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    Notebook Release 195.62 [Win 7] for M17x

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by unhip_crayon, Dec 5, 2009.

  1. unhip_crayon

    unhip_crayon Notebook Consultant

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    unhip_crayon, Dec 5, 2009
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    unhip_crayon Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry, just noticed that this was already posted. Question,

    Which is better....the driver on dells site or this one?
     
    unhip_crayon, Dec 5, 2009
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  3. Alexrose1uk

    Alexrose1uk Music, Media, Game

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    Dells are usually relatively old so go for this one. If you have issues, go back to the 186.81 WHQLs.
     
    Alexrose1uk, Dec 5, 2009
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  4. Glzmo

    Glzmo Notebook Deity

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    This driver works very well on my M17x. Installed fine in Hybrid SLI mode, runs perfectly fine so far. Also reduced the high DPC Latency spikes a little bit for me.
     
    Glzmo, Dec 5, 2009
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  5. cpaqf1

    cpaqf1 Notebook Evangelist

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    what about updated chipset drivers.. has anyone seen any ?
     
    cpaqf1, Dec 5, 2009
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  6. swg1251

    swg1251 Notebook Consultant

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    Looks like the 15.49 are the latest from Oct 1....
    I'm running those right now with no issues
     
    swg1251, Dec 5, 2009
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  7. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I added my notes on this one here. Tested under Vista 64.
     
    BatBoy, Dec 5, 2009
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    They made it worse for me also. My DPC went from now at a low of (10,000) after i installed that driver high went to (135,000) and almost all red bars. I am with BatBoy Screw this driver :D
     
    Stinger61786, Dec 5, 2009
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  9. dwend

    dwend Notebook Evangelist

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    Same old error code 43 on the old m15x :mad:
     
    dwend, Dec 5, 2009
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  10. CitizenPanda

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    Is that a Driver Stop error? That sounds more like a hardware issue to me.
     
    CitizenPanda, Dec 5, 2009
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  11. dwend

    dwend Notebook Evangelist

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    Driver encountered a problem and stopped. Error code (43)

    Driver problem considering I can load the 186.61 driver no problems, I think I has something to do with the integrated 965 chip
     
    dwend, Dec 6, 2009
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  12. Lyran

    Lyran Newbie

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    I installed this driver and now the screen waves back and forth when I go into games. It is extremely weird.
     
    Lyran, Dec 13, 2009
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