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OFFICIAL: Alienware M17x R3 / R4 - Owners Lounge
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Brian, in Alienware M17x / AW 17
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I have a 460m in my alienware right now, and it's not getting the job done. What all do I need in order to upgrade it to a 7970m? Do I need a new power supply? (Not a/c adapter). How would I go about getting something like that? I just need help overall...
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By Brian
Solution for: M18x R2 fails POST with 8 beeps attempting to switch from IGFX to Discrete GPU
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WARNING: TECH|INFERNO ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO YOUR SYSTEM BY USING THE 580M VBIOS KIT. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Attached Files: 580M VBios Kit. This "kit" originally authored by RedLine has the files necessary to flash your nVidia GTX 580M to prevent throttling. In addition, there is an extra folder in there with a variety of 580M vbios settings that one can choose from.
AW M18x parts list: Credit Chris M @ Dell
Bottom Plastic
13PC8 Bottom Base, Black
1988J Bottom Base, Red
J6NT3 Assembly, Keyboard, Frame
JM0N0 Assembly, Bottom Door, Black
N6JR7 Assembly, Door, LCD Cover, Hand GripCables and Cords
0R215 Power Cord 15A, 125V, 10FT
436V8 Assembly, Bluetooth Cable
5120P Power Cord, 6FT
5FG2Y I/O Board Cable
67GPX Power Button Cable
GG7V9 Media, Daughter Board, Cable
JT0HD LOGO Board Cable
KFR5C NumberLock Board Cable
WTFK8 ODD Cable
7VKT9 ODD Bracket W/Cable
9JP9M HDD FPC Cable
KFNTK HDD Bracket W/CableDVD-ROMs
1HC8F 8x DVD+/-RW HLDS
M5F6V 8X DVD+/-RW PLDS
P94GT 6x DVD+/-RW/BD-ROM HLDSHDD
PVGPX 256GB SSD-S3, 2.5", Liteon Vangogh
4K2C3 256GB SSD-S2, 2.5", Samsung PM810
R6KNT 750GB S2-P11-4KE, 7.2K, 2.5", Seagate Desaru
65X3D 500GB, S2, 7.2K, 2.5",P11, ANAK
23NXF 320GB S2-P11, 7.2K, 2.5", Samsung MP4
34C6N 320GB S2-P11, 7.2K, 2.5", 4KE, 7MM, Seagate Julius
J1CM4 320GB SATA2-P11, 7.2K, 2.5", Western Digital MX320-1
PPHPX 320GB S2-P11, 7.2K, 2.5", Toshiba
Heatsinks, Fans
0TYGV Heat Sink, VGA, Left
HD9NJ Heat Sink, CPU, Qual Core, XE
P0DG8 FAN, Graphic Card, Master, LF
X4KPF Heat Sink, CPU, Qual Core
XHW5W FAN, Graphic Card, Slave, Right
Y8T9Y Heat Sink, VGA, 6970, LeftKeyboards and Mice
9M46F KeyboardLCD Plastics, Covers
J1C2G LCD Cover, Red
122RP LCD Cover, Black
99FWD LCD Hinge w/Cap, Left
615Y8 LCD Hinge w/Cap, Right
8NW7M LVDS Cable
PYVWX Camera / Array Mic ModuleLCD/Display
8075V LCD, W/PMMA+Frame+Bracket+WLAN Antenna
DNF7J LCD, W/PMMA+Frame+Bracket+WLAN & DMC AntennaMemory
FYHV1 4GB, 1600MHZ, 512X64, 8K, 204
0X23C 2GB, 1600MHZ, 256X64, 8K, 204
Y7W7C 2GB, 1600MHZ, 256X64, 8, 200, XMP
YR6MN 8GB, 1333MHZ, 1024X64, 8, 204
X830D 4GB, 1333MHZ, 512X64, 8K, 204
PX72C 4GB, 1333MHZ, 512X64, 8K, 204
560NY 2GB, 1333MHZ, 256X64, 8K, 204
F073F 2GB, 1333MHZ,256X64,8K,204
V1RX3 2GB, 1333MHZ, 256X64, 8K, 204Miscellaneous Hardware
0JDJY Power Button LED Board (w/ Cable)
4R02P PWA, Daugter Board, Media
FMG89 PWA, Daugter Board, Numlock
