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    M9750 BIOS question

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by AlienLover, Mar 6, 2009.

  1. AlienLover

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    ....what version does it say it is for XP in the BIOS?

    I tried installing vista...but for some reason could not get my graphics card to work, I have 2 7950GTX and it worked ok for a while, I'm a 3d guy, I don't play games but I use 3ds max heavily and after a week or so I got a blue screen saying nvddkl (can't remember the actual name)...wasn't working and after that I would see these little red lines all over my screen, so I thought maybe if I update my bios to vista it would work...nope, still the same issue, and I went through several drivers and couldn't get it...so then I came back to XP, changed my bios to the XP one from "My Hive" but...I think it's still the one from vista...hmmmm any help? and any ideas why that happened to my graphics cards on vista? I really really REALLY want to use vista, everything runs a lot smoother on it and loads up a lot faster. And now Im on XP and can only see 1 graphics card installed on Device Manager. Any help would be appreciated, thanks dudes!
     
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    Ok...I got both cards working on XP, I checked my BIOS and it says it's version VC8350C03 and KBC 7314...now, is this correct for the XP BIOS? Because...in My Hive, it has a .pdf DL of how to install the vista bios, and it says that it should read what I have above...well, I installed the XP and it reads the same...but for XP there isn't a .pdf DL or it doesn't say what it should say in the end, I just don't want to mess anything up.
     
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    Can someone please help me out? Can someone please ook at their bios window when your comp starts to check if I'm using the correct one?
     
    AlienLover, Mar 8, 2009
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    Hi!

    I have checked my BIOS and it says it's version W8350F02 and KBC 7310

    ...in My Hive it says

    M9750 BIOS 0C03
    Platform(s): Windows Vista

    M9750 BIOS 0F04
    Platform(s): Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center

    That's mean i'm on an old version but my AW is working whitout troubles

    with MS XP Pro and 2 7950GTX

    i still have the e-mail with the 0F02 Bios from AW...

    If you need it let me know and i will forward it to you...
     
    lchialeux, Mar 8, 2009
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    Hey if you could email me the bios that would be great! My email address is [email protected]

    Thanks for the help! It seems, that my bios is still on the vista one, although I installed the xp one...hmmmm.
     
    AlienLover, Mar 9, 2009
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    I hope it will help you...
     
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    I got the email, thank you so much!
     
    AlienLover, Mar 9, 2009
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    Another question....has any one went from XP and upgraded to vista without any problems?
     
    AlienLover, Mar 10, 2009
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    i run both without any problems with what i e-mailed to you yesterday

    i bought it with English Vista Ultimate 32bit

    downgraded to French XP Pro 32bit

    bought 2 others hard drives and had reinstalled Vista Ultimate 32bit on them

    both run nice

    why?
     
    lchialeux, Mar 10, 2009
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    Oh, it's cuz I only have 1HDD, so I'm stuck with a single OS, and when I install Vista Ultimate 32bit, My graphics card crash and are really unstable, I'm using the vista drivers in My Hive for the graphics cards.
     
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    lchialeux, Mar 10, 2009
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