Alienware m17x r3 upgrade to 3d and gtx 660 m

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• Think of the GPU for Alienware M17x R4 upgrade

  Hello

  I plan to upgrade the GPU on my Alienware m17x R4. Currently I have a Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 m, but I'm looking to possibly go to the 680 (or perhaps a more powerful if there is one for Nvidia cards).

  I just had a few things I want to clarify before committing to anything whatsoever. First of all, my warranty would allow me to upgrade this component or it would be zero if I did (I heard various things about it, especially as you can, but depending on your region for the most part. I live in England and I think I'm ok but just want to double check).

  Second, so far, I'm having little luck finding graphics cards for laptops for sale online. I was able to contact dell about buying one of them directly (If Yes, who is better to ask?) or are there other places I look for them?

  Thank you very much in advance guys!

  Bobby

  Hi Bobby,.

  The 680 m from NVIDIA is one of the good GPU right now. The warranty on the computer will stay as it is except the video card replaced (a video card will get a separate guarantee which is quoted at the time of purchase).

  You can message NataliaatAW or use the link below to contact Dell UK. They can help you in the purchase of GPU:

  http://Dell.to/14bYEED

  If you have more detailed questions answer the same thread.

• Beginning Alienware M17x R3 upgraded 2011

  Hello friends, I have win an Alienware laptop with i7-2630 record but I want to upgrade my hardware. Could you please tell me what updates should I change to play the games of 2016, as overwatch, quantum leap, etc., someone told me to buy the i7-2960xm and Gtx 780 M. Need to have others? You know?.

  The GTX 580 M and i7-2860QM are fully compatible with this device. And Yes, your computer has a built-in (Intel) and a discrete card (AMD).

• Only intermittent problem with wifi on alienware m17x with qualcomm wireless killer

  Hi, I have an alienware M17x with windows 8.1 and qualcomm wireless killer. I have a serious problem with intermittent wifi, that appears when I use programs like Skype, steam, multiplayer games, etc.

  Even if the wifi is connected, the connection suddenly stops working sometimes, especially when I use the applications mentioned above. (if I try to load a Web page during this time, the page remains attached to "resolving host"). Strange thing is if I disconnect and reconnect to the wifi Internet starts working immediately. Or I can wait a few minutes and the connection is re-established automatically. This isn't a problem with the network, because I had this problem on countless wifi networks I've worked, and all my other devices work fine in the same time, that my laptop no longer works.

  Additionally, this problem occurs only on wifi, if I use a connection cable, this never happens. (this is not yet a case of the wifi signal strength, as happens even when I am sitting right next to wifi router and wifi in the notification area icon is visible full signal).

  In the last months, I tried various possible solutions, but none of them have solved this problem:

  -Updated to 8.1 windows

  -Update of the qualcomm network drivers

  -Stop of various applications that I think might have been the origin of the problem

  -Uninstall completely different applications

  -Close all anti-virus programs

  Still after all of these steps, the problem persists. It would not be a big problem, as the loss of connectivity is not permanent, but what makes multiplayer games completely unplayable on my alienware machine. :(

  Just today I tried to launch AlienAutopsy test for my network card in Killer Wireless - N 1103 several times, and each time that the "transfer of data verification test" failed due to no connectivity (all other tests passed very well, only this one test failure all 6 times). I thought that it could be linked and gave me some hope that I might be able to target the cause of this unique problem. Therefore, I post here. If anyone can help me, it would be much appreciated!

  +++ S.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. +++

  «Go to network-> Network and Sharing Center-> change the adapter settings-> Wireless - N 1103-> properties (right click) Killer network card-> and finally UNCHECK it (the f * cking) "Qualcomm Atheros control bandwidth «»

  Enjoy the rush.

  See you soon

• White map too screen of Nvidia drivers on Windows 10 on Alienware M17X R3 - no 3D with GTX 660 m Nvidia in R3.

  After getting the SSD for work and most of the other drivers in Windows 10 I came across to CONV error while starting the GeForce program to update the card nvidia GTX 460 M graphics drivers for my M17X R3 3D. Is not the Lone Ranger with this problem it has been discussed on the Nvidia site and a beta version of GeForce has been recommended. It seemed to solve these problems for a while until that they solved the problem in the next update released version 358.50 for win 10 64-bit. I have not had the problem since this upgrade. Unfortunately, it is not an option on the Dell Web site for display drivers.

