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    who got thier clevo working on thier alienware without bugs

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by mrstage, Mar 24, 2013.

  1. mrstage

    mrstage Notebook Guru

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    anybody? who got their cleo 7970m working on m17xr4 without the fan and hdmi issue?
     
    mrstage, Mar 24, 2013
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  2. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    Pretty sure the clevo bios is the problem when it comes to those two issues and they aren't easily fixed. I haven't messed with one personally though so I don't know for sure.
     
    bigtonyman, Mar 24, 2013
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    You need a DELL card or flash the vBIOS on your clevo for it to work fine.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Mar 27, 2013
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    Never got my Clevo 7970m to work with HDMI out, so sold it on.
     
    Joe85, Mar 27, 2013
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