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Need SERIOUS help in installing driver for 970m on an alienware m15x


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So I have this alienware m15x and just installed a 970m gpu 6gb.... however NVidia's default driver does not recognize the gpu. I have been anxiously trying to figure out a simple way to install this driver so the card will work. Plus I really want to see what this card can do. Could someone please give me a link and instructions on how to install this video card driver? I know it has something to do with modding the .inf.... but I have no idea how to mod the driver, or install the mod to the driver. Please help!!

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Hi are you using an driver directly from nvidias site or are you using a modded driver?

you will need a modded driver if the card was not an originally selectable graphics card for the laptop try looking in this thread:

http://forum.techinferno.com/nvidia/6307-%5Balienware%5D-aftermarket-upgrades-driver-support-modded-inf.html

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Disabling the driver signature enforcement won't help. As you said you need an .inf mod. The basics of a .inf mod are that for laptop cards, the .inf includes pairs of subsystem IDs (laptop models) paired with graphics cards. Since you are running a gpu in a system that was not sold with the gpu, your laptop/gpu pair does not exist in the driver .inf.

svl7 installed a 970m in his m15x and posted the modded .inf here:

http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware/8113-going-test-clevo-980m-alienware-m17x-r4-m18x-r2-aw17-53.html#post114897

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