Finalspace Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I just replaced my GTX 580M with a 780M in my Alienware M17xR3 and now the System beeps and the screen is black :-(What i did was:Upgraded my bios from A12 Stock to A12 Unlocked successfully- Run some GPU heavy applications to heat up my old GPU - for better remove it later.- Turn off the notebook- Removed battery and hit the power button 10 secs- Removed my old GTX 580M- Added the new GTX 780M including appying correct thermal pads and added thermal paste- Readded the battery- Turn on the notebook- Open up BIOS successfully- Discrete Graphics not detected- Disabled integrated graphics card in BIOS- Set to PEG mode- Now the System beeps 6 timesWhat did i wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvermeul Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I believe the bios needs to detect the discrete graphics card before you can continue and disable the integrated graphics card.You should be able to replace the GTX 580M, re-enable the integrated graphics card and re-seat the 780M.Once you've done that, don't disable the integrated graphics card until the bios detects it (this may need a bios update; not familiar with it).As you may have noticed, your machine doesn't post without a working (and detected) graphics card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finalspace Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Thats what i have done and the card was not detected at all - beeps 6x times which indicates that something is wrong with the graphics card or the VBIOS is not supported.I tried it 3 times, but always the same result. Yesterday i sadly have sent the card back to CEG-Hardwarecustom where i have bought them.The reason i wanted to do this upgrade, because my System is not usable anymore - getting BSOD with nvkflt.sys and 0x00000x116 error code.ePSA has not detected any error at all and alien autopsy crashes all the time.I am really frustrated and angry right now - my thoughts are like pushing the notebook out of my window and buying me a new computer to get red of this shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanapfel Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 before you take the old card out, you need to, )Enter the A12 unlocked biosdisable Integrated sound card, disable the integrated graphics Second Advanced Menu>Video Configuration>disable IGP>set display to PEG>F10 reboot then power off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Philippo Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I have exectly the Same Problem with my new GTX880m. Also a M17xR3 and the card is bot detected. 6 beeps when disable IG and sound and Switch to PEG. How to find out if my A12 BIOS is unlocked?Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javers Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Hi Don,The bios will only be unlocked once flashed with the modified unlocked A12 file.http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware-m17x-aw-17/2279-[m17x-r3]-bios-a12-unlocked-sata-tweak.html<strike></strike>Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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