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    M14x R2 with Windows 8

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Matt8808, Dec 6, 2012.

  1. Matt8808

    Matt8808 Newbie

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    I just have a few questions for everyone who has upgraded their M14x R2 or R1 to Windows 8. I had a few driver related issues but I have it all sorted out now I think. Everything seems to be working but my fan seems to be running much more often and the laptop seems to be warmer. This is also causing a reduction in battery life. I have had a few problems with some games but nothing a few Google searches couldn't fix. Overall I am quite happy with the results of Windows 8 on my laptop and it is quite fast even with an HDD. Anyone else had any specific problems?
     
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    Hello Matt,

    There shouldn't be any problems with drivers on the R2, which video driver are you running?
     
    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Dec 7, 2012
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    wakkigy Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a problem with my WEI sucking at 5.9 :( It refuses to uses the NVidia card for the evaluation. I also didn't find a driver for HD free fall sensor.
     
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    i agree for some reason the allocation of total memory does not show up on wei even though nvidia graphics are activated globally. I find that dxdiag shows exactly the amount of memory allocated for the video card.. anyone know why this happens?

    in windows 7 i used to get 7.1 on graphics and now that i upgraded to windows 8 i get 6.9 :D
     

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