Sunday, July 20, 2014

M17x coprocessor driver fix for Windows 8

Hi there,

There is many questions out there asking about coprocessor and how to identify a driver for it, 
most Dell support suggest users to ignore it as it doesnt affect Windows 8.
I can't live with the unidenfied device on my device manager and have tinkered around for this coprocessor fix. I think if you search for this, it means we are all in the same boat.

First of all, 
coprocessor driver do exists and it is part of a chipset driver that comes with your Alienware CD.

To install coprocessor driver for those who upgraded from windows 7 to windows 8.1
1. you have to install nVidia MCP79 Chipset into windows 8.
This driver comes with Alienware CD, look up a file called Nvidia Chipset
(Win7/WinVista 64-bit nForce UDA driver package)

2. After installation, identify that you have the folder in your computer under file explorer
This PC > Local Disk C:(mine is c:, yours might be different) > dell > drivers > R273039

3. go to device manager and look for "Other devices" which says [!] coprocessor
right click and go to second tab under driver, click update driver and select Browse my computer for driver software

4. go to browse and select your drivers at C:\dell\drivers\R273039\SMU folder 
(click next..follow instructions from there)

Drop me a comment and let me know if it works for you.

2 comments:

Steve Birtwistle said...

Awesome, thanks man, I was getting frustrated.

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