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Can't hear anything with the machine doing this. It will stay like this for around 3-5 minutes then throttle down to normal. The machine intermittently will spin both fans on the Alpha R2 up to 6000 RPMs for no reason. With Windows 7 support ending just around the corner, I wanted to post up a little update for Windows 7 on the Alpha R2.
WHY IS THERE A STEAM USB DRIVE IN MY ALIENWARE ALPHA INSTALL
I'll post up once I try to install the rest of the hardware drivers. I still need to try the wireless/bluetooth drivers and some other packages(LED control drivers), but am out of time for tonight. The Intel chipset drivers off Dell's site have worked on Windows 7. The PCIe Ethernet driver works fine from Dell's site. The graphics and audio drivers for the GTX960 are working fine. The GeForce experience software did find the right driver. The installer complains of the OS not being Windows 10 and also throws no compatible hardware found. The drivers on the Dell page will not install. Once over that hurdle, the next was the graphics drivers. That tool will allow you to build a bootable USB drive with the USB 3.0 drivers installed in the Windows 7 setup files.built from the install DVD. The way around it was to use the Gigabyte Windows Install Tool. The next problem revolves around all the USB ports on the R2 are USB 3.0. That causes Windows 7 complain of no CDROM drivers. First, you have to enable a legacy boot mode in the BIOS. The R2 has been more of a challenge to get running on Windows 7. I picked up a new Steam OS R2 i5 off the Dell Outlet for a little over $560.and I'm swapping out the drive for a 2TB with Windows 7. I'm not sure if this has been covered(I'm guessing it has.since the Alpha R2 is no longer for sale), but I thought I'd post up as I created a thread years ago on the Alpha R1 and Windows 7.