~ OFFICIAL ~ Alienware M17 Drivers Page

[panyihan]

9.11 beta only supports 48XX or 58XX series video card.

[FPS]

So what video card options do we have then as M17 users? HD4850 in crossfire or can we even get the 4870 with GDDR5? I read about the different MXM types but i have no idea what MXM we got in our machines. Anyone could inform me on this?

Also when i bought my Nagamaki and Mark had not disappeared yet he told me Intel Turbo memory would not work in it untill a new bios where they would enable it (0.28 bios) The bios links u put up there, are these more recent then 0.28?

[Marvie100]

M17/OCZ Whitebooks have MXM 2.1b, the 4870's will not fit, and good luck getting any 4850's as they were just produced for AW in limited quantities to clear stock of the M17. /OFFTOPIC

Updated Turbo Memory Drivers based on what information I have to date.

[panyihan]

I've confirmed that the win7 media card driver for Dell m17x also works with Alienware M17. The driver is newer than M17's VISTA driver, and it officially supports win7.

[Marvie100]

Any significant changes from the Vista 64 driver, any improvements, does the vista 64 driver not work? Thanks for the update!

[FPS]

just a quick question. What is the latest bios u got up there? the ones from AW or the one from OCZ. Also would it be possible to have a link to the release notes of the AW ones to see what changed?

[Marvie100]

AW Didn't post release notes for their BIOS. I provided notes based off of what we've learned from Alienware about each BIOS. The latest "OFFICIAL" Alienware BIOS is B14, the OCZ BIOS is not an Alienware BIOS and should only be used if you have a burning desire to OC your Extreme processor, and read the Notes for the BIOS I've posted.

[Marvie100]

I've confirmed that the win7 media card driver for Dell m17x also works with Alienware M17. The driver is newer than M17's VISTA driver, and it officially supports win7.

Updated Media Card Reader Drivers on Page 1 for Windows 7.

[panyihan]

Any significant changes from the Vista 64 driver, any improvements, does the vista 64 driver not work? Thanks for the update!

The vista 64 driver also works, but it is older than m17x's and it is not officially designed for win7. I have problem with installing M17 win7 64 touch pad driver. The driver said "no device found". So, I downloaded a OEM touchpad driver from Synaptics website and it works fine. Why does Alienware post a new driver without testing it???

[Marvie100]

Added Alienware M17 ATI Graphics Drivers (Version 8.63) for Windows 7. This is a repackaged Catalyst 9.7.
Thanks panyihan.