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    Alienware m17 r2 battery problem and screen

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by deddoman, Mar 7, 2014.

  1. deddoman

    deddoman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello again, previous problem wasnt sloved, but i managed to fix it. I installed windows in another HDD ant my processor started overlocking normal. I didint have time to test it on games, but i think that everything will work normaly. But again i have another problem. First i saw that my alienhead near keyboard is changing color. My main keyboard, sound, alienhead is dark blue, but sometimes alienhead its automatic changing to orange. I checked was it is in control centre and it says that laptop is charging or something like that. But i dont have battery, how my laptop can start charge without battery? Why icon changing without doing nothing at all?

    Another problem is with my screen or maybe video cards. Its happened two times after i turned on my laptop it was like white dots all over the screen. Here some pictures. Any ideas?
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    deddoman, Mar 7, 2014
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    It would help if you can give us the laptop specs..
     
    maxslo, Mar 7, 2014
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  3. deddoman

    deddoman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry i forgot, dell alienware m17 r2
    processor Intel Core i7 720QM @ 1.60GHz
    ram 4gb
    5870m crossfire
    250gb hdd 7200rpm
     
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    Ok, judging from the photos the artifacs appear on the same spot?
    If so i'd first try reseating Video cable...

    Do you experience any artifacts in bios already?
     
    maxslo, Mar 7, 2014
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Does it display externally with the artifacts or not, that will determine screen vs GPUs.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 7, 2014
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    deddoman Notebook Enthusiast

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    No, artifact were changing all over the screen, from one place to another. What do you mean artifacts in bios?
     
    deddoman, Mar 7, 2014
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    deddoman Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think is GPU, because before this laptop i had clevo w860cu and there was same video card but without crossfire. Ati radeon mobility 5870 so i few times i saw same screen like now on alienware.
     
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    Hmm yeah that points to a faulty GPU... try what Tsunade reccoemnded... hook it up to external monitor/tv...
    I'm pretty sure it will be the GPU fault, and since you have crossfire you can just remove the faulty one and run the good one (it would be really bad luck to have both break at the same time :p...

    I think that it's the primary card, because if the slave is bad the laptop doesnt boot (from my experience)
     
    maxslo, Mar 7, 2014
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    deddoman Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's happened only two times, so it isnt the problem. When you have time read my post in my processor problem.
     
    deddoman, Mar 7, 2014
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  10. TR2N

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    Gpu has/is on its way out.
    Test one gpu at a time and fault find.
    This will take some time :thumbsup:
     
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    Well it usually is a sign of a dying GPU, just to give you heads-up...

    When you have time test both cards, as tron suggested.
     
    maxslo, Mar 8, 2014
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