Lanius

Hi everyone, I have an AW 17 (2013) on which i installed a gtx970m. So far I have always been able to mod the drivers and play with no major issue. After driver 373.06 (Yeah it got out a while ago, i started playing again recently) all the drivers i tried to mod and install do not work. I mod the inf file (nvdmi) with the subsys, then remove driver signature enforcement and install them, they install and everything looks fine on paper: nvidia control panes correctly states the number of the driver, in the control panel i read the hardware has no problem and the driver is updated. I set the options so that every game is run with the graphic processor, but for every game i run (I tried with several different ones) the computer always uses the shitty integrated graphic card. Does anyone have an idea on how i can fix this? thank you all for your help.

On 29/12/2015 at 5:34 PM, Observer said:

Are you on Win 10 or 8.1?

 

I was using Win 10 but encountered a lot of issues so I formatted my system back to Win 8.1. 

 

1. To get the HW ID of 970M, Device Manager\Display adapters\GTX 970M\Details\Property\Hardware Ids

In Optimus mode, AW17 R1, it should be PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D8&SUBSYS_05AA1028.

If I am not mistaken, 13D8 is GTX 970M, 05AA is its ID in the system, and 1028 is our motherboard ID...

 

2. Here are the steps I used to make my 970M works in Optimus mode. (Modded .inf in dedicated mode doesn't work in my system) 

 

A. Download the driver from nVidia, probably not the latest, as J95 found something broken in them. For instance, I am using 358.91. Benchmark results, aside, at least it works properly in Optimus mode;

B. When you have the permission, download nvcvi.inf for Win8.1, Optimus, AW17;

C. Extract the nVidia driver using 7zip or just launch the installer;

D. Copy and replace the nvcvi.inf inside C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\358.91\Win8_WinVista_Win7_64\International\Display.Driver;

E. Reboot your system to disable Digital Signature Enforcement;

F. Click the Setup.exe to install the driver, and choose Proceed Anyway;

G. After installation, set the power management to High Performance both in Windows and nVidia Control Panel.

 

I suggest you read the few pages in below thread, or contact J95 if you still stucked. If you system is exactly same as mine, it should work. 

 

https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/forums/topic/4906-alienware-aftermarket-upgrades-driver-support-modded-inf/&page=39

Hey, thanks again for the answer! I finally managed to install the driver you have, modifying the inf file by myself following this guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKwFHU8ka5I, now everything seem to work fine

Hello everybody 

I installed few days a go a new gtx 970m on my Alienware 17 r1 (2013), upgrading from gtx 765. I am now having troubles with modded  drivers, since there are some things I don't completely understand. First off, where do I find the string I need to put in the .inf if my graphic card isn't detected or is detected as a generic "Microsoft video card"  without drivers?  

Then, how does the installation exactly work? Do I have to just download the driver from Nvidia, watching the installation fail and then modify the inf? Or there something more I should do? 

Third, what if I don't find the inf file? Last time I looked for it in the 359 driver and in 361 I couldn't find it, even if I searched with cntrl f for ".inf", "nvci"and all the others. 

I know that j95 made a splendid post with already modded inf but I can't download them since I'm not elite member or something like that. 

Any help is appreciated 

Thank you Observer for your answer, it's appreciated. Since I'm facing some problems may I pm you to ask you some further information? Thank you again

Hello everybody!

I am new on this forum and I'd like to ask some information about a gpu upgrade for my alienware 17. I'd like to replace the gtx 765m with a 970m, so i'm buying a more powerful adapter to support that. I wonder, is the 240w model enough or I should buy a 330w (wich currently costs almost two fold) instead? Do I need to buy a 3 pipes heatsink? are there other concerns that I should consider while installing the new card?

Thank you all in advance for your replies.