- HOW TO INSTALL INTEL GRAPHICS DRIVER ALIENWARE M17X R4 UPGRADE
- HOW TO INSTALL INTEL GRAPHICS DRIVER ALIENWARE M17X R4 WINDOWS 10
I have flashed the same vbios on both cards so the r9 m290x shows up I device manager as a 8970m. Only booting the computer in safe mode brings the screen back.Īfter many frustrating hours I finally managed to get crossfire working with the r9 m290x as the primary card and my old 8970m as the secondary. In my try to test crossfire compatibility, I installed the newest AMD driver 17.7.2 but as soon it installed the driver for the secondary card it caused black screen.
I have found out that the fan for the secondary fan did not spin. I have inserted my old 8970m in the secondary slot and will start testing crossfire. The graphics card is recognized as a 8970m but works normal. I completely uninstalled the previous driver and installed the newest driver.
This will be the vbios I will keep at the moment. Note: This vbios reduce the cards performance from 900 mhz to 850 mhzĪfter more testing I found one that is working with no limits. But because of no thermal paste, the test lasted 20 seconds because the temperature raised fast.įlashed a new clevo vbios version 015.032.000.003.044465Ĭaused the card to be corrupted and resulted the 8 beep code.įinally managed to flash the back and return the graphics card to its original state.įlashed a new dell vbios version 015.046.000.014.045579Īfter trying multiple vbios with no luck I finally found one.ĭell vbios Version 015.041.000.000.044966īrings back the post bios screen and I can now enter the bios menu through the r9 m290x.
HOW TO INSTALL INTEL GRAPHICS DRIVER ALIENWARE M17X R4 WINDOWS 10
No post bios showing when booting, so impossible to enter bios menu, but can boot into windows 10 with no problems.īecause I haven't deleted the old AMD 8970m the r9 m290x shows as a 8970m with no problems.įirst performance test was a success. So I decided to buy a r9 m290x and see if I could make it work in my alienware and also run crossfire.Įven though many shops refused to sell me one because the didn't think it would work in an alienware m18x r1 only in the r2.
HOW TO INSTALL INTEL GRAPHICS DRIVER ALIENWARE M17X R4 UPGRADE
I have a alienware m18x r1 running an amd 8970m, I wanted to upgrade it to crossfire but I could see a 8970m was more expensive than a r9 m290x Could it still be related to these devices or maybe it's something else? I've already replaced the display for this laptop and both displays had this issue. I disabled Intel 4000 Graphcis first then the 680m to test if it would fix the issue but niether did. Then you will have to reinstall Windows because UEFI uses a different partition type on the drive and you'll get a 'no boot device found' message. To run the 980M you need to change the BIOS from Legacy to UEFI mode and disable Load Legacy Option ROM and Secure Boot. If you want to force the dedicated card then you can try disabling the Intel 4000 graphics in Device Manager or you can flash the unlocked BIOS and set the video mode to PEG. This hardware test can pick up certain issues. You can also try running the ePSA diagnostic (F12 during boot to get into the Boot Menu). If the dots go away then it's the 680M that is the problem. Try pulling out the 680M to see if anything changes.