The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Did a fresh windows 7 install need help!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by nickhite, Dec 11, 2014.

  1. nickhite

    nickhite Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    10
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have a m18x r1 with the 6970s.
    I replaced my hard drive and did a windows 7 install.
    I go and update all my drivers and everything seems fine but whenever I try to update my 69xx drivers so my cards work when i restart after Starting Windows it just goes to a black screen and sits there...
     
    nickhite, Dec 11, 2014
    #1
  2. StormJumper

    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    579
    Messages:
    3,537
    Likes Received:
    488
    Trophy Points:
    151
    Did you make sure to disable the Secure Boot in the UEFI bios??
     
    StormJumper, Dec 11, 2014
    #2
  3. nickhite

    nickhite Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    10
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I'm not quite sure how to do that.
     
    nickhite, Dec 11, 2014
    #3
  4. nickhite

    nickhite Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    10
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Okay I reinstalled windows again and redownloaded drivers and one card had error symbol in device manager so I disabled the one card and now the other card works when i load windows.


    Also: when i loaded windows up with the one card enabled and working i went back to device manager and re enabled that card and my screen went instantly black
     
    nickhite, Dec 12, 2014
    #4