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    m17xr4/sb recon 3di

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by utumkodur, Sep 11, 2013.

  1. utumkodur

    utumkodur Notebook Geek

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    Hello

    I would like to ask You all which audio drivers are You using right now. Drivers provided by dell are very outdated and they are causing many minor issues. I saw couple newer drivers on windows catalog page, two of them are even dated on 16/04/2013 but im not sure if they can be installed because hardware id in ini files is diff than my device HW ID and they are without additional creative software. I'm using dell drivers dedicated for Win8 at the moment, which btw are newer than drivers provided for Win7 but i wanted to ask is there any alternative for them or some kind of 3rd party drivers or modded one ?
     
    utumkodur, Sep 11, 2013
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  2. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Just because they are outdated doesn't mean they are bad. Don't fix what's broken. I've been using the ones on the Dell page ever since I got it. No issues, plenty of customisation options which is great.
     
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    What sort of small issues are you hitting?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Sep 11, 2013
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  4. MogRules

    MogRules Notebook Deity

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    I have been using the stock dell drivers for my sound blaster card since I got the computer and I have never run into a problem, my first R4 was having some issues with the sound disappearing randomly but that was all sorted out when they switched out the system.
     
    MogRules, Sep 11, 2013
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  5. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Just keep the ones you have unless you experience issues. Updating them may cause more issues than it could fix.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 13, 2013
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