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    Laptop won't power up

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by fcpolifan, Oct 3, 2015.

  1. fcpolifan

    fcpolifan Newbie

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    Hey! I've had my laptop for four years now and next to no major problems in this period.

    I am away for a couple of weeks and last night I left the laptop in sleep mode, i.e. did not perform a shutdown. It was not connected to the charger, so the battery ran out and I actually woke up to hear the laptop turn on/hibernate - or at least that's what I presume happened, I didn't see it.

    This morning it won't start up any more. The charger LED is working, but the alienhead power button LED is not showing signs of life. There's not much I can do here in terms of service, as I will leave to another place soon.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!
     
    fcpolifan, Oct 3, 2015
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    fcpolifan Newbie

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    Ok, lol, after some more plugging and unplugging it came back to life. So all seems fine now, crisis averted.
     
    fcpolifan, Oct 3, 2015
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Awesome! I'm glad everything is back to normal.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Oct 15, 2015
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    kosti Notebook Virtuoso

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    This happened a couple of time on my M15X. I needed to remove the power plug and battery to bring it back to life. Not sure why this happens.
     
    kosti, Nov 18, 2015
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