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    M9750 + Win7 Pro

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by iCeD00D, Jan 3, 2010.

  1. iCeD00D

    iCeD00D Notebook Enthusiast

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    Good afternoon and Happy New Year to all my AW brothers and sisters out there...

    Ok so I decided to upgrade my M9750 to Windows 7 Pro and by using the sticky above I have come across a couple of problems I can't seem to figure out.

    1 - Under Device Manager I have 2 'unknown's ' under Other Devices. Both are named Base System Device. Not sure what those are refering to since I don't have any hardware that isn't working at the moment. I've tried to google the devices and nothing.

    2 - When I go to work, I have my laptop setup to display on an external monitor by clicking FN+F3 and then I have my display properties set to when I close the lid, the computer does not go to 'sleep'. I can't seem to find how to do this in Win7. It seems the FN+F3 does not switch monitor modes and when I close the lid, the computer goes to sleep. Also when I go to select SLI mode I get the wonderful BSOD.

    Any help on these issues would be great especially the monitor/sleep problem. Thanks guys in advance....
     
    iCeD00D, Jan 3, 2010
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