gotmilk70 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Hey everyone, I am trying to install an nVidia GTX 970M on my Alienware M15x. I was using the MacBook Pro 6,2 SMBIOS (most compatible to my laptop) and I am running Sierra 10.12.5 as well as Clover Legacy r4097. When everything is installed including the nVidia web drivers, I got a black screen. I was doing research and someone mentioned I can try using an iMac 14,1 SMBIOS. While that worked and allowed me to get a display with full acceleration, the system got so slow/sluggish due to power management not working properly from the iMac SMBIOS. (CPU is stuck in x9.0 multiplier.) I have also tried the clover patch for Pike's AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy with no result on the old SMBIOS. Is there a way to use the MacBook Pro 6,2 (or a compatible laptop SMBIOS so I can keep CPU Power Management) setup while having the GTX 970M activated? If I can, how would I go about doing that? I would think that the AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy would need to be patched, but I have no idea where to start. Thanks. System: Alienware M15x + Clover (Legacy r4097) on Optical Drive Bay and (Windows 10 Home) on Notebook Drive Bay CPU: Intel i7-920XM + Intel PM55 ChipsetGraphics: nVidia Geforce GTX 970M 6GB (Dell 10DE:13D8)Intel Ibex Peak High Definition Audio (8086:3B56) (Codec IDT 92HD83C1X)Intel Gigabit PCI-E Network adapter (Intel 82577LC Chipset)AzureWave AW-CE123H (BCM94352HMB) (14E4:43B1)480GB Seagate SATA II SSD (Notebook Drive Bay)250GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD (Optical Drive Bay)16GB DDR3 PC1333 RAM (Crucial Ballistix Sport)Hitachi CA-10N DVD-RW/BD-ROM Combo Drive AW-M15x 970M.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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