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    Help? Can't get crossfire X working.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by ableTekkin, Jun 26, 2012.

  1. ableTekkin

    ableTekkin Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just took delivery of my m18x R2 today, with 7970m Crossfire.

    I was having some issues with the display, so I downloaded 12.5 beta drivers. Now Crossfire stopped working, I can't even see a second video card in the device manager or an option to switch crossfire on in CCC.

    How do I get crossfire back? I tried re-installing the drivers from dells website... didn't work either.
     
    ableTekkin, Jun 26, 2012
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    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    This happens to me on occasion too. What I do is pull the CMOS battery and do a power drain. The card is usually there after that for some reason.
     
    TurbodTalon, Jun 26, 2012
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    ableTekkin Notebook Enthusiast

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    I tried looking around, is there a guide or video somewhere on how to do this?

    This really sucks.

    Edit: Ok... I restarted my computer again and left it off for a few minutes, went in to BIOS and it showed 2 cards.. booted up and crossfire is working again.
     
    ableTekkin, Jun 26, 2012
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