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    m15x area 51 and windows 10

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by area51owner, Aug 18, 2018.

  1. area51owner

    area51owner Newbie

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    As a follow-on to this thread (closed now)

    forum.notebookreview.com/threads/windows-7-64-bit-drivers-for-the-m15x-not-m15x.424159/page-37

    I have installed windows 10 pro on an area-51, the only driver I installed was the 186.81 nvidia for the 9800 GT. This driver appears to work ok (touch wood). All the other drivers I left to MS, the touchpad and wireless are working ok. I did try installing the drivers providing in the thread above, but ran into issues with wireless switching on and off. While I suspect a few devices aren't working in the machine -- maybe camera -- the machine is running stable and I've played Mass Effect 2 without issues.

    Also installed Linux Mint without issue, using their open source nvidia driver.
     
    area51owner, Aug 18, 2018
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    protivakid Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks for the tips, should help others in the same boat!
     
    protivakid, Sep 4, 2018
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