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    Alienware M17X R2, Lights up But not BOOT, Video Inside

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Trulyfatal, Jul 15, 2014.

  1. Trulyfatal

    Trulyfatal Notebook Consultant

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    When i bootup my R2 it gives me all lights but no screen or any movement inside example CDROM etc..
    anyone know what the problem could be ? :(





     
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  2. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Hello Trulyfatal.

    Have you disassembled it lately? If so, reseat the monitor cable.
    Can you blindly try to log on?
    Do you have an external VGA monitor to see if you get any output?
     
    katalin_2003, Jul 15, 2014
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  3. Trulyfatal

    Trulyfatal Notebook Consultant

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    hey,

    yes i did and nothing helps, only the lights turn on nothing else..
     
    Trulyfatal, Jul 15, 2014
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    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Remove the battery, then remove the CMOS battery, and then drain the power from the laptop completely. Try to restart it afterwards.
     
    J.Dre, Jul 15, 2014
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  5. TR2N

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    Retrace back to your reassembly and disconnect/connect all cables securely.

    Good luck.
     
    TR2N, Jul 15, 2014
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  6. Trulyfatal

    Trulyfatal Notebook Consultant

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    ive tried every possible thing, it just doest work i really don't know what to do..
     
    Trulyfatal, Jul 16, 2014
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  7. TR2N

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    Well, can you describe what you disassembled?

    Everything seems to boot normal no boot screen though.
    Two things check video card GPU and check cmos/bios battery.
     
    TR2N, Jul 16, 2014
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    Boot up with one stick of Ram im thinking its ram
     
    jimbo4510, Jul 16, 2014
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  9. Trulyfatal

    Trulyfatal Notebook Consultant

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    fact is that i didnt used my R2 for one year because i had parts broken, "keyboard" and hinch cover (power button) now after one year i ordered the parts that i needed to get it going again... its seems the laptop does not work itself, only the lights

    because it doesn't even take the CDROM as you can see in the video..

    motherboard fail maybe ?
     
    Trulyfatal, Jul 16, 2014
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  10. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Something may have gotten damaged from ESD, see if you can run the motherboard with just the CPU, one stick of ram, an external output monitor and GPU with the motherboard out of the case.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 16, 2014
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  11. Alienware-L_Porras

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    It does seem like a motherboard failure. Trying it with the minimum components should help as suggested by Meaker.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jul 17, 2014
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