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It's possible the sound only came through the graphics display, which requires a discrete GPU.
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Recently a new owner of a m18x R1 Alienware I picked up for only $250 It came with a GTX560M installed which is pretty lax for these days, managed to pick up a GTX 765M on ebay for roughly $80, However having some issues since installation. At first installation it was only a black screen and would not post. I reinstalled the GTX 560M and awaited a secondary heat-sink to install it into the second slot independently. Once I received it, I installed it with relative ease and windows recognizes it... as a "Microsoft Basic Display Adapter", figured I only needed to do an INF mod in order to install it, however it only gave me a code 43 on startup and have been flashing the vbios with several different bios's without luck. Is there anything I need to do beforehand that will make it work? Or do I just need to find the right vbios? It was already obvious the stock one did not work as is (which I still have backed up just in case). One thing I do NOT have access to is the m18x BIOS, it is password locked and cMOS wipe did NOT work.
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Alienware m18x r1 graphics switch problem need help
T-Face replied to CoolSheep's topic in Alienware M18x / AW 18
I'm struggling with something similar myself, except with 765M -
I'm sad to see that there isn't ever a list of compatible GPU parts, seems to be pretty free-form especially for the aftermarket parts
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m18x - Teardown Guide (Quick and Dirty Edition)
T-Face replied to debaucher's topic in Alienware M18x / AW 18
just tore mine down recently, thought it was going to be pretty rough but now that i've done it a few times it's not so bad.