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    R1 wont update video driver

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by sean_hale, Jul 13, 2012.

  1. sean_hale

    sean_hale Notebook Guru

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    Hi Guys I tried to update my video driver the other night by downloading the appropriate file (a02 from dell) and folowing the onscreen intructions. It gets to a certain point and just pings up a message saying up date failed.

    I have had a little search around but cant seam to find any info :confused: Could anyone give me some pointers please.
    thank
    Sean
     
    sean_hale, Jul 13, 2012
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    ashwin1234 Notebook Geek

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    Date failed? Is your PC date set correctly? Try downloading the file and installing it again.
     
    ashwin1234, Jul 13, 2012
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    sean_hale Notebook Guru

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    Sorry my bad. Update failed :)
     
    sean_hale, Jul 13, 2012
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    ashwin1234, Jul 13, 2012
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    sean_hale Notebook Guru

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    Many thanks I will try later.

    Sean
     
    sean_hale, Jul 13, 2012
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    sean_hale Notebook Guru

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    All sorted, many thanks for the advice.

    Sean
     
    sean_hale, Jul 13, 2012
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    Alienware-L_Porras, Jul 16, 2012
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    Do you guys know if any newer graphics driver release is planned for the M11x R1? Either for Windows 7 or Windows 8? The latest driver is over 1 year old.
     
    namaiki, Jul 16, 2012
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    From our side we have no ETA yet, you can still use drivers from laptopvideo2go.com, anyway our video drivers are recommended due to stability, you should have no problem with the performance using them.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jul 16, 2012
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