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    Alienware 17 r5 lighting issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Japears, Apr 16, 2014.

  1. Japears

    Japears Notebook Enthusiast

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    Received an alienware 17 from ebay, added my own ssd and did a fresh install of windows 8.
    The led lights were on, but showing a static blue.
    After installing the latest alienfx software the lights are now off and I get a load of errors and a blank alienfx panel in the software, where do I go from here?
    At the minute I'm doing a fresh install again, hoping this might help?
     
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    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    Do you have the .net framework installed?
    Also, where did you download command center from?
     
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    Japears Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes I did, and direct from the dell support
     
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    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    was it the last thing you installed after all the drivers and stuff ffrom the driver support page.

    Command center is always the last program to install.
     
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    Japears Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, still haven't found a solution, I've disconnected the battery and held the power button down in attempt to reset it to no avail
     
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    Japears Notebook Enthusiast

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    And to add to the issues, after updating the wireless drivers, my wifi isn't detecting any networks
     
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    Got the lights back! Unfortunately now the wifi is dead
     
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    Managed to get it sorted, had to uninstall the Broadcom software and it started working again. I still have a other device in device manager with a ! Anyone know what this might be?
     
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    Could you link us a screen shot of device manager?
     
    Hackintoshihope, Apr 17, 2014
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