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    Swapping Hard Drive from R2 to R3 - Driver Conflict?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by DeeVu, Aug 4, 2011.

  1. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    Hey guys,

    So it would seem I am getting a replacement R3 from Dell after my huge list of complaints seen in another thread. It should arrive by next week and I was wondering as far as drivers go which ones would I have to uninstall and install?

    I know the video driver is the same. Are the intel HD drivers the same? What about the chipset? I know my wifi will be the same because I am replacing the wifi card with my current 6200.

    Thanks in advance,
    DeeVu

    edit: I know a lot about my R2 but learning a new laptop will be interesting. Any facts to get me ahead of the game would be great. I know for instance that throttlestop won't do little if anything for the R3 :( but then again I hear it doesn't really need to because of how well it is. Any issues with it that I should keep an eye out for?
     
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  2. BuToNz

    BuToNz Notebook Geek

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    Don't worry about it, just swap the hard drives. Gone are the days of hardware related bluescreens. Windows 7 just reconfigures itself. Then install whatever might be left from the Dell website.
     
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  3. bigun08

    bigun08 Notebook Consultant

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    yea.. I did exactly that took my ssd from my r2 I7 to my R3 I7.. and I had no problems.. The only recommendation I would have is remove any hidden or ghosted duplicate devices from the device manager.. If you are not sure how just Google it and you will see it is easy.
     
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  4. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    Alright thanks. Will do. :)
     
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  5. MassiveOverkill

    MassiveOverkill Notebook Consultant

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    I copied the drivers folder from my R3 over to my R2 hard drive and then swapped drives and installed the R3 drivers. You can do a swap and it will boot just fine, but there are some Q67-specific drivers you need to install that aren't in the R2 load............USB3.0, and gigabit LAN are two I can think of.

    I would get the latest drivers from Dell's website though.
     
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  6. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    Sounds good but the biggest like the nvidia etc can be kept. Ill just download all of them and go from there when it arrives.
     
    DeeVu, Aug 4, 2011
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