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    Installed 335M Driver from Nvidias site, what did I possibly break?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by SonRK, Apr 21, 2011.

  1. SonRK

    SonRK Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I (foolishly) went to nvidias site and isntalled the latest 335M drivers, because hey, Ive been doing it since I bought my Radeon 7500 thousands of years ago. Nothing wrong in going to the actual manufacturers website and DLing the official drivers.

    I installed all the updates (to physx, etc.) and when the computer rebooted I was forced to use 800x600 resolution, couldn't switch graphics options, etc. basically incompatible drivers

    Soooo.... I went ahead to dell's website and grabbed their latest version of the drivers, and installed that. Now I am back on the normal resolution, but since the dell's installer just includes graphics drivers, I wonder what harm I did in updating the other stuff. Is there a way to revert those back to normal?
     
    SonRK, Apr 21, 2011
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  2. DrGoodvibes

    DrGoodvibes Notebook Deity

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    And you have an Alienware M11xR1 which only uses a bespoke Hybrid driver set that is not supplied by Nvidia???????

    The driver bit is a fact.

    My question really is if you have an M11xR1.

    Just recover to your last restore point and you'll be fine.
     
    DrGoodvibes, Apr 21, 2011
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  3. SonRK

    SonRK Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, I have the R1
     
    SonRK, Apr 21, 2011
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  4. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    i installed the latest drivers as well and was good to go....and i have an r1 (pretty sure i do)....been so long and forgot how to determine this.
     
    ryujin, Apr 21, 2011
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  5. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    The latest Nvidia Driver only applies to the R1 if you are in Discrete Graphics mode (namely NOT being able to switch between powersaver mode and gaming mode). If you have this feature you have the R1. The driver you want if you have the R1 is the 263.xx driver.

    This is the driver you want if you still want the switching feature: Dell: 263.08 Driver
     
    DeeVu, Apr 21, 2011
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    TalonH Notebook Evangelist

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    If I were to install this package would I have to wipe my current nvidia driver or just install it with the nvidia chip turned on?
     
    TalonH, Apr 21, 2011
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