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DavideFatman
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January 31st, 2014 05:00
Alienware M15X Nvidia Driver Problem
HI, I Recently Updated my system with a Nvidia G560M and made a clean install of windows (Formatted) but, when i go for download the driver from the site www.nvidia.com says:
The manufacturer of this system requires that you download the driver for your GPU from their support site.
I Searched on the Driver page, but nothing found, Any help? Thanks in Advance.
DavideFatman
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Posted 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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Posted 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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Posted 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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Posted January 31st, 2014 08:00
you can also try downloading the modified INF from laptopvideo2go.com
SteveSutton
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Posted 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?
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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Posted 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 =)
SteveSutton
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Posted 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
AndrewSi
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Posted 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