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May 27th, 2015 18:00

Uninstalling AW tools

My question is simple. These tools are too heavy and I suspect they cause problems with games. Would disabling them adversely affect the system? Would it no longer control the thermal features of it?

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May 28th, 2015 17:00

Which tools exactly and which system do you own? 

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May 28th, 2015 18:00

I have the Area 51 and the application I talk of are the whole ensemble: the fx controller, remote service controller, thermal controller, etc. Under task manager, they're all bunched together (at least in Win8)

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May 28th, 2015 20:00

I also had a question about fresh install. It comes with Win 8.1 and when I tried to do a fresh install, it basically had a gazillion unrecognized devices in device manager. When I used the autodetect tool, it gave me all the possible drivers (both current and old) as well as all possible configurations and the official dvd that came with the PC can't be read at all.

How do I resolve this?

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May 28th, 2015 20:00

You mean Alienware Command Center then. Yeah you can uninstall it, but you lose the ability to modify the lights and such. You can always monitor your temps with other software.

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May 28th, 2015 22:00

My question is simple. These tools are too heavy and I suspect they cause problems with games. Would disabling them adversely affect the system? Would it no longer control the thermal features of it?

What AW computer do you have?
If a desktop ... I think the main CPU cooler will still work (because you don't have control over that anyway). I doubt the other fans will work well because that requires the MIO-Board, it's drivers, and Command Center suite.
The suite is not "too heavy" and only loads when you need it. Personally, I hardly ever run AleinFX or Thermal Controller. I also don't use Fusion or Adrenaline (I change that stuff in Control Panel myself).
Your computer problems are likely something else.

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May 28th, 2015 22:00

So you did a fresh install and you can't install drivers at all? Something does not sound right when the fresh install happened.

Are you sure you cannot install the drivers from the resource disc (the disc that came with the computer)?

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May 28th, 2015 23:00

I also had a question about fresh install. It comes with Win 8.1 and when I tried to do a fresh install, it basically had a gazillion unrecognized devices in device manager. When I used the autodetect tool, it gave me all the possible drivers (both current and old) as well as all possible configurations and the official dvd that came with the PC can't be read at all.

 

How do I resolve this?

Again, you don't say what model.
A clean Windows install must be followed by Dell drivers. Install Intel Chipset drivers first. After proper chipset driver is installed, un-recognized devices should be around 10.
 
 
 

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