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    M11x R1 What drivers am I missing?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by passive101, Feb 18, 2011.

  1. passive101

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    I can't seem to figure out what I am missing

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    passive101, Feb 18, 2011
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  2. i has m11x

    i has m11x Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you install the free fall sensor and card reader drivers? That got rid of my last 3 devices.
     
    i has m11x, Feb 19, 2011
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  3. passive101

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    I did not install the free fall sensor since I installed an SSD. (I'm not sure if I should or not).

    I tried installing the card reader driver, but it only installed the firewire. I tried installing it 2x, but it didn't work.
     
    passive101, Feb 19, 2011
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  4. i has m11x

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    The on screen display is another one that shows up if you haven't already installed it yet. Not sure if the free fall sensor makes a difference in your case but it is always one of the unknown devices. Other than what I already mentioned, I can't think of anything else.
     
    i has m11x, Feb 19, 2011
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  5. passive101

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    I have the on screen display installed and that is working.
     
    passive101, Feb 19, 2011
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  6. DigDung

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    If you right click on the unknown device and in the properties>details, look for the hardware ID (you can right click copy) and google it sometimes you can figure out what your missing
    (example, SYN071B is the hardware ID for the touchpad)
     
    DigDung, Feb 19, 2011
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    I had that happen, even when I installed everything. A windows update cleared it up, pretty sure it was the card reader for some reason, even though I installed the dell drivers. Also, freefall sensor. Not sure how it works with SSD though.
     
    infoghost, Feb 19, 2011
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  8. passive101

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    2 of them only say "base system device"

    PCI bus 26, device 0, function 1
    PCI bus 26, device 0, function 3


    3rd one is this. This one is the free fall sensor it seems from searching. I have an SSD so I only need to find out what the other 2 are for I think.
    ACPI\SMO8800
    *SMO8800
     
    passive101, Feb 19, 2011
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  9. DigDung

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    Seems like there should be more info somwhere, but noticed win7 is a little different- I think it might be chipset related.. you might want to go
    Intel® Driver Update Utility (needs Internet exploder to run)
    if you haven't already and see if the chipset drivers fix your problem

    ..but heres a list off my mx11, maybe you'll notice something missing..

    Devices list

    or perhaps they are related to the fall sensor..
     
    DigDung, Feb 19, 2011
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  10. passive101

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    Here is mine. I see some things are different, but am not seeing what is really missing with a download available from dell.

    [​IMG]
     
    passive101, Feb 21, 2011
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    overzealot, Apr 17, 2011
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  12. NeoSurge

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    Thanks Overzealot, I was working on a similar/same issue on my R2 over in THIS post when I stumbled across this for the R1. This worked perfectly.

    Cheers
     
    NeoSurge, Apr 17, 2011
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    Thanks for the link Overzealot, repped.
     
    Bendak, Apr 17, 2011
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