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Blank screen on m17x r2

Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Kalvin, Jul 3, 2011.

Kalvin Notebook Enthusiast

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First off, I have seen several posts about this. I have the m17x r2 with the latest bios, vbios, and the recomended video drivers frome the dell website. I have the crossfire 5780s cards. I was in sleep mode last night. This morning blank screen of death. Read several posts about this. I have unplugged the battery, unplugged power supply, and held down start button for 20 seconds. Put the battery back in, plugged in the power supply and restart and still blank screen. I can not get into bios, screen is blank. What can I do, plan to call dell on Tuesday.

Kalvin, Jul 3, 2011

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CptXabaras Overclocked, Overvolted, Liquid Cooled

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after the battery removal you forgot to disconect the cell battery that supply the bios. (is under the bottom cover). You need to remove it, then hold down the power button in order to perform a full power drain.

CptXabaras, Jul 3, 2011

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Mine does this every time that I put it to sleep. I also have the latest everything including bios and gpu vbios but it still wont display anything when waking up. Very annoying!

bstapley, Jul 3, 2011

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