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    Alienware 18 Official Windows 10 Drivers

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Spartan@HIDevolution, Jul 30, 2015.

  1. Spartan@HIDevolution

    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    Spartan@HIDevolution, Jul 30, 2015
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    I'm still scared to try Windows 10. Might wait a couple weeks.
     
    Saint Satan, Jul 30, 2015
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    Not a single Win 10 update is working. to package these updates Dell used Windows Installer which is not supported anymore i couldn't even extract the files!
    In the image below a list of the drivers i prepared before installing Windows 10 "the 8 files with blue icons are official Win 10 drivers others are Win 8.1 drivers + Nvidia Win 10 driver"
    I just installed 5 of the 6 Win 8.1 drivers "Airplane Mode driver installed automatically & working properly", all other drivers were downloaded/handled by windows it self and so far no issues at all.
    [​IMG]

    EDIT:
    I found that the Wifi is not working "Limited Connection", the Ethernet is working properly though.
     
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    Khalid Fawzy, Aug 1, 2015
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    Drivers installs and works good. Just don't use the "white spaces" in file names, replace them for example with "_". ;)
     
    RaSeven, Aug 1, 2015
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    Nevermind - worked out what I did wrong.
     
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    Thanks, this worked for me.
    but also had to place drivers on C partition to be able to install them.
     
    Khalid Fawzy, Aug 1, 2015
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    I just wanted to see how Win10 was working out for you guys and also what your M18 specs are? I'm still running Win8.1 on mine and do want to upgrade but definitely don't want to risk blowing out my screen / 8 beeps like it did to my previous M18.
     
    DVSman, May 26, 2016
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    Yeah me too
     
    GodlikeRU, May 26, 2016
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    It works near flawless for me on Windows 10, but I have the m290x variant, so I can't guarantee no 8 beeps for nvidia users.
     
    mooliecool, May 27, 2016
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    Link doesnt work. Can someone tell me what seems to bee the problem. I am using Win 7 driver in my Win 10 Pro version. Everything is working flawless :)
     
    stefan063, May 28, 2016
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    @GodlikeRU @DVSman
    Works without problems for me from the release day.
    AW18 specs are in signature. Do not installed EVGA Precision X, using Nvidia Inspector instead and Throttlestop. :)
     
    RaSeven, May 31, 2016
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