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    Help!: Hard Drive Died, Got New one, now what?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by holhardy, Apr 5, 2011.

  1. holhardy

    holhardy Newbie

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    Ok I have had my M11xr1 for a year now and just 2 weeks after getting the hinge/lcd fixed the hard drive up an died.

    I talked to Alienware and they sent me a new Hard drive and OS win7 flash drive to get back up an running again.

    BUT

    Since the hard drive failed, and I didnt have the ability to save anything (no portable burner or delldatasafe thing), the FLashdrive is just the OS Win7. No drivers, no instructions on how to fix my M11x back to the way i got it. Nothing works; the wifi, the colors, Nvidia card is off. Just a netbook with Win7.

    I am downloading all the drivers off of dell support under the M11xR1. But I dont know which i really need and which are not for my system (like I didnt have the bluetooth in my version)

    Since this forum is full of M11x users that are more Pc minded than I am, a ask for anyones help to this major problem that has falling on my poor M11x.
     
    holhardy, Apr 5, 2011
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  2. trikan

    trikan Notebook Geek

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    You're literally doing everything right, if you don't have Bluetooth don't dl it.

    Pretty simple.
     
    trikan, Apr 5, 2011
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  3. bavman

    bavman Notebook Evangelist

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    1. Chipset

    2. Application - OSD

    <<< reboot the computer >>>

    3. Than all the other drivers with the exception of these last three (3) that need to be installed in this order:

    4. Confirm in the Device Manager that the Intel Chipset Graphics is installed. If so, go to step 5. If not, reboot the computer again to confirm installation.

    <<< reboot the computer >>>

    5. Video – Nvidia

    <<< reboot the computer >>>

    6. Application – Command Center

    Only install drivers for what you have.
     
    bavman, Apr 5, 2011
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  4. holhardy

    holhardy Newbie

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    anyone know how to remove the intel logo on start up screen next to red alienware head? that now appears after installing a driver that i dont know which

    Edit:
    So far so good got most things up a running.
    nvm searching i found that the logo is tied to the Bios ver.5.
     
    holhardy, Apr 6, 2011
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