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    First time poster , M17R2 AC ADAPTER FREEZE HELP PLEASE

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Hurp_Mc_Durp, Jun 17, 2011.

  1. Hurp_Mc_Durp

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    Hi , Somewhat happy owner of a great laptop

    Ive owned this M17R2 for about 1/2 year and its been pretty decent. H :eek: WEVER. Im having problems. The current issue is that

    >>> If I unplug the ac adapter from the back while in normal windows then re insert the ac plug into the back the laptop will completely freeze after about 2 secs forcing me to hard power down :confused: <<<

    Specs-
    i7 1.73ghz ( bios A10 )
    8gb ddr3
    Dual 5870s (ccc 11.6 )
    A Fresh new install of Win7 Home edition not tampered with at all.

    Now I have tried a few things.
    -If I'm in safe mode this problem does not occur.
    -I have updated all the drivers.
    -I have tried to disable the AlienFusion
    -I have disabled the Alienware OSD
    -I have set the hard drives in raid 1 then 0 which currently is back in 0 form


    I'm at a loss :confused: This is the most buggy 2k laptop I've ever owned. And the only.

    MAKE ME LOVE THIS AGAIN PLEASE :eek:
     
    Hurp_Mc_Durp, Jun 17, 2011
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    I guess this isn't going to be a simple fix from the lack of replies?
     
    Hurp_Mc_Durp, Jun 17, 2011
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    5870 VBIOS

    Do you have the new VBIOS flashed to your graphics cards? I'm pretty sure that's what eliminated your issues. If you already have it installed, then I don't know what to say.
     
    TurbodTalon, Jun 18, 2011
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    Well , we have a curve ball it appears. I tried to install the vbios you mentioned. It gives me a little pop up window with the following 3 lines of text.

    " This VBIOS update is intended only for the following video card: "
    " ATI mobility Radeon HD 5870 "
    "The update cannot be preformed on this system. "

    Now I know I have dual 5870s In the photo it shows the specs. Now technically it never does say 5870 rather 5800 series ? So?
     
    Hurp_Mc_Durp, Jun 18, 2011
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    Most likely going to need to do a manual flash to both cards there should be a write up on here just search it.
     
    GallardosEggrollshop, Jun 18, 2011
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    I had this problem on my XPS1730 and it was the video driver
     
    Geoffxx, Jun 18, 2011
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    Manual VBIOS Flash

    It kind of sucks, and is scary if you've never done it. It will fix your problems though.
     
    TurbodTalon, Jun 18, 2011
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    Alright Ive gotten about 90% of the Manual bios flashed. Im pretty confident so I gave it a try. I get to the dos screen and type my command "atiflash -p 0 dellb0.rom" then I get "exiting due to signal SIGILL invalid opcode" followed by about 20 lines of error codes. Would it be step 3 in the red text from the tutorial? I dont know if I have the 8.763 drivers or something higher ?

    SO CLOSE guys I can feel this being a better laptop already.
     
    Hurp_Mc_Durp, Jun 18, 2011
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    UPDATE <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    I changed the atiflash verison to a previous one. IT kinda worked. Now when I type my command it waits a second then says
    "ADAPTER NOT FOUND"
    "PRESS 1 TO CONTINUE"

    hmm
     
    Hurp_Mc_Durp, Jun 18, 2011
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    OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG x 1986298346 = OMG!

    I GOT IT WORKING !

    I got the bios installed.

    I tested the power cord issue and it DID NOT FREEZE :D :D :D :D

    IT LIKE I JUST GAVE BIRTH. Im only 20 and am starting inter networking technology in college within the month I feel like im already a pro. So proud.
     
    Hurp_Mc_Durp, Jun 18, 2011
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