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    M17x R1 680M 1 long, 2 short beeps?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Raidriar, Oct 3, 2018.

  1. Raidriar

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    I sold my 680M to somebody on here, fully working. The person installed it, worked fine for a couple days, then “magically” resulted in 8 beeps on boot. Now installed in my M17X R1 primary slot, 1 long 2 short beeps. Installed in the secondary slot there is no problem. Very confused. Thoughts?
     
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    Sounds like someone here failed flashing a vBios.

    go reflash the card with stock dell BIOS and see if it solved the issue.
     
    Danishblunt, Oct 4, 2018
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    Bastard buyers. Seriously makes me go insane that people play dumb when they do stuff they DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
     
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    yeah, he sold it to a guy here on NBR, the buyer ruined the card, then forced a payback via paypal.

    Thats why you should always be very careful about selling stuff. When selling MXM cards, I always make sure they work, record a video and prove that the card was working fine. Had 1 customer who ruined his card, tried to scam me, luckily ebay was on my side and he never got the chance to scam me.

    Later the buyer contacted me and admitted he ruined it and asked me for help. I never replied.
     
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    With the current ridiculous buyer sided policies that's a rarity.

    I've had people 1. Buy working HW from me 2. Sell to another jackoff 3. Force return to me after jackoff #2 bricks said HW
     
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    I did win one PayPal appeal after jackoff #1 used the exact photos from my listing (working HW) to resell to jackoff #2 but did not specific anything I did in my original post about update/bios/nvmem limitations. (not without hours of wasted time)

    I mean let's be honest anyone whom can understand the technology, at the required level, is underpaid. It's a broken system for reliable sellers of HW.

    List everything as broken parts even when it's not just to not deal with the f'in BS. Take a big price hit instead of double shipping and chargeback. Yay
     
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    I sold a Fury X and the guy told me if I were to ship he refuse it, and when it finally arrived to his door, the second he got he opened a refund case through ebay which I shutdown instantly, and then a "item not as described" case through paypal, a week later when he won bc PayPal and I pop it in my test rig, its perfect. I hate selling on ebay, but its really the only way for me to get rid of old hardware unfortunately
     
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