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    Can i use XP on my M17x?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by tropics, Jul 19, 2008.

  1. tropics

    tropics Notebook Consultant

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    I was told i could, but i must confirm with the actual users.

    Thanks for ur time... :)

    BTW, is it fast & good if u got it working?
     
    tropics, Jul 19, 2008
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    course you can. drivers should be available as well. can't say if it's fast and good :D
     
    whizzo, Jul 19, 2008
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  3. tropics

    tropics Notebook Consultant

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    thank you, cuz i find their site for the drivers hard to navigate, but i guess cuz I'm new to it.
     
    tropics, Jul 19, 2008
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    tacomenace21 Notebook Deity

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    I would check your "myhive" for the xp drivers if they have for the m17x like they do for the m15x
     
    tacomenace21, Jul 19, 2008
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  5. WhapAChow

    WhapAChow Notebook Geek

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    Most of the drivers for the m17x on MyHive are Vista based - everything from chipset, audio, GPU, and wireless LAN.

    Mine is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday - first thing when I get it out of the box (after making sure it powers up) is to yank the 120GB single drive and pop in 2 x 320GB 7200RPM Hitachi drives, swap the 1GB of RAM with 4GB of G.Skill pc5300, reapply the thermal paste on the CPU and GPUs then pop in Windows XP Pro slipstreamed with SP3 and let windows see if it can find the necessary drivers.

    Hopefully it all goes well - otherwise I'll be stuck with Vista Ultimate.
     
    WhapAChow, Jul 19, 2008
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