m11x R1 260.99 Hybrid Drivers + Intel 2020

Moved to new thread, this one is too crowded now.

 

Wow, I do not have a R1, but I have to applaud work like this. R1 owners have been hungry for this for a while.

Cheers! +Rep
Stain

 

Thank you very much. I have a problem here.
While installing the driver, my screen went blank (but the laptop was still running). I had to press the power button to shutdown (normal shutdown). Then I turned the laptop on again, the screen went blank at login screen.

 

Cool bananas.

I've got the Nautis 260.63 driver set, before Nautis was abducted by Aliens and vanished.

Or maybe he's just off world at the moment.

 

I reinstalled Windows and installed the driver successfully. After restarting, I try to switch graphics and when it was on intel chip, there was a "GfxUI.exe" missing error box.

 

will try to look into it as to why you didnt get the GfxUI.exe file.

meanwhile browse to where you extracted the driver i uploaded from mediafire...and go inside display.driver, get GfxUI.exe there and paste it in C:\windows\system32



Ill test on a different partition whether ill encounter that problem on a freshly installed windows.

How was the driver? are you able to switch smoothly? and how about performance?


EDIT : i tested on a freshly formatted machine and the drivers are installing properly, i wonder why it didnt copy GfxUi.exe in your attempt.

 

I tried to manually copy the GfxUI.exe file to system32 but it would not run.
When installing the driver, I used Express mode, was that correct?

I have no game on the laptop yet, trying to install drivers first :| .

 

can you switch properly between intel and nvidia? also try custom installation instead of express

 

Yea, I can switch between modes smoothly (there is only the gfxui.exe error). This is what I did:
1. Installed driver the 1st time using Express mode. (then restarted and got error)
2. Uninstalled the driver using Control Panel. Then restart, then restart again (windows installed default driver).

3. Installed driver the 2nd time using Express mode. (then restarted and got error again)
4. Same as 2.

5. Installed driver the 3rd time using Custom mode without cleaning. (then restarted and got error again)
6. Same as 2

7. Installed driver the 1st time using Custom mode without cleaning. (then restarted and got error again)
8. Stuck...

 

you enabled test mode right?

 

Sure, I followed all your steps and stuck at step 7.

 

i reformatted my m11x r1 just now and will try to replicate what you are experiencing...will update you regarding the results.

 

I'm getting the same error. Did a clean install, rebooted, tried to switch to discrete mode and it did switch, only the error box appeared. Tried to manually copy Gfxui in system 32 and now it switches but I get the "gfxui.exe stopped working" error. Apart from the error messages everything seems to work fine though - weird.

 

Got the same problem error Window cannot find GFxUI.exe try copy to system 32 still gor error

 

@hero1711, fallte, deviloflife

i was able to replicate your errors, i updated the installation steps, please refer to them, but before you do please uninstall the previous nvidia drivers you installed. if any more problems occur i will assist you.

 

Won't a clean install work as it uninstalls previos drivers anyway?

 

What "mode" should the R1 be in when starting? I know it should be "Switchable" but which setting - Intel or Nvidia?

 

I reinstalled Windows again and followed your updated instructions (with the disable intel graphics step), but I got the same problem.

 

Confirmed - It does give the missing file error. However, everything else does seem to be working properly. Thanks for the hybrid drivers.

This may help the issue:
I copied the GfxUI.exe, and the GfxUI.exe.config over and still got the same error. Then I copied,the Gfxres.en-US.resources file and I didnt get an error. The tray icon popped up and i was able to launch the menu. As soon as I attempted to select something inside the menu, it crashed. So my guess is that its not copying all of the required dlls or other resources into the system folder. It would appear that we have a ton of files to choose from in the hybrid drivers folder. Any guesses on which files we need to manually copy over?

 

i reformatted my m11x and i encountered the problems you are encountering....but i found out that disabling the intel graphics in the device manager just before i run the installation fixes the problem, i will upload an updated package that i used. Thanks for the patience, just wanting to help fellow R1 users.

i modified the INF a bit and please make sure the intel graphics is marked as disabled in device manager (do not uninstall it).

will upload new package in a while, refer to page 1 for updates.

 

Thanks for this. Watching this thread for it to be a little more "bug-free" then I'm going to install. Thanks for your work!

 

Hey, This is great work! I really want to try these new drivers but I can't for the life of me get the download to work... Do you think you could host the driver else where?

Thanks!

 

Hey guys, if anyone wants an alternative to the test mode, there is also a program called readydriver plus, that automatically disables the signature checks at boot. It can be found here:
Citadel Industries - ReadyDriver Plus

 

Never mind, I was able to download it using Safari... IE and FF wouldn't work for some reason.

Thanks again!

 

uploaded new package, see page 1

 

Does this fix the gfxui error?

 

I tested the new package with a clean Windows, got the gfxui.exe error again .

 

did you go to device manager and disable intel graphics before running installation? also try disabling UAC if that will help

 

Yea, sure. The 1st thing I did wass disabling UAC and followed your instruction exactly.

