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    windows 8 and Killer Wireless 1202-N

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by pakit7264, Oct 28, 2012.

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    I just downloaded and upgraded to Windows 8 on my new Alienware M14x R2, and I did a reformat of the hard drive (I lost all my data). I am trying to get killer wireless 1202-N to work. Where could I locate these drivers so that I can have internet with my new windows 8 Laptop! The resources DVD that came with the computer those drivers are not compatible.
     
    pakit7264, Oct 28, 2012
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    Killer lists only Win 7 drivers on their website. You could try the latest version available, but until they officially release Win 8 drivers there's no guarantees.
     
    Pandur77, Oct 28, 2012
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    Wow so there's no way I'll have internet until killer wireless releases there drivers which who's knows when that will be? Is there any workaround? I guess I need to wipe my hard drive and install windows 7 again... joy...
     
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    Well, according to their forums they released Win 8 drivers on the 26th. But I've been unable to find them so far.
     
    Pandur77, Oct 28, 2012
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    go to the official dell drivers page and enter your service tag. then change the OS to "Windows 8 64 bit". the killer drivers are on there.
     
    wankel, Oct 28, 2012
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    If you go into device manager and update driver, it does work with windows 7 drivers. You just have to point to the extracted folder. (You don't get the fancy software though.)
     
    thauch, Oct 29, 2012
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    Hello, we have all the drivers up and running for Windows 8 on the M14x r2, here's the link to the driver site:

    Drivers and Downloads | Dell [United States]

    Under "Operating System", make sure you change it to Windows 8 64-bit.
     
    Alienware-Natalia_J, Oct 29, 2012
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    juliant, Oct 29, 2012
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    Is the Killer 1202 driver supposed to do Bluetooth aswell ?
     
    poot1873, Oct 30, 2012
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    Nevermind, i disable bluetooth then enable it back and its working ;)
     
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    abec did you clean install or upgrade?
     
    blindpet, Nov 1, 2012
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    I have downloaded and installed/updated all the drivers from the dell page for Windows 8; I also downloaded the newest Nvida and Intel graphics 4000 drivers. Sporadically I receive the dreaded BSOD with the following error: Driver_IRQL_Not_Less_or_Equal (ndis.sys). Does anyone know how I should begin to diagnose this problem? The interesting thing is is the BSOD's occur pretty randomly (not doing a specific task at a specific time) I have used my computer for days and it hasn't happened, and I have also used it for 2 minutes then it has happened. Thanks!
     
    pakit7264, Nov 1, 2012
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    I had this IRQ problem when I installed win 8 a month ago (I upgraded from 7) they did mysteriously disappear after a few days and I have no idea why... After the bios a09 update I haven't gotten any BSODs.
     
    blindpet, Nov 2, 2012
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    Which driver/update is that? Ugh I continue to get them... I did a clean install of windows 8. I'm not sure what else to do they are happening quite frequently.

    They seem to happen when I wake my computer from sleep mode when I log back on it crashes! So annoying!

    Now they are just happening all the time... can't even use it without crashing
     
    pakit7264, Nov 3, 2012
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    Update the BIOS, here's the link:

    BIOS A09
     
    Alienware-Natalia_J, Nov 7, 2012
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    Bios A09 causes windows 7 to not boot up for me. I am running an ssd as the primary drive and have a 500gb hard drive but they're not in RAID. I had to go back to A08
     
    wankel, Nov 7, 2012
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