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    How do I disable stealth mode??

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Blazertrek50, Sep 10, 2009.

  1. Blazertrek50

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    The only thing I dislike about the M17x is freaking "stealth mode"! :mad:
    Can someone tell me how ot disable it permanently?
    Yesterday I accidently booted up my M17x wihtout the plug in and it went to stealth mode. Today I have spent an hour trying to get it back to using sli and the 260 video cards so that I can use my external monitor with the lappy! This is the third or fourth time that this has happened! I usually figure it out but for some reason I cannot yet. I don't need stealth mode, ever! I have the m15x for when I am not near an outlet. So can someone please tell me how to disable the stealth mode so this never happens again?

    Thanks :eek:

    Oh and I cannot even create a plan through Alien Fusion in freaking stealth mode :eek:
    Should I just disbalethe 9400M through the Device Manager?
     
    Blazertrek50, Sep 10, 2009
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    Maybe someone can just tell me how to get back in boost mode using the sli/dual 260 cards...perhaps? :cool:
     
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    Its really easy....all you need to do is click the Nvidia Icon in the notification area (Bottom right) and hit Boost performance.
     
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    I would love to do that but there is no icon in the tray.....only when it is in boost mode lol great huh?
     
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    I figured it out. Just press the touch button for stealth. Even though it asks to enable stealth, it means disable when it is already enabled....sigh. I guess we are supposed ot know that they mean the opposite :rolleyes:

    I still dislike steath.....

    umm hold on a second....it didn't work...at first it cam up on both screens then it didn't and when I went to screen setup nothing showed...nothing worse than not having your computer work because of FREAKING stealth mode!!
     
    Blazertrek50, Sep 10, 2009
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    Hybrid graphics enabled in bios? I pretty much have to re-enable it in there after using the battery and then plugging power back in to mains. Think it was hybrid option anyway. hth
     
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    What driver are you running Blazer? With 186.82 and 186.91, when in Save Power Mode, the NVIDIA HybridSLI/Chevrons icon should still be in the task tray.

    If you are using 186.82 or 186.91, try a reinstall.
     
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    Okay, I had the same problem... Somehow my machine was stuck in Stealth mode whatever button i pushed nothing would make my machine run on boast modus.
    You could do much things to solve this issue, I did, but to no avail.
    The only thing that really helped when I had the same problem is a Fresh install of windows. But then again I really messed up a GPU driver install prior to getting this issue.
     
    ThaDutchy, Sep 10, 2009
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