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    Alienware 15 R3 update NVidia Drivers!!

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by quickie, Oct 20, 2016.

  1. quickie

    quickie Notebook Evangelist

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    So I did some tweaking and I installed the current drivers onto the laptop, I will do a step by step tutorial on how to do it.
    1. Download newest drivers.
    2. Extract the drivers.
    3. Navigate to Display.Driver>nvcvi.inf
    4. Open it as a text file
    5. Locate this section in the file:
    [Manufacturer]
    %NVIDIA_A% = NVIDIA_Devices,NTamd64.10.0,NTamd64.10.0...14310

    6. paste this line within that section (1070 owners only!!!)
    %NVIDIA_DEV.1BA1.0771.1028% = Section092, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1BA1&SUBSYS_07711028
    7 Save the file.
    8 Click start>settings>update and security>recovery>restart now.
    9 Once rebooted click- troubleshoot>advanced options>startup settings>restart.
    10 computer will restart. Click 7)Disable driver signature enforcement.
    11. Windows will boot up. Go to your extracted nVidia folder and run setup. A warning will pop up and click install this driver anyways.
    12 Congratulations you now may play Battlefiled one a day early!!!!
     
    quickie, Oct 20, 2016
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    CSHawkeye81 Notebook Deity

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    Sweet, going to try this out in a few minutes.
     
    CSHawkeye81, Oct 20, 2016
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  3. GTO_PAO11

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    Nice one, quickie. Let's do some benchmarks gaming with temps

    Sent from my E6853 using Tapatalk
     
    GTO_PAO11, Oct 20, 2016
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  4. iunlock

    iunlock 7980XE @ 5.4GHz

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    I'll be receiving mine early next week and you know what's to come hehe...

    I feel sorry for the thing before it even arrives. It's going to go through torture....

    Benches here we come....
     
    iunlock, Oct 20, 2016
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  5. quickie

    quickie Notebook Evangelist

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    did you get it running?
     
    quickie, Oct 21, 2016
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    I don't have my unit yet hehehe. I just rely on you, brother.

    Sent from my E6853 using Tapatalk
     
    GTO_PAO11, Oct 21, 2016
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    Looks like this wont be necessary anymore. The latest Nvidia drivers that came out last night work just fine now.
     
    CSHawkeye81, Oct 21, 2016
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  8. quickie

    quickie Notebook Evangelist

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    I posted this before those drivers were available. I was trying to help the community out.
     
    quickie, Oct 21, 2016
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