  I also bought the GTX 660 M install in the M17x R3, but I might as well have bought a rope to use the computer as an anchor. It would have been more useful. Regardless of the many people use it in the M17X R3 none of them use the 3D feature. I got the card to operate for the graphics and PhysX features only and I had to change many infs for this. The 3D feature is not supported in the chipset of the motherboard. At least not in the Sata mode. If someone got the GTX 660 M Nvidia Graphics for work in 3D on the Alienware M17X R3? If so, what was the secret?

  Concerning

  Big3D Emerson

  If somebody has got to work in 3D M17X R3 in Windows 10:

  Hello

  Unfortunately, according to the policy document, the M17x series is not supported on Windows 10. Some users have successfully installed Windows 10 on these systems not supported. But they have all the pilot survey (example = 7/8/8.1 driver installation) to force it to work. Dell doesn't have the resources to do this on systems not supported.  I recommend that you also try this announcement on Notebook Review and Alienware Arena forums for assistance.

• Video driver update for NVidia GeForce GTX 660 M on Alienware M17x R4

  I am owner of Alienware M17x R4 with GeForce 660 M graphics. The latest drivers for my system currently 307.17 on the Support of Dell Web site version. Recently I met some graphical problems during the game and the people from the Steam forums advised me to update my video drivers.

  So the question is: can I use the video drivers supplied by NVidia on their Web site? Are there disadvantages using these?

  Thank you!

  Hello!

  We recommend that you use the drivers from the Dell Support Web site, but if you want to upgrade to the latest NVIDIA driver I suggest you only do a fresh install of the driver as explained here.

  If you continue to experience problems during the game, try the troubleshooting steps in this article.

  Let me know how it goes!

• Sounds coming from my headphones and speakers at the same time - Alienware M17x R4

  I have a rather annoying thingy with my laptop. When I do something on my laptop where noise is involved ( play games , play music , etc. etc. ) and I have ear plugs / headphones inserted , the sound is coming out of both my speakers and my headset.I do not know how long I already have the problem, I discovered it today when I took my headphones off for a moment.
  
  Do any of you know how I can fix this? So that if I insert my headphones , the sound just goes through the headphones and not through the speakers at the same time. I Googled for a while now but I cant find a way to solve it. (Im not a PCs / laptops expert)
  ...
  
  I use an Alienware M17x R4 with Windows 10.
  
  I have already tried to update the drivers , remove and restart to reset them but nothing seems to work, PLEASE HELP!
  ...
  
  Thanks in advance.
  

  Hello. Please post your problem again, because half of your text has been cut. You may need to type it instead of paste.

  Try to switch to the native Windows audio driver.

  1. open Device Manager (found in the Control Panel, or type devmgmt.msc in the search box).
  2. develop the 'audio controllers, video & game' and right click on the Creative Labs Recon pilot.
  3 Select this option to "Update driver software".
  4. click on "Browse my computer for driver software".
  5. click on "Let Me pick from a list of drivers on my computer".
  6. put the "Show compatible hardware" check box if not already checked.
  7. in the list of devices, click on 'High Definition Audio"(native driver).
  8. click on "next".
  9. in the update driver warning box, click 'Yes' (the driver).
  10 restart the portable computer if you are prompted. If not invited, so no need to restart.
  [To return to the Recon pilot, do it again but reverse steps 2-7 names].

  If you have only the symptoms with one of the drivers, then the other is at fault. If you have the same symptoms with two audio drivers, then it is likely not a driver problem, maybe material.

• Alienware M17X R4 - Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 M is dead

  I was playing a game and poof... the computer off.  I rebooted and I was 800 x 600.  The computer works fine now, but it does not recognize my Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 M.  So I think he's dead.

  I tried everything (drivers, BIOS, troubleshooting, waiting to see if she magically came back).  Nothing has worked.

  I need to buy a replacement, but online is incomplete and a computer guy said only he could do was to China and would take at least two weeks.

  Reference Dell sells this replacement?

  For the record, the system is out of warranty.

  This is a good opportunity to upgrade you GPU at a GTX680 or if your confident enough to small drivers mods then a GTX780.

  Dell will tell you the GTX780 is 'not validated for this system.

  Their significance is they have refused to release the machine and identification of GPU NVIDIA and AMD codes so when the pilot checks "compatible devices" are back with a negative.

  Easily fixed by modding the display driver to include your machine and GPU identification codes.

• Drivers Alienware M17x-R3

  Hi all

  I had problems with an unknown device for quite awhile.

