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    Alienware Area-51 m9750 and Windows 7

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Suaro, Jul 18, 2009.

  1. Suaro

    Suaro Newbie

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    Hi Everyone,
    I'm brand new to the forum.

    I've just installed Windows 7 RC Build 7100 on my m9750. Everything seems to be working ok and no real problems. Noticed that areo isn't working so just looking to update my display drivers. Does anyone know if Alienware has beta drivers available for download? I did a quick check on their site and didn't see anything. Also does anyone know if the Vista display drivers will work on my Win7 system ?

    Thanks!
     
    Suaro, Jul 18, 2009
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    simonmpoulton Notebook Deity

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    simonmpoulton, Jul 18, 2009
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    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    Hey I got the same version of 7, and I installed same vista driver from alienware, works great,
     
    steveninspokane, Jul 18, 2009
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  4. Suaro

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    Thanks everyone, I downloading the latest driver from the hive ( 179.13 ) and going to give this a try. If this doesn't work, I'll drop back to 156.55
     
    Suaro, Jul 19, 2009
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    179.13 version of the nvidia driver worked perfect. Graphics are pretty darn amazing. Thanks everyone
     
    Suaro, Jul 19, 2009
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    Here is a snippit of my device manager.

    I know my USB 2.0 ports are not working as 2's because every time I plug my thumbdrive in there is the window "devices can perform faster" blurp at the bottom.

    Anyone else having this problem?


    Devices.PNG
     
    Roofy69, Dec 9, 2009
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    I was the card reader drivers for the devices I was missing, but my usb controller still does not have usb 2.0 functionality.
     
    Roofy69, Jan 18, 2010
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