    mine is ati not nvidia
     
    mrstage, Mar 17, 2013
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    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    I don't see why not. The R4 is designed to use a 7970 anyway, so using a Clevo version should work...in theory. But it may cause some small incompatibilities like no HDMI or fan control (not for sure, just saying). However, I would not recommend you flash a Clevo 7970m with VBIOS mean for a Dell GPU. They are obviously not identical cards. You may need to use modified VBIOS to get the full functionality out of it. But again, that's speculation.
     
    radji, Mar 17, 2013
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    where do i get the modded vbios? sorry im very noob with laptop and may i noe hows the percentage of risk
     
    mrstage, Mar 18, 2013
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    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    Tech Inferno, maybe? You would probably have to search.
     
    radji, Mar 18, 2013
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    i tired registerin for an acc on tech inferno but it failed i dont know why
     
    mrstage, Mar 18, 2013
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    Don't worry about that right now. You still need your x-bracket and you need to physically install your 7970m before you go worrying about VBIOSes and such.
     
    radji, Mar 18, 2013
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