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    Windows 10 free upgrade issue

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by mrslcruz, Jun 11, 2015.

  1. mrslcruz

    mrslcruz Newbie

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    I have 6 computers and 5 received the free upgrade applet. you guessed it all but the Alienware M15x. I have upgraded to a 560m vid card and according the troubleshooting I have done with microsoft, it wont offer the upgrade because it claims i will have issues with the video card in 10. Wondering A if I could put hte old 260m back in and upgrade then swap back or is this just an issue with old nvidia cards. Figured this would be hte best place to start for info if anyone else has run into this yet.
     
    mrslcruz, Jun 11, 2015
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  2. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    You could try puttig back the old card. Have you tried doing a clean vidoe driver installation? And DirectX 10/11 installation?
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jun 12, 2015
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  3. TqM

    TqM Notebook Guru

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    You have a full year to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. I would simply hold off a few months after the release and see if they start support for your card. Most lack of support upon initial release is to prevent and influx of troubleshooting complaints when they know there will be issues, give them time to sort it.
     
    TqM, Jun 12, 2015
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  4. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    That doesn't make sense! The 560m is newer than the 260m by far. I managed to reserve the upgrade on my m15x with the even newer 680m.

    I agree with the above post. By then you can also upgrade the gpu to something like 970m and upgrade win 10 for a great all round experience!
     
    King of Interns, Jun 13, 2015
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  5. Flash4203

    Flash4203 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can confirm the nVidia GeForce GTX 460M works

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    Flash4203, Aug 1, 2015
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  6. ToxicTension

    ToxicTension Notebook Consultant

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    Bele and I ran into the same incompatibility issue when trying to install Windows 10 on our laptops, as you can see in this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/windows-10-help.779218/

    My initial thought was to do as you suggested; swap my 680m with my 460m and install, then swap them back. However, I was able to avoid that process entirely by downloading and running this setup straight from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

    Windows 10 installed flawlessly on my M15x and all I had to do from there was install Windows 10 drivers for my 680m from Nvidia.com, modify the .inf, restart and disable Driver Signature Enforcement, and the drivers installed.
     
    ToxicTension, Aug 1, 2015
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  7. sizzflair

    sizzflair Notebook Enthusiast

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    The only issue I had with 7970m was that the screen brightness didn't work. Searched the web and there was a fix via Regedit... now works fine!

    Seems like the computer got a bit smoother as a result, especially on games like fallout 3.
     
    sizzflair, Aug 1, 2015
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