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    m1730 Only recognizes one Graphics card

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by mjsk, Feb 17, 2010.

  1. mjsk

    mjsk Notebook Enthusiast

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    My xps m1730 has nvidia 8800M GTX SLI. I am running Windwos 7 64-bit. It only recognizes one of my graphics cards. How can I install the second one?
     
    mjsk, Feb 17, 2010
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    mjsk Notebook Enthusiast

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    also when i go to the BIOS or device manager it only shows I have one video card.
     
    mjsk, Feb 18, 2010
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    Update Bios? What kind of Card are you trying to install exactly? Or are you saying it's not recognizing SLI?
     
    darkloki, Feb 18, 2010
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    Pralix Notebook Consultant

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    Does it show 2 cards in Device Manager but one has warning icon beside it? Your cards may be bad. Search the forum for more information on the M1730 8800GTX issues and replacemtn.
     
    Pralix, Feb 18, 2010
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    hey, I have same problem, but with other card, my 8700m's worked good, then boom on saturday I saw strange fps loss in WoW, I checked only today, and saw that there is no more SLI settings in Nvidia menu + device manager only shows 1 card and I think bios too... ?

    edit: and now im sure that one of card are not found, even CPUID shows one core, no second, HALP plz!
     
    greenfield, Feb 18, 2010
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    mjsk Notebook Enthusiast

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    same with me. it does not show up in device manager at all, not even with the warning icon beside it. cpuid also shows only one card too. my notebooks bios are up to date and they dont have 64-bit vbios so i dont know what to do about that.
     
    mjsk, Feb 18, 2010
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    Teknobry Notebook Consultant

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    Your card has died, I hope you've got warranty!
     
    Teknobry, Feb 18, 2010
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    mjsk Notebook Enthusiast

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    I do not have warranty...
    If I renew my warranty will they be able to tell when it died?
     
    mjsk, Feb 18, 2010
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    mjsk Notebook Enthusiast

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    I mean like is there going to be a log in my system somewhere? Can I just renew today and they wont know?
     
    mjsk, Feb 18, 2010
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    Dell will sometimes allow you to renew your warranty if the costs of the parts are high. Can't hurt to call and tell them your tale of woe.
     
    Pralix, Feb 19, 2010
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    ah its good that I have parts warranty, phew... :D I would like to get a replacement to a m15x or m17x, but it probably wont be available in my country
     
    greenfield, Feb 19, 2010
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  12. Teknobry

    Teknobry Notebook Consultant

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    No no no no no no!

    Get the warranty renewed... a day or two later phone up 'my graphics card has just died...'


    The price of these cards is ridiculous, don't risk them turning down your warranty if you tell them its already broke.

    From my experience they are sending out refurb cards again, as I've just had mine replaced.
     
    Teknobry, Feb 20, 2010
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