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    Alienware 17 r4 7970m upgrading to 980m in windows 10 or 8.1

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by celsoervin14, Jan 5, 2016.

  1. celsoervin14

    celsoervin14 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, i bought 980m card from woodzstack666 which will arrive tomorrow jan 6 2015..
    right now im running windows 10 in gpt disk..

    i've read some forum about lcd failure on upgrading 980m with windows 10..
    so can you guys let me know if you sucessfully upgraded to 980m with windows 10? i know woodstack made it..
    but i want to know if theres 9/10 people made it ..
    so those who made it work to windows 10 can you guys share to me how you upgrade your laptop 980m to windows 10? which driver you currently using? .. is it safe to use latest driver from nvidia? and can you guys share you download modded driver? and what should i know to avoid lcd failure or any issue?
     
    celsoervin14, Jan 5, 2016
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  2. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Stick to Optimus mode and you'll be fine... Do not switch to dedicated or install Precision X...
     
    TomJGX, Jan 6, 2016
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    tanzmeister Notebook Evangelist

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    most of the trails lead to Precision X, avoid it and all should be fine.
     
    tanzmeister, Jan 14, 2016
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