  Just re-formatted my Alienware M17x R3 for Windows 8 Pro, set far to 8,1 (run Win 8 since beta test) and still have an unknown device.

  Identification tag details...

  ACPI\VEN_CPL & DEV_0002
  ACPI\CPL0002
  * CPL0002

  This is a system of 64-bit, 16 GB of Ram, Intel i7-2720QM CPU, Intel HD 3000 + Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 M graphics.

  Hope someone can help identify this persistent problem "unknown devices".

  Thanks in advance

  Roy.

  PS. I am aware that this laptop is not taken in charge to win 8, but it works 99% of the time, but with sometimes one or two times a week Driver_Power_State_Failure crashes

  It should be on display driver see here:

  http://CommWeb-PS3.us.Dell.com/Owners-Club/Alienware/f/3746/t/19543075.aspx

  Try taking the driver Windows 8.1 since the M17x-R4:

  http://ftp.Dell.com/FOLDER01771210M/1/Application_N9PMP_WN_0.32.0.8C_A00.exe

• Alienware m17x R3 - Win 10 updated

  Hello

  I have an Alienware m17x R3 (2011), which came with Win7. Dell/Alienware did not bother to provide the official drivers updated for Win8/8.1 on this model.

  My question is, should I reserve an upgrade to Win10, there will be no support driver from Dell for this new OS or I'm just stuck with Win7 forever on this Alienware model?

  Thank you!

  You upgrade or do a clean install? I try to get W10 my 17 x R3 and will do a clean install, not upgrade. Maybe that can solve the problem with the video card. I also want to tell you that I recently had to replace my video card and I use the 'Windows' drivers, I do not have the installed AMD catalyst and its fine to work for SWTOR and survival of the Ark.

  Hope this helps and I think Dell has intensified with Alienware updated driver.

• Re: Graphics Card Help... flag p6523w and gtx 970 low use of the graphics card

  Hello

  I seem to have a problem with an add on the graphics card in my Pavilion p6523w

  (Yes, this 12 '' long card fits into the case without problem)

  upgrades made so far for this machine:

  Antec 600W PSU

  additional hard drive

  upgrades memory 12 GB (2x2gb original + 2 x 4 GB modules)

  AMD Phenom II 1045 6 hearts

  ASUS 144 Hz 27 "monitor

  The ATI integrated graphics card is disabled in the bios, and I was running an evga gtx 460 for two years with no problems.

  When I "upgraded" to a new gtx Gigabyte 970 OC with 4 GB of vram (not the version of g1, the next one down) I came across a problem

  the new video card will not work at full load when running the games.

  On tests of reference such as furmark and the reference of the sky, it works fine.

  On World of Warcraft and Second Life different viewers, it only works 25% rates of burden and the frame down about 15 fps at 32 fps. (it is slower than the old gtx 460)

  Other people with this same card to receive 100 + FPS on graphics settings maxed out in Second Life

  This is not a matter of processor bottleneck, because the processor will never more than 60 percent load while it is happening.

  I tried different versions of drivers availible for this card.

  Whenever I changed drivers, I booted in safe mode and DDU to remove the old drivers before installing a different version.

  No change in performance between driver versions.

  No change in performance with different graphics settings in games.

  No change in performance with different settings in Control Panel NVidia

  I'm starting to wonder if there is an incompatibility between this card and the motherboard Bios causing this problem.

  Is the newest bios American Megatrends 6.04 version?

  Thanks in advance for any help with this.

  Mark S.

  There is no problems listed under the dxdiag for my system. Apparently, this card can work with older motherboards.

  I just discovered that this issue of throttleing was a fairly frequent problem quite some 970 and 980 based gtx cards and a solution that works for me.

  There is a 3rd party outside vbios that changes the limit of use NT 250 watts up to 275 watts of power.

  It is the only change from the original version.

  Flashing your Vbios may void the warranty on your video card

  Another thing to check is the voltage drop as possible on the 12VDC feeding the card.

  Some people have experienced this problem and it causes the same symptoms.

  This was not the case in my system, but it's one thing to check before resorting to some flashes of the vbios.

  If you are planning on flashing the Vbios from your video card, be sure to save a copy of the original Vbios in case you need to restore the map to the stock.

