Hi David, I don't think the GTX560M was "Validated" for the M15x - But I may be wrong.
If I'm right when you try to use the Nvidia autodetect you will get an error. Same goes if you try to install either the Dell or Nvidia graphics driver.
Your M15x and the GTX560M both have device ID's, when you try to install a graphics driver the driver first looks and your computer device ID, then your graphics card device ID and then looks in its files to see if they have been validated, if it can't find BOTH the ID's in it's files then it will not install, so what you have to do is a couple of quick mod's to that file inside the driver and your all good
You'll need to educate yourself on how to modify the "INF" file inside graphics drivers, sounds complicated, but after you've done it once it takes 5 minutes
You have to change the file for your computer, the file for your GPU and the file for your operating system.
Here's a link to a couple of sites to get you going. Some of them already have modified files available for download, but recently I've had trouble with those not working so I do it myself, but at the least they are good as a reference.
This is absolutely true, we never validated that card for the m15x therefore the HW ID's won't be recognized by the nVidia installers. You'll need to modify them. There are several tutorials online on NBR forums, techInferno and AlienwareArena that will help you achieve this.
Hi sorry for bringing this topic up again but I believe my issue is the same but I have a gt 555m. My laptop is preowned and I put windows 8.1 on it. Do I have to do the same thing im n ot very savvy with this stuff so step by step would be awesome. Such as what driver I should get tomodify. Also would this make it completelt compatible? Everythinf would work as it should?
thankyou, do you know of another way to do this or another way to get my hardware ID since device manager does not show my Graphics card.. on other forums at the moment i am asking for help on this problem also
my gpu is to my knowledge a gt 555m, i have had someone say this card isnt made with mxm slot for m15x and was told to download and run HWinfo64 which confirmed my card as the GT 555m. that in itself is confusing
so far no other program eg: cpuid/gpu-z shows my graphics card but Ubuntu detects it and the Nvidia website see's it but tells me to go to dell which doesnt help. the Geforce part of the nvidia site does not see it though.... wierd.
any help is appreciated. or even thanks for taking the time to read my rants =)
Try hitting the F2 button at bootup and enter the system BIOS screen, make sure the graphics card preference defaults are set to discrete and NOT intergrated, then try to find you GPU in device manager.
no its not a new card as such, but it didnt come with the laptop when the previous owner bought it, he must have replaced it himself, when i first got the laptop it was all working fine, tried bf3 game worked fine if a little laggy on high and cpu-z labeled the gpu as what i have said....
possibly related.. possibly not, i don't know how good the integrated graphics are ment to be exactly but i got the "impossible game" which can run on very very low graphics cards, but i tried to run it and cant even see the writing on the main menu and i got a w7 score (when i had it) of 1 for all graphics related scoring... i know integrated isnt great at all but i thought on this laptop it would be alot better than a DDR GPU and able to run the simplest games..
I think the onboard graphics is only 256MB on the M15x.
You may have a faulty GPU, if you don't have a spare to test the cheapest way would be to take it to a computer repairer who has a compatible card to do some tests.
Does the M15x have a "Function F7" button to change the graphics cards(I/D GFX)? Have you tried that?
The fn f7 doesnt do anything unfortunatley, although it could possibly be broken I.dont think it is, hwinfo sees it as well as nvidia site so and also it worked fine befor I did a reinstall of windows. Would be a hell of a coincidence If it happened to break during the 20 min installation
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January 31st, 2014 05:00
Hi David, I don't think the GTX560M was "Validated" for the M15x - But I may be wrong.
If I'm right when you try to use the Nvidia autodetect you will get an error. Same goes if you try to install either the Dell or Nvidia graphics driver.
Your M15x and the GTX560M both have device ID's, when you try to install a graphics driver the driver first looks and your computer device ID, then your graphics card device ID and then looks in its files to see if they have been validated, if it can't find BOTH the ID's in it's files then it will not install, so what you have to do is a couple of quick mod's to that file inside the driver and your all good
You'll need to educate yourself on how to modify the "INF" file inside graphics drivers, sounds complicated, but after you've done it once it takes 5 minutes
You have to change the file for your computer, the file for your GPU and the file for your operating system.
