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Alienware x51 r2: uninstalled geforce nvidia drivers/can't detect monitor/can't get to safe mode
Does anyone know how to get drivers loaded . Can't get monitor to detect and changing bios to secure boot-off to try to get to dart disc now wont even pick up the bios on the monitor, it did before trying to boot to dart. This is a win 8.1 machine. The goal was to upgrade the graphics card to a geforce 1080 but when we did it detected the monitor for a minute booting into is. Reverted back to default video card, uninstalled drivers (didn't know we were supposed to) and the screen went black. Maybe reset the cmos ? Not sure how to on the r2, any help would much appreciated!
Tesla1856
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March 5th, 2017 21:00
Was the original video card an AMD? Even so, re-installing it to uninstall drivers is a bit extreme. I just use Express Uninstall all AMD and Catalyst software (but can't say I've ever tried it without an AMD card installed).
If x51-R2 doesn't work in original config, sounds like something got blown-up with all the jacking around.
Service Manual should show CMOS jumper or just remove CMOS battery for a while.
Pretty sure GTX-1080 is beyond the power-abilities of it's baby power-supply.