• AE 2500 does not install on Alienware M17x with Win7 home Preimum 64 bit

  Hi all

  I got the AE 2500 after the a N750 Linksys dual-band wireless router.

  the router is soft, but to my surprise the internal Wireless NIC does not support 5 GHz networks.

  his embaracing to say that all the apple devices, including MAC, iphones and ipads 2 stand it... including my Galaxy s4 work.

  I own an alienware m17x running win7 64 bit home premuim.

  at bost performance I had the USB AE2500 adapter, when I plug in the Device Manager recognize as "Unknown device" and no matter what I do on the Web, nor what I download Linksys it used to recognize and install the adapter.

  When I thought that maybe the adapter is broken, I have a 4 year old with win7 lenovo machine that had no problem what so ever grateful and the installation of the adapter and conect to my 5 GHz Wireless.

  in a nut shell it annoyed me.

  If there is a solution out there, please, point me in the right direction

  Thank you.

  Problem solved.

  in the alienware there an eSATA port.

  Once pluged, it works like a charm

  Thank you.

• Alienware M17X battery knows a permanent failure

  September 30, 2016.

  I am the owner of an Alienware M17X R3 model I purchased in November of 2015.

  I had noticed that my machine seems to experience performance several questions when the battery shows it was plugged in, but do not load. Naturally, when the computer is disconnected and reconnected to power, this issue seems to be fixed. However, I remember that on September 9, I had unplugged the power, and my computer had armored black before my eyes.

  As I began once more my computer, I received the message that my battery has known a permanent failure and had to be replaced. In the hope of a solution, I began to ask one of my colleagues on my problem, their response was that my battery was included and was therefore irreplaceable. However, I had contacted an expert who offered their services to install the battery they need the correct model.

  I started looking for some common types of battery online, but none of them have good customer customer, some stating that the battery didn't fit with their computer, or declared not satisfactory on condition of their model. I decided to reject buying stacks of marketing unreliable or non-official.

  My question is where to find the correct battery type who fixed my computer and how? I prowled around which I guess is the stock of Dell, but I can't find the battery I want.

  I'm still currently a college student, and I can't be away from my computer for more than seven days. This should explain why I can't send my machine to the manufacturer for repair.

  My family and I are traveling in cross-country skiing for the wedding of my sister in November, so I'll need a working computer at work of our arrival. Is there a possible solution to this?

  Wait patiently for a response. Thank you very much for your time!

  The 2015 Alienware 17 - R3 comes with one of these two batteries =
  YKWXX (8 c, Lithium, 92WHR, Sanyo)
  5046J (8 c, Lithium, 92WHR, Simplo)

  Call 1-800-357-3355 Dell spare parts and ask for prices and availability of the Dell reference.

• Alienware M17X R4 - Windows 7 not genuine

  I have an Alienware M17x R4 with Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). For the last two months, suddenly the message 'Windows 7' not authentic started coming. I tried all the tips and tricks provided in various forums (drivers Intel IRST, copy this file from here to rearm, etc) but no luck.

  I suspect that this began after I reinstalled Windows because I changed one of the defective hard disks. I have two hard drives of 500 GB in RAID 0. The hard disk change was made as part of the request for service that I had raised with Dell. As well as the HARD disk, the DVD player and speakers have also changed by the representative of Dell. Please note that the new parts were also provided by Dell. Reinstalling Windows was made using the reinstallation of Windows Dell DVD provided through the same service request. Even all the drivers have been installed under the guidance of Dell by phone.

  Can someone offer you please what other options can I try to get my Windows already validated as true?

  K_Pat,

  Your computer is not properly communicating with the slic table. Change your product key to the one on your COA by following the information below.

  Click Start, type slui 3, press on enter.

  Information to activate Windows 7 with Microsoft after the relocation.

  How to make Windows 7 Genuine after change HW and resettlement.

• (Redirected) Alienware m17x new SSD adapter

  Hello.

  I have an alienware m17x laptop and it has empty 2nd support. so I decided to get an SSD.

  My problem is that I need an adapter to connect the SSD for laptop and I can't find this adapter in any store.

  drive HARD original also use of this card and I tried to connect the new SSD in the 2nd slice with this adapter and it works (doesn't turn on laptop computer from disk HARD was not connected).

  So im guessing that I only need the adapter. only problem is that I can't find it anywhere. any idea where I can find it?

  Links:

  beeing used by the original HARD disc - adapter

  new SSD connection without adapter-

  Hi Cristianos,

  Please repost this in the Forum of the Club Alienware for help.

  http://en.community.Dell.com/Owners-Club/Alienware/