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    sager np 9170 amd driver questions

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Waffleking32, Jul 22, 2012.

  1. Waffleking32

    Waffleking32 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys! Im getting my Sager np 9170 soon(with the newest amd graphics card), and i have a few questions. When im going to update my drivers, where do i find all the drivers i need? does the amd driver autodetect download all the drivers for me? And how do i know which drivers i need if the autodetect doesnt download it for me? And what about the sager drivers? Im not i very good with computers, so im getting pretty confused, and i dont want to make any mistakes. And how do i download drivers properly? do i uninstall the driver im going replace and then download the new drivers?
    Thanks in advance :)
     
    Waffleking32, Jul 22, 2012
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    Xtrophy Notebook Consultant

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    We are suffering from serious lack of driver support right now. Due to the lack of Enduro support on previous AMD drivers, regular drivers themselves do not work on Sagers because we cannot disable the intel card (As of right now, we are all hoping for a change). That being said, Auto detect will not find the card for you. You have to download the drivers and install them manually.

    Basically the most stable drivers out now are the ones that come on the disc with it. Yes, there are some utilization issues with it, however they are very stable and install the first try. A lot of us have come up with the idea that if you install the drivers off of the disc, then install the 12.7 (hit custom and install JUST the display driver from the AMD menu) that it actually works. I got mine to work that way, but it took a lot of trial and error, as well as a few hours of trying.

    For you this is what I would suggest:

    Install everything off of the drivers disc that comes with it in the order that they are on the disc. Use and be happy. When a truly suppored driver comes out in the next month or so, then worry about installing a different one. And simply google installing a video driver there are thousands of guides to it.
     
    Xtrophy, Jul 22, 2012
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