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    M11x R3,F clean install Windows 7, Fn+F2, Fn+Pause not working

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by negyuh, Jun 27, 2013.

  1. negyuh

    negyuh Notebook Consultant

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    lately I replaced my stock HDD with an SSD, huge improvement (at the cost of diskspace) but with the clean install comes a small but still annoying little thing.
    I cannot get the Fn+F2, Fn+Pause working. I googled every post I could find about this and the only hints to a solution are a new version of the OSD software. (is it a bug of the OSD?)

    Am I alone at this thing or is there no solution. the latter thing I cannot accept for the function is still working on my old stock hdd installation.
    So my question is: what's the solution. thanks in advance
     
    negyuh, Jun 27, 2013
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  2. Alienware-Luis_Pardo

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    Did you install Microsoft .NET framework 4 after the clean install?

    The Command Center and OSD might act kinda buggy if not, you want to install it before those 2.
     
    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Jun 28, 2013
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    un4tural Notebook Evangelist

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    Drivers & Downloads | Dell US

    you want the Alienware OSD Application, v.0.31.2.5C, A00

    i suppose you want all the .net too, as a lot of stuff don't work without it, including alienware command center. so make sure you got all of those.

    worth noting is, getting raltek driver off their website, instead of dell one, as with dell one i had a lot of issues involving usb ports (plug/unplug device and applications go quiet, have to restart them for it to get back to normal) same with that admin permissions window. strangely it doesn't do that off the bat, but starts to after a bit of time...

    only driver missing for me is ACPI\SMO8800, which from a quick googling i assume is a freefall sensor... or something. anyways, nothing is missing so i just left it as it was...

    also after a clean install I'd recommend disabling pagefile, as windows didn't do that automatically for me, and it really isn't worth burning ssd extra with it, or sacrificing 4gb on default i believe of the already tight space on it.
     
    un4tural, Jun 29, 2013
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  4. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    The REALTEK suggestion is pretty good, I would follow that.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jul 5, 2013
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