I recently reinstalled a copy of windows 7 on my Alienware M11x. A few issues have emerged...
- The NVIDIA 335M Graphics card will not respond, no matter what I do.
- There is a mysterious device being detected by the system known as Phantom; any idea what this is?
Another thing to note is that the only things I have installed on the computer are Chrome and a NVIDIA Driver. I'm not sure what the issue is, but if anyone can tell me how to get my Graphics Card connected to the system, I would appreciate it dearly. Any advice would help, I've been working on this for a week now, things are getting out of hand...
What do you mean it won't respond? Do games say they don't detect it? I wouldn't worry about any mysterious devices since they shouldn't affect anything
Try reinstalling the drivers, when it comes up asking if you want to do a custom installation choose that option and do a clean install.
[QUOTE=djjkxbox360;40101872]What do you mean it won't respond? Do games say they don't detect it? I wouldn't worry about any mysterious devices since they shouldn't affect anything[/QUOTE]
Yeah, games won't detect the card and run really slow. Before the re installation, all the games were running fantastic. All the games.
[editline]31st March 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Del91;40102858]Try reinstalling the drivers, when it comes up asking if you want to do a custom installation choose that option and do a clean install.[/QUOTE]
I have done done that, even Nvidia gave me a different driver to do the same thing. Thanks for the suggestion though.
[QUOTE=BioShnog;40108399]Yeah, games won't detect the card and run really slow. Before the re installation, all the games were running fantastic. All the games.
[editline]31st March 2013[/editline]
I have done done that, even Nvidia gave me a different driver to do the same thing. Thanks for the suggestion though.[/QUOTE]
I have a stupid suggestion now: But do you even hear the fan of your GPU spinning up 100% and then going back to slow RPM again? I your GPU fan is even off either the card or the PCI-E slot failed somehow. Try to reseat the card, clean out the PCI-E slot from any debris or dirt and try to boot up again.
Any other than that this is a real big guess
[QUOTE=Merijnwitje;40129430]I have a stupid suggestion now: But do you even hear the fan of your GPU spinning up 100% and then going back to slow RPM again? I your GPU fan is even off either the card or the PCI-E slot failed somehow. Try to reseat the card, clean out the PCI-E slot from any debris or dirt and try to boot up again.
Any other than that this is a real big guess[/QUOTE]
Made even more stupid by the fact he's talking about a a laptop, which won't have a pcie slot.
[QUOTE=rhx123;40130423]Made even more stupid by the fact he's talking about a a laptop, which won't have a pcie slot.[/QUOTE]
And another thing that sailed right over my head.... FUCK
[QUOTE=Merijnwitje;40130569]And another thing that sailed right over my head.... FUCK[/QUOTE]
Ah man, well thanks for the suggestion.
I hear a lot about alienware being incompatible with a lot of shit, that's why I inform my friends to steer clear of that shit brand, including dell.
Is this a fresh copy of the operating system?
Yes, fresh copy; right off the cd that came with the computer.
Just a heads-up, right now I'm typing this from a Dell laptop, and you see it arrived, but never mind that,
I found something what might be interesting:
[url]http://windowssecrets.com/newsletter/how-to-prevent-and-remove-phantom-devices/[/url]
To make a long story short, did you ever just unplug USB storage devices without using Safely Remove Hardware?
The Phantom device appeared because you unplugged a storage device without remove hardware, as a result Windows won't always realise that the storage device is disconnected and you get ghost devices.
So don't ever simply rip out storage devices as it might go wrong.
[QUOTE=Merijnwitje;40154749]Just a heads-up, right now I'm typing this from a Dell laptop, and you see it arrived, but never mind that,
I found something what might be interesting:
[url]http://windowssecrets.com/newsletter/how-to-prevent-and-remove-phantom-devices/[/url]
To make a long story short, did you ever just unplug USB storage devices without using Safely Remove Hardware?
The Phantom device appeared because you unplugged a storage device without remove hardware, as a result Windows won't always realise that the storage device is disconnected and you get ghost devices.
So don't ever simply rip out storage devices as it might go wrong.[/QUOTE]
this depends on the way the device is connected to the pc, im incredibly tired and cant remember specifics but there's a sort of "always on never unplug me" mode which is NOT default and a "only on when in use so you can unplug me" mode which is the default, all the stuff you hear about safe removal is 99% bs you dont need to worry about (though obviously don't unplug a usb device while transferring your entire documents/porn folder)
[QUOTE=Merijnwitje;40154749]Just a heads-up, right now I'm typing this from a Dell laptop, and you see it arrived, but never mind that,
I found something what might be interesting:
[url]http://windowssecrets.com/newsletter/how-to-prevent-and-remove-phantom-devices/[/url]
To make a long story short, did you ever just unplug USB storage devices without using Safely Remove Hardware?
The Phantom device appeared because you unplugged a storage device without remove hardware, as a result Windows won't always realise that the storage device is disconnected and you get ghost devices.
So don't ever simply rip out storage devices as it might go wrong.[/QUOTE]
Alright, this makes sense. The M11x doesn't have a built in dvd drive, so I used an external one. I didn't safe remove it, so the external dvd reader may be the phantom device...
I believe this is the phantom in your alienware.
[IMG]http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/4293583_700b.jpg[/IMG]
Don't tell me nobody gets it...
woosh
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