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    New Intel 2246 driver fixes a few bugs

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by DigDung, Dec 31, 2010.

  1. DigDung

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    Awesome. Thanks for the heads up.
     
    slickie88, Dec 31, 2010
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    Salue Notebook Consultant

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    can i use that for my m11x R1 ?
     
    Salue, Dec 31, 2010
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    No, not unless Nautis or RigelKent work it into their custom R1 hybrid driver packages.
     
    slickie88, Dec 31, 2010
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    ah :< god no updates on VGA drivers and nothing :< Dell+intel come on :p XD
    thanks for the reply
     
    Salue, Dec 31, 2010
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    mobilezila Notebook Evangelist

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    ANyone know why after I upgraded to this drivers, my sound dissappered? :confused:
     
    mobilezila, Dec 31, 2010
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    Well, this fixed the HDMI output issue for me :)

    DP is still busted - gotta try it on my desktop, now
     
    jeremyshaw, Dec 31, 2010
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    OK....i figured out why my sound dissappeared. The sound is now outputting through the HDMI through my external monitor speakers. I can't remember how I selected a different default sound output device in the past, I remembered it was from some control panel...
     
    mobilezila, Dec 31, 2010
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    right click on the while speaker on the bottom system tray :)

    playback devices. set one to default, and restart the app you were using :D
     
    jeremyshaw, Dec 31, 2010
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    Haha! And a Happy New Year to You! Yup ..that was where I found the control panel in the past.... :D . Thanks. Hmm...another New Year and maybe one or 2 more memory brain cells might have retired. :p
     
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    What sort of problems were you having with HDMI output?
     
    slickie88, Dec 31, 2010
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    For some reason, after connecting to my Mitsu 60" DLP and adjusting the over/under scan settings, I tried connecting to my U2311h and it just fails. It has a band on the top where part of the screen is shown, and it just keeps on rapidly flashing in and out the rest of the screen. Nothing seemed to solve this, but this driver update did the trick.

    Maybe I should of outright reinstalled the Intel GPU drivers, but I remembered that being a pain...
     
    jeremyshaw, Dec 31, 2010
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    Good to hear its fixing some problems, I read quite a few messages about monitors causing problems. This has also fixed a lot of crashing I was having while using dual monitors, I would have to disable one a lot of times to get things to work on the primary monitor, and now most things working with both monitors active
     
    DigDung, Jan 1, 2011
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    Are there any improvements in regarding to battery life performance?
    I would love intel to release new versions that help reduce power consumption of intel graphic card !
    I don't know whether to update intel driver or not as I never had any problems in the list of update notes...
     
    mohaa7, Jan 1, 2011
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