Hello [NAME] Blanc. I can walk you through the process. You will need UEFI selected in the BIOS to run the 970M and, depending on your display, you also need to disable Load Legacy Option ROM or you will get a black screen after installing the card in the laptop. Both of these options are in the Boot tab in the BIOS. Just a warning though, if you are currently on legacy mode then you will have to reinstall Windows if you switch to UEFI which means losing all the data on your C: drive. The problem you may have is that if you have the 3D 120hz display and it's set to Legacy then you have no way of getting into the BIOS without a working GPU. Hopefully it's set to UEFI already and you can get into the BIOS to disable the other option. If you have the 60hz display then this isn't an issue as the system will boot with the integrated graphics.  If you have everything working and the 970M is detected in the Device Manager then you will have to modify an Nvidia driver to run the latest drivers. There is a chance that Windows Update will find and install and older driver as Nvidia added support for the 900M series in these laptops for a short period some time ago.  If the Device Manager only shows the 970M as a Basis Microsoft Display Adapter then you'll definitely need to mod a driver. There are a few guides out there on how to do it and I can help as well.  EDIT: There is also an Aetina made 970M which will not work at all with the 120hz display so if you have this card and the 120hz display then you have no chance of getting it to run. They aren't as common as other manufacturers though so fingers crossed you have another one. 
hello everyone!So i need some help regarding GPU replacement. So my brother bought an Alienware 17 R1 back in 2014 (i will attach an image of the specs to this post) and now i currently own it. What happened was his GPU GTX880m went bust and he couldn't use the laptop because you can only see the black screen when you turn it on; according to the dell service center they said the issue was with GPU and it had to be replaced.I've taken the laptop and i want to use replace the GPU. i bought a GTX 970m 6gb card from AliExpress recently (i will attach an image of new GPU to this post). There is no clear guide out there on what i should do once i replace the GPU. Ok so this is the video ill be using to replace the GPU. Is this good enough? [URL] After installing the graphics card, what should i do next so i can make the graphics card work properly on my laptop? Ive read in several places that i need use the UEFI mode and do something there but i feel slightly clueless. I've never done anything like this before so i am not sure what to do. Sorry for ignorance.Anyways let me know how i should proceed. Help is much appreciated :).
17 R1, GPU GTX 970m replacement help required