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    Dell Inspiron 1526 and Windows7x64Ult Sp1 no Aero??

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by StormJumper, Jan 5, 2013.

  1. StormJumper

    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have this recently acquired Dell 1526 dell of which I replaced the CMOS battery and brought it back to life but when I go to format with my Windows7x64Ult Sp1 and then proceed to install the AMD video driver and then do a WEI but I don't get the aero features? Has this been a problem? I have Dell Inspiron 1525 with Intel HD and those will give me Aero features but not the AMD based Inspiron 1526. So has anyone figure out why it does this?

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    So I am guess there isn't anyone that has tried this or done this process with windows7 on this dell 1526 version laptop that has AMD GPU?
     
    StormJumper, Jan 5, 2013
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    Reporting back I finally did a BIOS update and it detected the proper video card and was able to install W7x64 and do a WEI and get Aero feature and now installing W7x86 since I am going to sell it to a someone I know and that it works. But look like it took a BIOS update to get the newer feature from A12 to A16.....
     
    StormJumper, Feb 27, 2013
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