Here's a link to a couple of sites to get you going. Some of them already have modified files available for download, but recently I've had trouble with those not working so I do it myself, but at the least they are good as a reference.
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=377158
http://forum.techinferno.com/nvidia/5249-%5Bguide%5D-modding-nvidia-oem-inf-files.html
DavideFatman
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January 31st, 2014 08:00
Okay. i will try and re-try modify that file untill it works. Tanks.
Alienware-L_Por
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January 31st, 2014 08:00
This is absolutely true, we never validated that card for the m15x therefore the HW ID's won't be recognized by the nVidia installers. You'll need to modify them. There are several tutorials online on NBR forums, techInferno and AlienwareArena that will help you achieve this.
DavideFatman
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January 31st, 2014 08:00
Is for the old driver, but i will try. Thanks. Setted the answer.
Alienware-L_Por
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January 31st, 2014 08:00
you can also try downloading the modified INF from laptopvideo2go.com
SteveSutton
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June 10th, 2014 03:00
Hi sorry for bringing this topic up again but I believe my issue is the same but I have a gt 555m. My laptop is preowned and I put windows 8.1 on it. Do I have to do the same thing im n ot very savvy with this stuff so step by step would be awesome. Such as what driver I should get tomodify. Also would this make it completelt compatible? Everythinf would work as it should?
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June 10th, 2014 09:00
This guide is for GTX765, but the principle is exactly the same.
Just follow the instruction as directed by BJ FOX
http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-18-m18x/733113-pair-gtx-765m-will-work-2.html#post9399906
SteveSutton
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June 10th, 2014 10:00
thankyou, do you know of another way to do this or another way to get my hardware ID since device manager does not show my Graphics card.. on other forums at the moment i am asking for help on this problem also
my gpu is to my knowledge a gt 555m, i have had someone say this card isnt made with mxm slot for m15x and was told to download and run HWinfo64 which confirmed my card as the GT 555m. that in itself is confusing
so far no other program eg: cpuid/gpu-z shows my graphics card but Ubuntu detects it and the Nvidia website see's it but tells me to go to dell which doesnt help. the Geforce part of the nvidia site does not see it though.... wierd.
any help is appreciated. or even thanks for taking the time to read my rants =)
AndrewSi
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June 10th, 2014 16:00
Try hitting the F2 button at bootup and enter the system BIOS screen, make sure the graphics card preference defaults are set to discrete and NOT intergrated, then try to find you GPU in device manager.
SteveSutton
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June 11th, 2014 00:00
As far as I can see there is no option for that. Unless it's named something else? Running A09 bios
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Hi again, correct me if I'm wrong, but is this card a "new" one - I just noticed the wording in your first post?
If it is have you tried it with your old card? Maybe the new GPU is faulty?
SteveSutton
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June 11th, 2014 10:00
no its not a new card as such, but it didnt come with the laptop when the previous owner bought it, he must have replaced it himself, when i first got the laptop it was all working fine, tried bf3 game worked fine if a little laggy on high and cpu-z labeled the gpu as what i have said....
possibly related.. possibly not, i don't know how good the integrated graphics are ment to be exactly but i got the "impossible game" which can run on very very low graphics cards, but i tried to run it and cant even see the writing on the main menu and i got a w7 score (when i had it) of 1 for all graphics related scoring... i know integrated isnt great at all but i thought on this laptop it would be alot better than a DDR GPU and able to run the simplest games..
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June 11th, 2014 17:00
I think the onboard graphics is only 256MB on the M15x.
You may have a faulty GPU, if you don't have a spare to test the cheapest way would be to take it to a computer repairer who has a compatible card to do some tests.
Does the M15x have a "Function F7" button to change the graphics cards(I/D GFX)? Have you tried that?
AndrewSi
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June 12th, 2014 01:00
Are you running win 7 or win 8?
Can you post a snapshot of your installed programs?
SteveSutton
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June 12th, 2014 01:00
The fn f7 doesnt do anything unfortunatley, although it could possibly be broken I.dont think it is, hwinfo sees it as well as nvidia site so and also it worked fine befor I did a reinstall of windows. Would be a hell of a coincidence If it happened to break during the 20 min installation