98X52 PWA, LED Logo Board, W/Cable
HR8KV PWA, Power Button Button
TPK3N PWA, I/O Board W/Cable
D0N00 Coin Battery, W/Cable
F1RJC Thermal PAD, PSX, Qual/Dual Core CPU
HV240 Touchpad LED Board w/Cable
K26CW Speaker LED Board, W/Cable
W2TRW Touchpad Button w/BracketMotherboards
61J35 Motherboard w/ Thermal Pad, Qual Core,(Contain MB C9XMR+Thermal Pad F1RJC)
C9XMR MotherBoard, order and dispatch Service Kit 61J35Palmrests
H1KWK Palmrest, W/Touch PadPower Source
FCPW3 Battery, 97W HR,12 Cells, SIMPLO
V48RM Battery, 97W HR,12 Cells, SANYO
J211H AC Adapter, 240W, 3Pin, Delta
J938H AC Adapter, 240W, 3Pin, Flextronics
XM3C3 AC Adapter, 330W, 3Pin, DeltaProcessor Modules
06335 Alcohol Swap for Cleaning Pad
27TV3 i7-2920XM 2.5GHz, 4C, Sandy Bridge, D2
DYP1X i7-2920XM w/Thermal Pad 2.5GHz, 4C (Contain CPU 27TV3+Thermal Pad F1RJC)
2VKDW i7-2820QM 2.3GHz, 4C, Sandy Bridge, D2
F1FF1 i7-2820QM w/Thermal Pad 2.30GHz, 4C (Contain CPU 2VKDW+Thermal Pad F1RJC)
KN579 i7-2720QM 2.2GHz, 6MB, Sandy Bridge
P18YD i7-2720QM w/Thermal Pad 2.2GHz, 4C (Contain CPU KN579+Thermal Pad F1RJC)
7YPMV i7-2630M 2.0GHz, 4C
M4Y6F i7-2630QM w/Thermal Pad 2.0GHz, 4C (Contain CPU 7YPMV+Thermal Pad F1RJC)
RTRCG FAN, CPU
6MGMN Back Plate, CPUSoftware
40DV6 W7HP64
DW6RN W7HP64
446JR W7P64
JR7NY W7P64
DYHHR W7U64
TMCCD W7U64
JF3V7 Resource DVD
VD2HY Adobe Standard ver 10 (ver. X), Card w serial product key
CTTHN Adobe Elements 8
W7NRW Adobe Premier Elements 8
797D0 Microsoft Office 2010 Professional
N99X6 Microsoft Office 2010, Home & Student
WR1P7 Microsoft Office 2010, Home & Business
94JT2 PowerDVD 9.5.1
R4DW2 PowerDVD 3D 9.6
5G9T8 Roxio Creator 2011
CYYW9 McAfee Platinum
T1WKW Fast Access Facial Recognition 3.0
WC3YD Dell Webcam Central 2.0Speakers
P8HYR Speaker, Subwoofer
VVN5Y Speaker, L+RVideo Card (VGA)
V9XKH AMD Blackcomb XT HD6970
29NC1 AMD Blackcomb XT HD6970 Right Heat Sink
RYVMN AMD CFX (CrossFireX) cable
VDV04 Nvidia M460m N11e-GS
5DWH3 Nvidia M460m N11e-GS Right Heat Sink
GDMRG Nvidia SLI CableWireless
2GGYM Intel Link 6200 WiFi Half Mini Card
4W00N Intel Link 6300 WLAN WiFi Half Mini Card
G9M5X 375 Foxconn Bluetooth module (Does not include cable)
WJCJD 375 Liteon Bluetooth Module (Does not include cable)
YWXT1 SiBeam Antenna Cable
NVIDIA-580M-Kit.zip
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By Brian
Ok I have mentioned that I ran into issues after I uninstalled the Dell AMD 6970M driver and replaced it with the Catalyst 11.4. Specifically, the FN+F7 functionality was lost and I had to resort to manual switching (via control panel) to the IGP. However, even when doing so, I noticed the battery life would not register higher than 2 hours.
I brought this up over at NBR and Inap mentioned he got FN+F7 working fine with the 11.4 Catalyst. Batboy then made a post specifying the following:
I tried the above except I did not do a reformat but rather uninstalled the Dell AMD driver and went straight to the 11.4 Catalysts.
So this brings me to the point of this thread: Please share any tips/tricks you have for successfully reformatting the R3.
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