Hello folks. Is this the latest thread on drivers for the Area51 7700 or is there a newer thread?

I am looking to update my chipset drivers and need to figure it all out. Just making sure that I am looking at the right thread.

Thank you!

^ Yeah this is the right thread, the drivers you're looking for should be on the first post.
PS> sorry for the late reply

Thank you, I appreciate the response.

The hard drive in my 7700 is "Promise 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 SCSI Disk Device". Will the driver on this thread work 4 it?

My laptop died twice in the last 2 weeks. Same thing happened both times. Laptop froze, when trying 2 restart it then freezes at some point during the windows loading bar so theres absolutely nothing ya can do with it.

If you try going into safe mode it freezes at loading your personal settings.
If you try to reinstall windows it says that "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer"

The only thing i could do both times is use the recovery disk. Then ya have to go 2 the trouble of reinstalling everything and changing all your settings back to normal (Its been so long since iv seen those arrows on the shortcut icons and heard that annoyin windows startup tune). I just hope i dont have to do it a third time. I thought this driver might help

For windows setup to detect your hd you need the driver listed under official aw drivers, chose the Raid or non-raid depending on ur hd config, which seems to be raid, and then extract them to a blank diskette and when windows setup asks for a third party driver press f6 so you can select the driver and install windows successfully.

i would say that your HD seems to be busted, my computer did things like that and it was the hard drive which was busted, had to change it and use the old one as a secondary until it crapped and didn't even let the comp boot.

Thanx Xtian that you post Vista Driver! So i dont must search for it!!! Great

ya welcome...i think it has been available a while ago, but i have been on vacations with crappy internet so i haven't been driver hunting for a while until today

Question....

I just upgraded my BIOS and KB controller... are there only two modes for the fan using Fn + F2? because it appears that ther is Silent Mode and Full Power Mode only.

Is there any way to set it to automatic control???

actually there are only two modes: auto and full, the thing is that when you switch to full and then switch to auto, the fans simply turn off because the temps are under the threshold, when it heats up again the fans should turn on

The AW7700 no longer shows on the alienware page !
It has sadly been discontinued...i think they won't ever release new drivers for it :P

Hmm..
The 7700 is longer away from the Hompage...

On the Support Site i can select it...
Where do you search your drivers for the 7700? On the Manufactors Site or on the AW Site? I think the Hardware Manufactor update the drivers for the 7700..
Ps: Where do you find this Atheros Driver???? I search on the Internet but found nothing..What is your secret?

I usually search on the AW site for updated drivers (which haven't been updated in a long time) and also on the manufacturer's sites :P

Actually I found this lateest atheros driver on LaptopVideo2Go.com - WLAN Drivers and the older ones i got them fromPhoenix Networks

Are you serious? You CANNOT download drivers for the 7700 anymore?

Chances are. Apparently someone here on the forums tried to get some parts from RJTech.com and they said they were freezing their entire stock pending Clevo's decision to stop making the D900 chassis. Alienware has stopped selling it, so I imagine driver support will be very limited, which is disappointing since Vista launches today.

Hey guys. you gotto help me:

I accidentally deleted my Alienware 7700's spools file (the one for printing) a while back. I was too afraid to reformat because I had to do it about 8months ago and it was a huge process (i had to go out and buy an external floppy drive..and that didnt even do the trick from what I remember).

Well, stupid me, i decided ill "repair" my windows so i can print again. After it installed my screen just stays blank. It never boots into windows. If i go into safe mode, its ok..but still...I cant go into it normally. I tried everything. Now Im trying to reformat and reinstall windows but I cant, and I cant remember how I did it last time...

When I go to reinstall, it shows me my partitions but they are all blank, empty. According the the screen, NONE EXIST to delete, write over, etc. I remember that being a problem last time...

So. Help me. My laptop is just sitting in the corner right now. I cant restore, I cant reinstall apparently (or at least I cant remember how I got it to last time around). An ideas? From what I can remember, the floppy disk thing DIDNT work. I remember returning the floppy drive the next day. Help..please haha.

I should have never set out to repair my windows.

EDIT: Also, I dont have an alienrespawn disc. I just have my support disc and the Windows XP Pro cd that came with the laptop.