Solution:
If you have an Echo 13 first you must run CPU-Z to find out if the processor is a Haswell or a Broadwell
Echo 13 with Haswell
1. Unplug the Alienware Graphics Amplifier (AGA) and leave the notebook alone
2. Uninstall the nVIDIA driver
3. Go to C: and delete any nVIDIA folder
4. Go to Program Files and Program Files (x86) and delete any nVIDIA folders
5. Go to Run then type: %AppData% and delete any nVIDIA Folder
6. Go to Run then type: %ProgramData% and delete any nVIDIA folders
7. Download the 347.25 notebook driver from nVIDIA and install it without AGA attached to the system NVIDIA DRIVERS GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL
8. Shut down the system
9. Connect AGA to the system
10. Connect the external display to AGA (It is critical that this is done)
11. Start up the system
12. Install the 347.25 driver again NVIDIA DRIVERS GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL (Perform an express installation not the clean installation!!)
Echo 15/17 Haswell | Echo 13 Broadwell
1. Unplug AGA and leave the notebook alone
2. Uninstall the nVIDIA driver
3. Go to C: and delete any nVIDIA folder
4. Go to Program Files and Program Files (x86) and delete any nVIDIA folders
5. Go to Run then type: %AppData% and delete any nVIDIA Folder
6. Go to Run then type: %ProgramData% and delete any nVIDIA folders
7. Download & Install the 344.88 driver from: http://goo.gl/ZPQkkJ
8. Shut down the system
9. Connect Connect AGA to the system
10. Connect the external display to AGA (It is critical that this is done)
11. Start up the system
12. Download and install 347.25 notebook driver from nVIDIA NVIDIA DRIVERS GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL (Perform an express installation not the clean installation!!)
IMPORTANT
1. Please be aware that after installing the driver with the Alienware Graphics Amplifier plugged in, the screen will flicker a few times, you must give this a minute or two.
2. Once done, you must enable the screen connected to the Alienware Graphics Amplifier, just like you would do with any other external screen.
3. This is a workaround and we are actively working to have a unified driver that avoids all of these issues.
If you have an Echo 13 first you must run CPU-Z to find out if the processor is a Haswell or a Broadwell
Echo 13 with Haswell
1. Unplug the Alienware Graphics Amplifier (AGA) and leave the notebook alone
2. Uninstall the nVIDIA driver
3. Go to C: and delete any nVIDIA folder
4. Go to Program Files and Program Files (x86) and delete any nVIDIA folders
5. Go to Run then type: %AppData% and delete any nVIDIA Folder
6. Go to Run then type: %ProgramData% and delete any nVIDIA folders
7. Download the 347.25 notebook driver from nVIDIA and install it without AGA attached to the system NVIDIA DRIVERS GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL
8. Shut down the system
9. Connect AGA to the system
10. Connect the external display to AGA (It is critical that this is done)
11. Start up the system
12. Install the 347.25 driver again NVIDIA DRIVERS GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL (Perform an express installation not the clean installation!!)
Echo 15/17 Haswell | Echo 13 Broadwell
1. Unplug AGA and leave the notebook alone
2. Uninstall the nVIDIA driver
3. Go to C: and delete any nVIDIA folder
4. Go to Program Files and Program Files (x86) and delete any nVIDIA folders
5. Go to Run then type: %AppData% and delete any nVIDIA Folder
6. Go to Run then type: %ProgramData% and delete any nVIDIA folders
7. Download & Install the 344.88 driver from: http://goo.gl/ZPQkkJ
8. Shut down the system
9. Connect Connect AGA to the system
10. Connect the external display to AGA (It is critical that this is done)
11. Start up the system
12. Download and install 347.25 notebook driver from nVIDIA NVIDIA DRIVERS GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL (Perform an express installation not the clean installation!!)
IMPORTANT
1. Please be aware that after installing the driver with the Alienware Graphics Amplifier plugged in, the screen will flicker a few times, you must give this a minute or two.
2. Once done, you must enable the screen connected to the Alienware Graphics Amplifier, just like you would do with any other external screen.
3. This is a workaround and we are actively working to have a unified driver that avoids all of these issues.