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    Windows 7 on the M15X, thoughts and remarks

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by dsproductions, Jan 17, 2009.

  1. kuhne

    kuhne Notebook Geek

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    nvidia 9800 driver for vista 64 worked for me on windows 7 64...

    the only thing I couldnt get to work was the intel turbo memory.

    Not sure it's worth upgrading right now, might as well wait till alienware releases the full set of drivers before I upgrade.
     
    kuhne, Oct 24, 2009
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    Marvie100 On a Mission

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  3. Livingston

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    Is there any driver support for the 8800m GTX and Win7 32-bit yet? The previous Vista drivers don't work so I'm having to use my integrated graphics for now. I've searched everywhere and cannot find any way to get this card working.
     
    Livingston, Oct 24, 2009
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    Thanks, downloading the turbo memory driver directly from intel worked.

    I still cant get the FN F7 key to work to switch to internal graphics to save battery.. the pop up shows up but when I press OK it doesnt reboot or anything, it just stays in windows.

    Installing command center completly messed up whatever little was working of the on screen display and the keyboard wasnt lighting up so I uninstalled command center.

    Everything else seems to be working ok but I dont think this OS is ready for prime time in this laptop. alienware has only released 3 drivers, touchpad, OSD and Command center and none of those work properly.
     
    kuhne, Oct 25, 2009
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