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    2013 alienware M17R1 8 beeps

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by speed_demon24, Aug 17, 2015.

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    I doubt it's a coincidence but I disabled optimus today, then when playing a game the gpu driver crashed. Tried to reboot now I'm getting 8 beeps. Pulled the cmos battery but apparently that doesn't do anything on this model from what I'm reading. Tried a different video card and no video card and still get 8 beeps.

    I also had it plugged into a monitor with the HDMI cable when this happened.
     
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    Win 10 ?
     
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    Have you removed the battery and fully discharged the power by pressing the power button for 10+ seconds and then restarting?
     
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    Many times. I didn't do that with the cmos battery out since the whole laptop was apart though. Have to take the motherboard out to get to it.
     
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    Take out the cmos battery don't work. Only a new screen or wait to see if other can fix the problem.
     
    Papusan, Aug 18, 2015
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