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    m9700 vista upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by arloarloarlo, Oct 30, 2008.

  1. arloarloarlo

    arloarloarlo Newbie

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    I'm considering 'going vista' on my AW m9700 but I'm having difficulties in searching for the drivers. I haven't installed Vista on my system, I would want to have all the drivers ready by the time I do so.

    Could anyone help me out with the drivers? I've searched here and google but still no luck in completing them :(

    And one more thing, should i go x64? or just stick with x32? Thanks!


    m9700 quick specs:
    AMD Turion 64 2.2ghz
    Nvidia Geforce GO 7900 512mb SLI
    2GB of RAM
    200GB HDD
     
    arloarloarlo, Oct 30, 2008
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  2. RFrancis

    RFrancis Notebook Consultant

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    Go x64, I would say that just try to find the networking drivers for your laptop and go from there, sorry I don't have experience with your model.
     
    RFrancis, Oct 31, 2008
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  3. xxEIEIOxx

    xxEIEIOxx Notebook Enthusiast

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    You cannot go x64 on the m9700, there are no drivers. I know, someone will claim you can but there are no official drivers and this thing maxes at 2GB RAM. Too much effort for no benefit.
    Go here to the alienware site and under support click on drivers and downloads (I would have posted a link but I don't have enough posts on this forum).
    Select Vista for the OS (don't change anything else) and hit the search button. Check the page that comes next for m9700 (Ctrl-F to search, F3 to continue to search). All of the drivers are there. I have been running Vista 32 on it for months, and it is fine.
     
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  4. arloarloarlo

    arloarloarlo Newbie

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    going 64bit would seem to be not worth the upgrade since m9700 only supports up to 2gb :(

    so i should just go to the AW driver/download section and just place vista and not modify anything else? e.g. BT, Modem, Graphics, Etc.?

    thank you very much!

    *btw, can anyone post the links (those who can) for the benefit of everyone who may also be needing them? :)
     
    arloarloarlo, Nov 1, 2008
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  5. xxEIEIOxx

    xxEIEIOxx Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, do not change (BT, Modem, etc.) as this will leave things out. If you don't specify those things everything you need will be on the same page.
    Most things will work with the built in Vista drivers, but I still recommend getting the appropriate drivers from Alienware.
     
    xxEIEIOxx, Nov 1, 2008
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  6. Sunksat

    Sunksat Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not really driver related but might save you lots of troubleshooting

    Remember to update your system bios, else SLi won't turn in Vista.
    Learned it the hard way after several driver installs :)

    -if you are still under Warranty, remember to have a tech guy on the phone while you do the update
     
    Sunksat, Nov 2, 2008
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