Sathanous Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Ok I'm having trouble upgrading my now dead graphics card... This is what I have: AREA-51 M5500i-R3 AREA-51M 5550 R3 15.4" WXGA SILVER N- CORE 2 DUO 2.00GHZ T7200 4MB 667MHZ 2 SAMSUNG 512MB DDR2 PC5300 SODIMM SEAGATE 160GB 5400RPM SATA 8X DVD+/-RW NEC AD-5540A REV 1 NVIDIA GO 6600 256MB DDR1 MXM2 INTEL PRO WIRELESS 3945 A/B/G MINI-CARD LEAD-FREE INTEL MOBILE INTEGRATED HIGH-DEFINITION AUDIO MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP MCE 2005 And I pick up a 8600m GS off ebay (MacR) And all I get is white screen that slowly fades to colored lines... so i tried updating the bios... a no go i get the same thing... course now i read i prolly need 2.06 bios... which i can't get off of thier site anymore. Am i screwed? can anyone helps? Thanks you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC Ozman Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 (edited) do you see the Alienware Bios screen before the screen turns white? Also, is it turning white in Windows or before you enter Windows? ive had a TON of experience when upgrading my old alienware (i now have a XPS 1730 with dual sli 9800m gt's :) ). Ive upgraded my older Alienware m5500 to both a 8600m GS and a 8600m GT and have had similar problems with black screens. Mostly due to DX 10 support with Vista and incompatible drivers for XP. Edited May 19, 2009 by TC Ozman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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