![]() ![]() I know that for earlier versions of Windows if the HD was set up for ATA mode you could edit the registry to enable the switch to AHCI mode without having to reinstalling the OS. I am not interested in setting up a Raid array and was wondering if switching to AHCI mode is possible without needing a reinstall of Windows 10 Pro. ![]() This laptop along with the mSATA SSD has two additional HD bays and if you buy a HD cady to replace the optical drive will give you the ability of having 3 internal HDs. If I leave this Raid setting and install additional HDs do I actually have to configure them as a Raid? At the moment with the current Raid setting and only the one SSD the boot time is greatly delayed while the Bios is looking for HDs that are already a Raid or that can be configure as a Raid. ![]() The default set up that Dell uses on this laptop is UEIF Raid, there are other options as well the other one is AHCI as well as a Legacy setting that would allow the installation of I think Windows 7. Keep in mind that whenever you want to install a newer driver you will need to go through the whole mod process for the new driver package.I recently purchased a refurbished Dell Precision M6800 laptop that currently has one drive installed, a 256GB mSATA SSD. If you have done everything correctly, the drivers will install and you will have a functioning GPU. When you get back into windows open the folder where you extracted your Nvidia drivers and double click "setup.exe" Press F7 on your keyboard to select Disable driver signature enforcement. When your computer restarts you’ll see a list of options. Hold shift while clicking Restart from the Star Menu.Ĭhoose Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings and click the Restart button. Now you need to turn off "Driver Signature Enforcement" in the center), and leave the search window upĬopy the line and modify it so all of the info matches the data from your device IDĬlick find next, and repeat this process for every line that returns a match. Now search for the 8 digit string you noted (add a. Go into the Display.Driver folder and look for the inf file that starts with the first four digits of the one you notated.įor example mine listed "nvdm.inf", so I needed to go into "nvdmwi.inf" ![]() (also make a note of the whole 8 digit string after "SUBSYS_" from the donor line you will need it later) Now look at the file name listed at the beginning of that block, and note it. Make a copy of a line in that section that has the same GPU as yours, and modify it with data from your device ID. Open the file "ListDevices.txt" and search for your four digit string of characters. You need to look at yours and note the string of four characters that I have highlighted on mine. Here is the device ID for my Quadro P5000 installed into a Precision 7710. Use your favorite file compression software to extract the contents of the installer file to a folder on your HDD. Download the newest Nvidia published driver for your GPU. (I just copy and paste the Device ID into a notepad file and save it.) Just remember that the Device ID will change based on your switchable graphics setting. Now boot into windows, open the device manager and write down the Device ID for your new GPU. I personally turn this feature off on all of my machines when the option is available. Then go into the system Bios and decide if you want to use the Switchable Graphics feature. Here is an excerpt from one of my other posts, this will detail the steps you need to go through to install the official Nvidia driver package on a Dell laptop using a "un-supported" GPU.Īs for the drivers, you will need to install the new GPU first. ![]()
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