Alienware 17 R1 New Motherboard 7 Beeps

Hello guys its me again, so after trying everything I got new motherboard pre-tested but i am getting 7 beeps. I checked the processor was getting hot as it should so what could be the problem with my system
Processor??
When i press the powerbutton again once the pc shuts down

 

7 beeps is the CPU or components on the motherboard relating to the CPU. If you’ve just had your board replaced then it’s probably the CPU.


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Can you recommend the supported upgrades for cpu

 

Any haswell CPU will work in the Ranger.

Thus far Crystal well has not been successful

 

I’ve never seen a 7 beeps issue that turned out to be the CPU, always has been motherboard in my experience

 

My 17X R4 has 7 beeps and I don’t have a spare cpu to test. It like @Raidriar mentioned, it might be a mobo problem

 

I have had a 17 with a 7 beep issue. It was a faulty 4900. There is hope!


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The motherboard is fine it was tested in shop i bought from

 

Can you suggest models

 

The 4900MQ or 4910MQ are great CPU's and can be overclocked a little. If you want a fully unlocked CPU grab a 4930MX.

I'm not saying that it isn't another faulty motherboard though so you may just want to get a cheaper 4700 to test

 

I guess you are right thanks

 

Cpu and gpu both are heating up doesn't that still mean cpu could be faulty

 

Not really. It could still be getting power to it causing it to heat up even if the board is faulty.

 

So i figured cpu wasn't properly seated so i fixed it but i was getting 4 beeps so i tried unplugging all rams now i have no displsy no beep pc reboots after 2 3 mins

 

So i managed to get boot but i am having sometimes blue sometimes random lines appearing on the screen keyboard works fine 5 mins later i get random lines and then the keyboard stops working and processor fan goes to it highest speed

 

If the CPU wasn't seated properly and was clamped down in place then there is a decent chance that it's been damaged. I would remove the CPU and check the pins carefully. Up to you though

 

The pins are fine I am getting black line

 

And only 1,ram is working it doesn't work with 2 rams

 

Pins are fine after the window logo i can't see anything on screen black

 

Wow now i have 8 beeps

 

It probably needs an NVRAM reset but I'm not sure how to do that on the 18. If you can find the CMOS battery you can try removing it for a few minutes

 

I have 17 r1

 

Oh yeah. Sorry, got confused with something else. You need to remove the motherboard to pull the CMOS battery in the 17, stupid design. You can access it through the bottom panel but you have to cut some of the plastic away.

 

8 beeps is an LCD error. Check that the connector is seated properly. Do you have the 3D display? If you do then it's also possible that you have an issue with the GPU as it runs the display

 

It was working just find i just changed my boot to UEFI Then restart and this happened i unplugged the external gpu still same error

 

Was it on Legacy and then you switched to UEFI? You can’t usually do this without formatting your drive and reinstalling windows. I haven’t tried on the 17 though.


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But this should be related to lcd display i can't even see alienware boot logo

 

Do you have the 3D Display?

 

What is 3d display. I just hace normal display

 

The 17 was released with the standard 60Hz Matte display and also the 3D 120Hz Glossy display. The 60Hz display uses Optimus to switch between the Intel and Nvidia graphics. The 3D display MUST use the dedicated Nvidia card so if there is an issue with the GPU then there will be no display and you will get an 8 beep code. It will not revert to the Intel graphics in the event of a dedicated card failure.

 

I have 60hz one the keyboard light works on pressing numlock and caps lock i don't know what happend

 

Bro sorry to bother you but my laptop shutsdown 2 3 mins after in windows
It works just fine in windows installation which is around 10 mins. Everything seems fine in diagnostics of alienware.it works fine in safe mode

 

got a question. If the laptop is still charging the battery , is the mobo dead with the 7 beep ?

I have a m17x R4

 

it could be that some part of motherboard is not detecting cpu due to some failures for me it was cpu which was not properly seated so once i fixed it. it works flawlessy.