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    M11x Video Card

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Rawrargle, May 15, 2012.

  1. Rawrargle

    Rawrargle Newbie

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    So i've had my M11x for a while, since around july 2011, and i've never had many problems except for like one blue screen a while ago. Its been pretty good for most games ive played and recently ive been excited about Diablo 3. However when i attempt to play it my card isnt supported, despite the fact its an nVidia GT 335m with up to date drivers, however for some reason at the moment the only thing coming up as the video card is the intel 4 series chipset.

    Ive tried looking for other threads and i found this one [], and tried some of the things suggested however pressing FN and F6, the image comes up of what should happen but it doesnt change the card. Any suggestions?
     
    Rawrargle, May 15, 2012
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  2. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    You need to go into your Nvidia control panel and set the game to run on the Nvidia Dedicated GPU and not the Intel Integrated chip.
     
    Yiddo, May 15, 2012
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  3. Rawrargle

    Rawrargle Newbie

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    well i tried that but it says that it didnt detect any nvidia hardware on my laptop despite the fact that i do and have downloaded drivers for it in the past as well, i dont know whats happened but it refuses to realise that i have something other than the intel chipset
     
    Rawrargle, May 15, 2012
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  4. lanctot

    lanctot Notebook Guru

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    That happened to me when I downloaded the latest driver... it would not find the graphic card.. Im back to version 188 now lol
     
    lanctot, May 16, 2012
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  5. Rishwin

    Rishwin Notebook Deity

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    R1 or R2? what's the CPU? Gone into BIOS and made sure GPU is set to switchable?
     
    Rishwin, May 16, 2012
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  6. Rawrargle

    Rawrargle Newbie

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    To Ianctot: what did you do to set it back to the original?

    To Rishwin: im not sure which one, but my CPU is 1.3GHz intel CPU U7300 and i have made sure that it is set to switchable. i tried changing it to discrete and that showed that the card it was using was the nvidia GT but it caused resolution problems and although let me 'play' diablo 3, it never came up as a program, just as an exe in the task manager
     
    Rawrargle, May 17, 2012
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  7. GNandGS

    GNandGS Notebook Deity

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    Drivers vary and the default use of R1 switchable is different from the Opti setup on R2/R3.

    Can you link us to the exact driver you are using?
     
    GNandGS, May 17, 2012
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    fulingyu Newbie

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    I have the same issue with my Mx11.

    It crashed once and now I'm stuck on Intel Graphics. The GT 335M doesn't show up in Device Manager. When I downloaded the latest Dell drivers, it says that I can't set up Nvidia control Panel because there is no Nvidia graphics card in the machine.

    I'm wondering if the GT335M burned out or something. I've also heard that the graphics card is soldered to the motherboard so that it is not replaceable? If this is true, then am I stuck with a gaming computer that doesn't game anymore?

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks,
     
    fulingyu, Feb 1, 2013
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  9. Bendak

    Bendak Notebook Evangelist

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    I wouldn't worry too much - I've seen M11x R1/R2 motherboards go for roughly $150.
     
    Bendak, Feb 2, 2013
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