Hey guys, looking to see if you could help me troubleshooting what might be happening on my end.
I've got an Alienware 17 R1 with the standard A17 BIOS and Windows 11 with a working Nvidia GTX 765M 2GB. It's the 3D version so it doesn't have an Intel card in this model.
I thought that it'd be good to upgrade the Graphics Cards and got a GTX 870M from what was listed as a Clevo laptop, however when I tried to plug it it, I just get a black screen with 8 beeps and that loop keeps on repeating.
I ended up in the thread when I read that I might need to install an unlocked BIOS?, I tried the one listed above (A17+ Unlocked) but as I'm on Windows 11 it doesn't seem compatible and I get the following error.
Not even sure now if I should try to run this Unlocked BIOS with an Alienware which doesn't have an integrated Intel card either now.
Would you guys know what I could try to have that new GTX 870M recognized and working? Cheers
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FlashUnlock.bat
Flashing BIOS region.
Intel (R) Flash Programming Tool. Version: 10.0.30.1054
Copyright (c) 2007 - 2014, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Platform: Intel(R) HM87 Express Chipset
Reading HSFSTS register... Flash Descriptor: Valid
--- Flash Devices Found ---
W25Q64BV ID:0xEF4017 Size: 8192KB (65536Kb)
PDR Region does not exist.
GBE Region does not exist.
Error 28: Protected Range Registers are currently set by BIOS, preventing flash access.
Please contact the target system BIOS vendor for an option to disable Protected Range Registers.
This version of G:\Laptop-Alienware 17 R1\BIOS_Alienware\others unlocked\AW17-A17+Unlocked_v1.3\prr.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information and then contact the software publisher.
Flashing BIOS region backup.
Intel (R) Flash Programming Tool. Version: 10.0.30.1054
Copyright (c) 2007 - 2014, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Platform: Intel(R) HM87 Express Chipset
Reading HSFSTS register... Flash Descriptor: Valid
--- Flash Devices Found ---
W25Q64BV ID:0xEF4017 Size: 8192KB (65536Kb)
PDR Region does not exist.
GBE Region does not exist.
Error 28: Protected Range Registers are currently set by BIOS, preventing flash access.
Please contact the target system BIOS vendor for an option to disable Protected Range Registers.
Press any key to continue . . .
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