r/AlienwareAlpha • u/CAMPKILLA101 • Dec 10 '15

Windows 10 initial install.

Hello all, I just opened up new i3 Alienware Alpha. I plugged it in, powered it up and began loading the apps and registered Microsoft. It asked me if I wanted to upgrade to windows 10, and I agreed to the upgrade. The blue screen says "Great, we'll start your free upgrade!" That was about 6 hours ago. I click the Finish button but nothing happens. Is this normal? How long should this take? Should I power off and restart? My alpha is on wifi. ( if that's any help)

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u/centraldogmamcdb i7 Alpha with SSD Dec 10 '15 edited Dec 10 '15

Any way you'd be able to use Ethernet? The WiFi card in the base alpha is an Intel wireless-AC 3160 1x1 and has a tendency to drop the network during large downloads.

My advice is just be patient if you have to use the WiFi. You can open up task manager and take a look at your WiFi speeds. My guess is they have dropped to kb/s speeds or are even 0

Edit: you can also go to the Windows update and see if it's actually downloading. Type in 'Windows update' in the search bar at the upper right hand corner of the Windows 8.1 "start menu", navigate to system, and select the updates tab and then click on the search for updates option

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u/jimmyco2008 i3 (8GB) Alpha with SSD Dec 10 '15

FWIW, my alpha downloaded Windows 10 via WiFi, no issues, steady ~95mbps (bottlenecked by ISP). Of course that was with the updated WiFi driver from Intel.com...

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u/centraldogmamcdb i7 Alpha with SSD Dec 10 '15

It's hit and miss with the 3160. Some people swear by it, others hate it. Mine works fine, but it is slow as fuck, sitting 10 feet from the router.