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    windows 7 with M17x

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by rockfock, Nov 15, 2009.

  1. rockfock

    rockfock Notebook Consultant

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    for some unknown reason, with windows 7, my M17x can never start up or run correctly. i have reinstalled windows 7 3 times already and have downgraded to vista and it works perfectly now. Anyone have any idea why this happens
     
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    What do you mean by startup or run correctly? details sir.
     
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    i mean by when windows is loading, it just hangs there like forever it never loads
     
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    Does it sit on the windows 7 is starting screen and just sit there for 2 minutes while its displaying the little window symbol? Mine does that too sometimes, but when I am in windows it runs great.
     
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    no mine is there from 20 mins to an hour
     
    rockfock, Nov 15, 2009
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    Heard someone mention previously (they were have slow boot times as well) to make sure that native command queing is enabled on the nvidia serial ata controller if the drives you have support it. Don't think it's applicable if you're using RAID though.
     
    KracsNZ, Nov 15, 2009
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    even after turning that off it still is stuck
     
    rockfock, Nov 15, 2009
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    BatBoy, Nov 15, 2009
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