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The hope was to run games and movies via wihd using the gtx 680 only which is not possible on the r4. If you are running wihd you must be using onboard intel graphics card which is not comparable to gtx 680m for performance. If you are not convinced ,use your f7 key to change to the NVidia card and you will see that wihd will not work.

I had just today reviewed your comments on notebook forum and I was hoping to contact you. I installed the card and antenna mentioned today and first all booted but my wireless connection would not work. When I rebooted I got black screen and seven beeps. I rebooted several times with black screen and 7 beeps and have come to the same conclusion . I am going to attempt to contact sibeam /silicon image to see what they have to say but It will be in vain no doubt. Dell gave me a parts list for r3 saying r3 parts would work but after following what little is out their on the subject I don't believe r3 parts are compatible with Ivybridge/

3rd gen cpus. Would you please confirm that you have tried r3 parts for this and that they will not work ?

It could be that the part number is KVROY .but dell shows this as a Bluetooth antenna. Dell is supposed to email me mon. and let me know the correct part number. In the mean time I have ordered the antenna KVROY from ebay for 45.00 used and I will update after install.

Spoke to a diff. AW tech. rep. who was actually very helpful. It has been my experience that most reps you get on the phone are of course simpletons and lazy. This rep stated that m17x r4 uses sibeam and that indeed using gtx even in dedicated mode will transmit to the tv and that optimus plays no part nor does the intel 2230 wireless. I have received the card from dell which is dell part 5xhg5 . The dell tech however could not find the part number for the antenna but said that they would escalate the search and send me info. Once I find the part number I will post. I guess I am the only one interested in adding this feature to m17x r4 but I will continue to post new info in hopes that It might help someone down the road.

looks like you have been down this road and completed this upgrade!

Great info and thanks

Is there a fix for the lack of and emitter for this model: m17x r4 ?

Thanks again.

Spoke to alienware rep today who stated: optimus is required to use wihd. Wihd will only utilize intel graphics card making it useless for gaming(statement of rep). For those of you using a killer wireless, wihd will not work as it is preconfigure to use the intel card 2230. To make it work with killer 1103 you must use 3rd party driver and antenna and receiver. It will still only use optimus and intel graphics card according to the rep.

Thanks J95 for the quick response ! It would seem that without a factory installed emitter board(similar in theory to r3) which I believe is a part of the m17x r4 mobo when ordered as 3d from dell: That it would not be advisable to convert unless you just want the 120hz rate function without 3d.

I have not upgraded yet as I wanted to have better info first. AW rep gave a long list today as to why I should not try this . Have you tried this and been successful?

Has anyone on site attempted and been successful at installing 120hz 3d display to and m17x r4 , spoke to aw tech who said that the usb adpter for the 3d has no place to plug in inside the unit( if not preinstalled from factory) and that the cable /usb would have to be routed outside the unit to enable the 3d function. I am aware to use the alternate plug in for screen that has screws to hold it in place and I have seen some info on other sites as to advice on how to do this install. I have not seen detailed info from anyone who had completed this install successfully. Also has anyone solved the issue of 3d graphics after upgrade to 780m on m17x r4?

Thanks for any help

I'm looking to install WIHD on alienware m17x r4 and having a hard time finding much info online. Running alienware m17x r4 with gtx 680m, windows 7 home premium ,Samsung 840 pro ,wd 750gb hdd, killer 1103 ,Bluetooth 380 4.0,intel 3940xm. I have ordered WIHD card from dell 5xhg5 which is supposed to be compatible with ivy bridge and I believe I need to install antenna assembly KVROY but the source of my info is not very reliable. I do not know if the antenna will come with routing diagram or not. On a separate note had anyone on site solved the problem of running 3d on 780m installed on m17x r4?

Any help would be great and thanks.

Once a11 unlocked bios is running and I disable onboard graphics to run only the gtx680 will I still be able to run my WIHD or is this function dependent on NVidia optimus?

Please direct me to any thread with 3d issue for m17x r4 after DIY upgrade to 3d 120hz.

If optimus is disabled does it affect wireless HD transmission? A requirement listed for wihd laptops is that optimus be present?