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    AW R1 Ram slot 4 beeps ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by XGIII, Jan 2, 2017.

  1. XGIII

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    Hi! Happy new year to you!

    I've a problem with my Alienware 17. Today when I started the laptop there were 4 beeps and no post, just black screen.
    I've done some search and it seems to be a problem with the ram slot. So I tried all the 4 ram slot and it was just working with only one slot.
    Do you know how I can do to make the other 3 ram slots working again? Yesterday there was no problem. Maybe there is a trick to make them working again?
     
    XGIII, Jan 2, 2017
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    So it seems that I've another dead mobo. This is the 2nd I bought, I have now 3 dead motherboard.
    The 1st can't start, no beep, no light.
    The 2nd do 7 beeps.
    Now the 3rd do 4 beeps.

    I've tried the clear cmos and the trick to wake dead motherboard (pull out ram, push 30 sec without AC or battery, start the AW17, let it 2 beeps and before it reboot insert a ram). But its not working with my motherboards.
     
    XGIII, Jan 3, 2017
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