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    Anyone tried windows 10 on M18x R2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Joce21, Jul 31, 2015.

  1. Joce21

    Joce21 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    I am asking myself if I should upgrade to windows 10 or not.
    I am using windows 7 right now.
    About drivers, on the dell page, there is only drivers for windows 7 and 8.1. Can I still upgrade to windows 10 without them?

    Thanks,
    Joce
     
    Joce21, Jul 31, 2015
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    ht_addict Notebook Evangelist

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    Running it right now. Works just fine. Win 8.1 drivers install just fine if you need to install
     
    ht_addict, Jul 31, 2015
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    How about OSD, command center?
     
    littleone562, Aug 2, 2015
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  4. Rotary Heart

    Rotary Heart Notebook Evangelist

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    I upgraded from Windows 8.1 so my best guess is that all the drivers for 8.1 and 8 works. I haven't needed to install any driver, OSD and Command Center works.
     
    Rotary Heart, Aug 2, 2015
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    Maybe you should wait. Some people are reporting that either the new OS Win10, or its new Nvidia driver has caused their R2 display panel to stop working. Most notably Mr. Fox, was a victim of this, and he has started a thread and the thread is expanding quickly.
     
    Scanner, Aug 2, 2015
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    Windows 10 seems to be killing LCD's in AW18's r2's and well anything with NVidia cards it seems (laptop wise)... Don't be a beta tester for M$ and pay the price.
     
    pathfindercod, Aug 3, 2015
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    So far so good with my M18x R2 and 7970's
     
    ht_addict, Aug 3, 2015
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    How long you are using it?
     
    triturbo, Aug 3, 2015
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    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    3-4wks so far
     
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    The upgrade worked like a charm for me, all needed drivers got installed automatically and all applications and games work flawlessly so far. I've been running since July 29th 2015 and have had no problems to report so far. Hopefully it'll remain this way.
    I've been running my system in UEFI mode, by the way, with Legacy option ROMs disabled in the BIOS.

    The latest Windows 10 drivers (15.7.1) from AMD's site work fine with my 7970s as well.
     
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    Glzmo, Aug 3, 2015
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    Glad the 7970M crew didn't get shafted by Windows 10/drivers, but I will be playing it safe and staying on Windows 7. Condolences to all those that suffered dead video panels from what looks like a bug from a half-baked product. Very strange to see M18x/AW18 users with nvidia cards suddenly end up with dead panels.

    Mr. Fox (and others), you may want to have a word with svl7 or prema about potential EEPROM corruption.
     
    Raidriar, Aug 3, 2015
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    It seems to be the last nvidia driver. I have been using it without any issue too and I have a 780m
     
    Rotary Heart, Aug 4, 2015
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