aldarxt Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Hello, I am new to this site and also new to modding my Oct. 2012 Alienware M18xR2 /Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz /Intel HM77 (Panther Point) /6xPCI Express x1, 2xPCI Express x8, 2xPCI Express x16 /8192 MB800.0 MHz (DDR3-1600 / PC3-12800) /2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M [DELL] no SLI /Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Build 7601. This Laptop has served me very well, never had a problem, I play Skyrim, Fo3, Fonv, all heavily modded But now Fo4, is running slow and stuttery. Ignorantly I purchased the 2nd GTX 660M and installed it thinking I would double my video graphics to play Fo4 on medium. The GTX 660M is not Sli Capable. So I purchased GTX 970M 6GB on Ebay [ Ignorantly ]. Now I can disassemble and assemble my AW18 without the video, I even remember the screws I used to forget! When I install the GTX 970M I get a black screen and a bunch of beeps and am unable to go into the set up menu. Only ctrl+alt+del resets the beeps. Can Win 7 run the GTX 970M? The computer runs great. The warranty ran out this past Oct. So I dont have to worry about voiding it. any help would be much appreciated. I did have some electronics training back in 1981 in the USMC, they say I am a small missile tech. but I have a different opinion. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potestatem Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I think from the top of my head you need full uefi boot for that card. I have personally had issues with that boot type on the m18x r2 touch wood you will be fine Sent from my SM-G901F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldarxt Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Thanks Potestatem , I am making a 64-bit Windows 7 Installation USB Flash Drive with UEFI right now and a GPT hard drive to install it on. Edited January 24, 2016 by aldarxt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M18XCope123 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I don't think this works with Windows 7. You need to have UEFI enabled and Windows 8 / 10 for this to work http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/aw-m18x-r2-dual-980m-sli-upgrade.765169/ Huge thread here for you to read through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkthebeast Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 New option Legacy Mode support, Working with windows 7, Raid-0 SSD Trim support enabled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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