coolitic

Clevo and dell (alienware) graphics cards do not use the same vbios last time I checked (learned that the hard way) so I suggest you double-check that. I believe they have different memory timings.

Lol this happened to me before. I was freaking out as to why my computer suddenly shut off while I was playing planetside 2 and the slight odor made me worried.

It should mostly work, though in my opinion you might want to reapply thermal paste.

So, no one knows how to fix the switchable graphics freeze so I can reflash my vbios? EDIT: Nvm, just saw your post tom.

I was told by some people that I would more likely find an answer by asking for someone named "SVL7" on this forum. I accidentally did bad vbios flash on my AW17x R3 on my newly bought gtx 765m (I learned not to mix up clevo and dell gpu's) and now starting with peg gives 8-beep no post (I assume no-post since blind flash doesn't work). Unfortunately, even before the bad vbios flash, booting in switchable graphics with the card in (works fine if it's out) causes the bios to freeze. Will work if I boot with igfx, but bios will not detect my discrete card and neither will windows/nvflash. As a separate question, is my a12 bios EFI? Original Thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-17-m17x/755635-need-help-fixing-gpu.html