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980Ti w/ Alienware Graphics Amplifier
Card: PNY Nvidia 980 Ti (reference card)
Drivers: 353.06 (nvidia site 980m Windows 8.1 64 bit driver)
Latest AGA software from Dell's update site (1.0.27.0, A02)
This card currently doesn't switch between Amp and Notebook card with the current drivers on a clean install. Appears to be the same issue that existed before with 980 cards where the hardware ids were not included in the mobile drivers.
The only workaround i've found to get the 980 Ti working is to connect to the Amp and uninstall then reinstall the driver through the .exe.
To re-enable the mobile card, you'll have to uninstall and reinstall the driver through the .exe as well. The other workarounds i've posted in the past for the 980 do not work for the 980 Ti.
The 980 issue was corrected eventually so I am guessing this one will too. Just a heads up for anyone that is curious.
6/22/2015 Update:
353.30 does not work for me with my 980Ti and 980m
I did modify the Dell driver w/ the hardware ID for the 980Ti (17C8) and installed after disabling the driver signing and still no switching. The 980m was picked up just fine but when I plugged in the amp, i got nothing but "Microsoft Basic Display Adapter".
If you look in the nvdmi.inf (Dell's inf) You'll notice that 17C2 is the latest thing in there which is the Titan X. You can also see this in the [Strings] section of the driver.
Spike66s
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June 19th, 2015 19:00
Yeah lol I'm going through same prob I have asus Gtx 980 ti same prob had tech support helping they said they know about the problem they said by August the driver will be realesed
CTopher84
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June 19th, 2015 22:00
Awesome. Thanks for the update from talking to tech support. Should be resolved once NVIDIA pushes new drivers. Hang tight :) Have fun w/ the install/reinstall until then.
Spike66s
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June 20th, 2015 05:00
I recommend leaving the graphics amp plugged in when installing the ti drivers? Bc it's not recognizing the card
CTopher84
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June 22nd, 2015 22:00
Yes, leave the amp with the card attached when you install the drivers (clean install... uninstall then install). Should work with the card just fine.
Also the new 6/22/2015 driver (353.30) does NOT fix the issue. I even modded NVIDIA's dell .inf file to include the 980Ti hardware ID (17C8) and still no switching. The latest card dell supports with it's .info is the Titan X.
Tweian
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July 4th, 2015 02:00
Wish i had seen this post before i went to the expense of getting a 980TI for my AGA.. Is there any news or updates or anything on when the AGA will actually get working drivers?
CTopher84
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July 6th, 2015 13:00
No news on drivers yet. The entire issue is that they don't have the hardware IDs in the driver .ini files from what I've seen. I tried to mod it myself but didn't have any luck. I usually watch/contribute to these threads:
http://na.alienwarearena.com/forums/thread/83039/hardware-software/alienware-graphics-amplifier-faq
as long as you install/reinstall the drivers it will work with the card. Just kind of annoying to do that every time.
CTopher84
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July 29th, 2015 12:00
New driver released today 353.62 for windows 10. Still at work so haven't been able to see if this resolves the issue. Will post back later unless someone else gets to it.
us.download.nvidia.com/.../353.62-win8-win7-winvista-desktop-release-notes.pdf
wgolden30
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July 29th, 2015 21:00
the new .62 nvidia driver doenst work with 980ti
Tweian
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July 30th, 2015 03:00
Works for me.
Just updated the nvidia driver with windows update, and i can now use both my 980M and my 980TI when its in the amplifier, without having to constantly reinstall drivers.
Tweian
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July 30th, 2015 13:00
Windows 10 and 353.62
CTopher84
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July 30th, 2015 13:00
Tweian, are you using windows 10? Which version does the driver show in the nvidia control panel?
CTopher84
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July 30th, 2015 14:00
Gotcha. That means that the issue is still there. I cannot believe it has taken Dell and Nvidia 2 months to add hardware IDs to a driver INF. It's pretty ridiculous at this point.
CTopher84
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July 30th, 2015 14:00
Interesting. I didn't ge ta chance to try out the drivers last night. I"ll give it a go tonight.
Tweian
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July 30th, 2015 14:00
Just played around with it some more.
I cannot get it to accept the 353.62 driver right off the bat. But if i install the 353.30 driver first, and then let windows update install its driver update, it seems to take.
psihas
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July 31st, 2015 10:00
Mine detects the 980ti after downloading the windows 10 update, but still wont install the Nvidia 353.62 drivers. (card can´t be found) although I can see it in the device manager. I´ve tried the manual installation and still can´t get it to work.
How did you manage it. Any help will be appreciated.
thanks