 

Hi, I have too gfxui error, I disabled UAC, and disabled intel graphics, but everithing else is perfect thanks man

 

I reformatted my m11x and was only able to reproduce the blackscreen error, hence i fixed it, the gfxui error never happened to me, and i was unable to reproduce it, will reformat my machine and test different scenarios to reproduce that error, will only be able to solve it if ican replicate it. Any one can upload screenshot of the gfxui error here?

Wait you are all using X64 Win7 right?

Before installation also check in device manager , under display adapters, there must be intel and then "Standard graphics adapter" and then disable intel from within device manager

 

Well it's not a really big problem for me, I mean it works fine you just arent able to adjust settings for the intel card which I dont do anyway. Thanks for all the work

 

dang, the new interface for the intel driver is cool with an aero feel to it. Im here to help if you want it to work

 

I installed the drivers and gfxui is non-functioning. Here is a screenshot of it.
It crashes when I choose a menu tab.

 

Yes, 64bit 7 Home Premium

I cant open intel settings like here DavyGT in previous post, when I try to open settings it shows error(win cannot find gfxUI.exe). switching is OK, i have icon in tray, but no settings :-D

 

This is exactly what I did (Graphic mode is Switchable all the time):
1. Format and reinstall Windows 7 64bit.
2. Disable UAC & System Restore.
3. Install Chipset driver. Restart
4. Install OSD Application. Restart
5. Disable Intel Graphics in Device Manager (Yes, I also saw the Standard Graphics Adapter with a warning sign)
6. Run Download Driver Signature Enforcement Overrider and Enable Test Mode. Restart.
7. Run setup.exe from your new driver package. Select Custom mode, select all Graphics Driver, HD Audio, PhysX (did not select the "clean install" option). Restart after installing.
8. After restarting, it was in nVIDIA high performance mode, press Fn+F6, it changed to the Intel one together with the error box (Had tray icon running).
GfxUI.exe error

Off topic: I am a 2-day-M11xR1-owner, my M11xR1 is louder than the M17x (normal usage or idle); the temps, they are fine (CPU 42C, 36C each core) but the fan is always on. Is it because I am using BIOS A04?

 

if you have the time may we test it so that enabling test mode is the last step? after disabling intel in device manager install the driver and make it so that the last step will be enabling test mode,

hope to hear from you soon.

 

what will i do if the screen goes blank? i have to use discrete to enable the screen again. sorry for the dumb question..

 

i can only replicate the blank screen, i cant replicate the gfxui error, what bios are you guys using? im using A05

 

switch back to "switchable" , then go to safe mode, disable intel, boot normally, you will notice the low resolution, dont enable intel yet in device manager, then run setup.exe from the installer uploaded here.

 

I did what you told me to, step 5 then step 7 (in this step it did not require a restart but I restarted anyway; after restarting it was in low res mode) then step 6. After that, I still got to step 8 .

P.S.: Does your M11x get its fan run all the time?

 

it is in low res mode because you dont have test mode yet, enable test mode now then tell me what happened, im here waiting for your update.

 

Yea, like I told you, after step 7 I did step 6 (which is enabling Test mode & restart). Then I got to step 8 (Fn+F6 to switch to intel mode and got the same error).

 

i just noticed it now....one of the few things different from our m11x R1 is that i am using an A05 bios and you are using an A04, will look into this...

 

Hi mate,

New owner of a R1 here. I am interested in trying out your drivers (thank you by the way) but I am slightly concerned about running Win 7 in testing mode. What sort of risks are there (if any)?

Cheers

 

try making the file enabled to read and execute in Permisions and also have it running like Admin. The issue seems to be security related, not just a graphic error.

This thing can also pop up with improperly installed .NET Frameworks.

 

I got it working!!! i also have A05 Bios installed + rep to you sir! Thank you RigelKent!

 

Thanks! Got these working.

Running A05, 4gbs of RAM, Phoenix Pro 120GB SSD, stock alienware x64 win 7 setup.

Your steps for the most part worked - though my setup was a bit different I suppose.

I didn't read that you said to uninstall the old drivers FIRST. I disabled in control panel, went into test mode, reboot, installed new driver, reboot - got the black screen.

Went into safe mode, removed all drivers, rebooted - got low res ugly screen (obviously - there was no enhanced driver software installed because of my uninstallation and reboot).

On that reboot - it installed drivers on its, i rebooted after the auto install of what I assumed was stock drivers. Turned out that after that reboot - it had auto installed the latest 260.99 and Intel driver, and it's switchable.

Thanks!

 

I somewhat messed up my system with this, not sure what I did wrong..

I saw the Intel GS45 Chipset and the Standart VGA Videocard in the Videocard category in device manager, so I deactivated the Chipset. When I tried to install it, I got blackscreen after I had to confirm to install non signed drivers.

Thanks in advance.

 

Now after endless switching from switchable to discrete to have the intel show up in device manager again, windows installed intel drivers again but when running your setup it doesn't finish installing and states "Error" as for the Graphic driver and "Not installed" for the PhysX (