striker2413

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hi sir J95, do you have a copy of hbr44618.001 vBIOS of 8970m? thank you in advance.

I just ordered an AMD Radeon 8970M from upgradeyourlaptop to replace my dead 7970m. I was supposed to order GTX780M but that would break my bank (gpu + x-bracket + heatsink). Any recommendations before my installation?

depending on room temperature, I believe that is normal.

Hi! my 7970m in my m17x r4 died on me last saturday (pity me).. now I am looking for an upgrade.. here are my choices: 4GB AMD Radeon 8970M 4GB nVidia GeForce GTX780M I do have a couple of questions/clarifications for those who have upgraded their GPUs: For 8970M 1. will I be encountering any problems when I will go with 8970M? I have read somewhere here in techinferno that there are problems with brightness controls? 2. what 8970M card will go smoothly with my r4? 3. Will I be losing enduro mode if I upgraded to 8970m? 4. Do I need to manually config the fan control for the GPU? For GTX780M 1. I have read a lot of info about upgrading to GTX780M. And I am ready to buy the correct heatsink and correct x-bracket. My inquiry is, what GTX780M do I need to buy? from Dell or from Eurocom or from MSI? 2. Do I need to manually config the fan control for the GPU? 3. I saw a sweet deal for GTX780M, seller said that it came from an Alienware 17 laptop. Will it be compatible to my R4? 4. do nVidia cards have trouble when using the SLEEP function? thank you very much in advance,

sir @Sean Hopkins Why not use the Fn+F7 to turn off switchable graphics?

I have a problem with my M17x R4 running on A10 bios Whenever I start my system, there's around 10 to 15secs before the alienware splash screen or when the alienware splash screen shows up, it takes around 10 to 15 secs before it loads Windows. This was not the case yesterday (A09) before I flashed the A10 bios. this what I already did: -reset the BIOS (remove CMOS battery) -reflash again the A10 bios