not sure; probably power-related.

http://www.alienwarearena.com/forums/topic...ne-wrong-help-/

GeForce 331.58 WHQL Drivers Released!!

Well, it seems that 331.58 solved my problem.

Wow.. Thats new. I didnt know that drivers has effects like this.

guys...help pls.
i just updated my AW14 with new GeForce 331.58 driver. installation went well...then i restarted my laptop suddenly it says unable to load windows. diagnostic and repairs also unsuccessful.
i never updated my windows, just the new gforce driver. anybody has any idea whats going on?? i tried to restore windows to a set restore point also cannot...waaaa.

Lol.
Well, now the only problem I have is the "No audio output device is installed"

*flips table*

Lol!

Man.. I dont know.. Probably reinstalling audio driver will help. I have never seen such weird errors before (mine or my friends')

I suggest you ask dell to take a closer look at it.

do u just update the driver or install the new driver using 'perform clean install'

i think i just chose perform clean install...why? is that the problem?

i used to get problem if just use the express installation since it installed together with the 3d vision thing (which is useless in AW14). i always do the perform clean install, so far no problem bro. might be something else's driver?

just updated mine too but with m14x r2, so far no problem yet. can you manage to get into safe mode ?

is time for factory image restore

haha. Wtfisthisshit. Never thought it'd be this problematic for a premium laptop.

It seems this link is a pretty good way to try and fix if anyone has problems with 8.1

http://ftp.dell.com/published/Pages/index....ienware_laptops

Solved mine. Should I flash BIOS A13?
Released on 9th October 2013.



This post has been edited by Ikmal91: Oct 23 2013, 08:34 AM

sh!ts happen to anything whether it's premium or not. just make good use of the warranty service. (it's actually not bad as many are happy with it).

Looks like I'm torn between updating my Nvidia drivers or not after hearing the issue. Plus, I have no idea why the Nvidia default driver on my Alienware couldn't contact server for update at least for a few hours now.

Hi guys, I'm Alienware 14 owner, Do i really need upgrade to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8 single language ?

Kind of scary after hearing so much issue occured.....

if you are fine with your current OS better dont upgrade.....nothing much from 8 to 8.1...infact i just downgraded back to 8 pro

for r4, there is no apparent issue on the new update.

this is so true. that upgrade is really up to the user. the issues will usually go away given time. so if you're patient enough, just wait for a while before upgrade (by default we have 2 long years for that before w8 is announced EOL)

im working fine on 8.1 and find it only aesthetically awesome but some features are removed in the 8.1
so my advice is you dont have the need to upgrade if you are satisfied with your current windows 8.