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    Is it possible to get Windows 10 fully operational on a P170EM / 7970m?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by pqueiro, Apr 27, 2018.

  1. pqueiro

    pqueiro Notebook Geek

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    Hey guys

    My trusty P170EM has been sitting idle for a while, what with life happening at a pretty fast pace, so I wanted to clean it up and maybe run some light gaming on it (no time, alas, for anything more). So I thought I'd install W10.

    Thing is, I can't get the AMD driver to install without hanging up the whole system. Digging around the interwebs has turned up a few people with similar issues but the best solution I've been offered so far is "hope and pray", which doesn't seem very promising.

    I can install the OS easily and if I hide the graphics cards drivers from Windows update everything seems to run smoothly. As soon as I install the AMD drivers, it all goes to cack. I've tried Clevo's drivers straight from the website, I've tried various versions through AMD, but they all produce the same end result -- a hung system.

    Has anyone managed to install W10 on a P170EM with the 7970m card? Did you experience similar issues? How did you get around them?

    Thanks!
     
    pqueiro, Apr 27, 2018
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    TrantaLocked Notebook Deity

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  3. AceTimberwolf

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    I got it working. Now I'm Trying to upgrade the Video card to the 1070 from Eurocom.
    What I did to get to windows 10 from windows 7 was remove the wifi card, CD rom, extra drives and uninstall all programs.
     
    AceTimberwolf, Aug 7, 2018
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  4. pqueiro

    pqueiro Notebook Geek

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    I've been having occasional issues even installing the driver to begin with, so I'll try AceTimberwolf's solution first, then this. Thanks for the link you posted too -- I also had the thing where settings wouldn't run even if the install worked (and before W10 would hang), so that'll be useful later on.

    When you say "remove wifi card, cd from, extra drives" do you mean physically or via software?
     
    pqueiro, Aug 20, 2018
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  5. Danishblunt

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    Just to be safe, did the card work perfectly fine under another OS?
     
    Danishblunt, Aug 20, 2018
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  6. pqueiro

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    Yes, under Windows 7. Temps, benchmarks, etc as expected, no instability or anything. I've since reinstalled W7 and it works there too, but I'd rather have W10. It's not like I need it or anything, it just annoys me that I can't get it to work :)
     
    pqueiro, Aug 20, 2018
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  7. Danishblunt

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    Aight, I could take a look via teamviewer on your notebook. You can post ID + password via private msg.
     
    Danishblunt, Aug 20, 2018
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