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M7700 driver for Windows 7?

post #1 of 22
1/24/10 at 8:52am
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Hi everyone! I'm new here. I bought an old M7700, but since it's way more powerful that my previous notebook, I think it's a really good pc.
I installed Windows 7 on it just this morning, but it seems that there are no drivers for it... Worst of all, the Video Card is not recognized, and I cannot install any driver for it. Obviusly Audio doesn't work, and so on with the other devices... I could use XP (I have it with full M7700 drivers), but I prefer Windows 7... Is there any way to get this notebbok work with this system? Thanks everyone!
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post #2 of 22
1/24/10 at 10:35am
Just have to give it a shot, and let Windows 7 picking up the appropriate drivers for you. Most of Windows 7 drivers from their database work fine.

cheers ...
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post #3 of 22
1/24/10 at 11:55am
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I already did it, but it doesn't find them...
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post #4 of 22
1/24/10 at 5:31pm
List out the devices you have, using what XP drivers you have in hand as references. It will help us chasing them down on the net together.

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post #5 of 22
2/20/10 at 7:31pm
What RAID driver are you installing on it?
Regards
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post #6 of 22
7/10/10 at 8:07am
My experience with setting up Windows 7 on other machines was finding it is compatible with most legacy drivers. For example, older desktops and laptops of five+ years that didn't even have Vista drivers available. I'm going to be installing Win7 on a 7700 later today and will let you know if it works out.

And there were sites that produced modified video driver sets that allowed GO cards, and I remember having good results with them back in the day. I believe one guy here even used to produce them, but I believe guru3d.com is also relevant. Like I said I'll let you know how my system works out.
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post #7 of 22
7/10/10 at 11:51pm
Alright the main installation of Win7 handled most stuff like ethernet and even the webcam. The audio and video have been the biggest problems.

I grabbed audio from here http://support.alienware.com/Support...anu=8&item=831 and it worked..I'm just not certain why. I say this because the installation stalled half way into it and I had to shut down Windows. Yet it was installed when I rebooted, and after just a couple restarts it's been fine. The sound manager works and everything. I suppose I should leave it alone for fear of making things worse.

The keyboard driver works fine from there. If you care about the touch pad for some reason then I recommend retrieving the driver from the Synaptics web site because the one there has compatibility issues even if you force install it.

For the video driver this succeeded in detecting the Geforce and I'm at 1680 with hardware acceleration. http://downloads.eurocom.com/support...32/01VIDEO.zip That should get you going for now and perhaps later you'll want to experiment with something like Omega drivers or one of the sets off guru3d.

Like I said, Windows 7 is really good with older drivers and far superior to Vista in compatibility. Next time just try whichever ones you can find even if they don't say Win7.
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post #8 of 22
8/1/10 at 9:43am
My sounds doesnt work!!

i read from other topics here about a solution that is taking out the modem! but i thought that maybe someone have the solution now!
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post #9 of 22
8/1/10 at 5:42pm
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Originally Posted by cox payne View Post
My sounds doesnt work!!

i read from other topics here about a solution that is taking out the modem! but i thought that maybe someone have the solution now!
You are on Windows 7? What have you tried so far?

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post #10 of 22
8/1/10 at 8:03pm
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Originally Posted by qhn View Post
You are on Windows 7? What have you tried so far?

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I am on windows 7, i tried the HD software from realtek and some things but when i restart the laptop i receive this message

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post #11 of 22
8/2/10 at 4:34am
I cannot read the message - font too small for me. Would you type them out?

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post #12 of 22
8/2/10 at 5:11am
Microsoft bus driver should be loaded in your sistem before installing realtek HD audio drivers
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post #13 of 22
8/2/10 at 5:28am
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888111/en-us

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post #14 of 22
8/2/10 at 6:45am
nothing a try that but its not for windows 7... at at the end it cant find the driver
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post #15 of 22
8/2/10 at 8:18am

true or not? and problems with my Area 51..

i am trying every advise that i received from here but i dont want to open my laptop (because i dont have the skills honestly i am afraid or the money to afford anything or to open it and manipulated )

Like i saw in alots of threads here i am having the same problem with the sound and anothers devices on windows 7(i upgrade from XP and now alots of problems and aliemware dont answers my email) in my Alienware Area-51 M7700 D9K


i saw in this webpage that they sell the drivers for my laptop with windows 7 but i dont know if it a scam or something like that here is the link:

http://www.user-guides.co.uk/cddownl...CD-328652.html

or this other one.


http://restore-disk.com/restore/alie...k-torrent.html

if it is true i prefer pay those dollars before broke something trying taking out that modem

here is my report from everest if someone want to look at it and maybe can help me.


Thanks for any advice or tip
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post #16 of 22
8/2/10 at 11:33am
Stay away from those links, it ain't worth a peanut ...

http://support.alienware.com/Support...t=&manu=&item=

They have some links to Dell Support Site for drivers. Give that a shot and let us know.

cheers ...
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post #17 of 22
8/2/10 at 11:35am
You can also use Clevo D900K for some of the drivers.

http://downloadnew.org/software/clevo/


Try to use this one thread for your issues so we can concentrate on it No need to post all over for the same issue

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post #18 of 22
8/2/10 at 6:07pm
ok. thnxs...

But no nothing with that link i try everything from that..
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post #19 of 22
8/3/10 at 1:42pm
Funny that you are having so much issue with the upgrade to Windows 7 on your comp. Want to give it another go from the start? XP on the machine, update BIOS and chipset, then run a Windows 7 advisor. Before starting Windows 7 installation run Home Everest to pick all information about the devices. Then let's go drivers hunting.

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post #20 of 22
8/22/10 at 12:47pm

Alienware Area 51 M7700 Audio driver

DO NOT BUY THAT RESTORE CD from the UK company IT DOES NOT WORK! I had to go to all the manufactures site to get drivers to work on my machine. I have them all except the audio driver.... ARGHHHHH!

If anyone has an idea where to get the audio drive to run Windows 7, I would be forever thankful. Spent way to many hours on ths bad boy and would hate to revert back to XP

Thanks
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