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    M17x R2 Black screening on power up.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by catavatar100, Jul 15, 2011.

  1. catavatar100

    catavatar100 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently had to clean the heatsinks on my M17x R2. After putting everything back together I have a big problem.

    When I press the power button, everything lights up. The media bar, the alienware text under the screen and the keyboard.

    Unfortunately the monitor stays dark, and I have an orange light around the power button. Also, there is 1 long beep followed by 2 short beeps after about 10 seconds or so.

    How screwed am I in this situation? Is it fixable or have I fried something important while I was opening up and reassembling my laptop?

    What I did was unscrew the underside of the laptop, remove the 2 screws holding down the media bar, removed the media bar then the keyboard, removed the GPU, cleaned the heatsink/cooling fan with compressed air then I screwed everything back in and reassembled/replugged everything.

    Halp! :(

    EDIT: After looking up beep codes, looks like a display adapter problem. Does it mean my GPU is fried? ><
     
    catavatar100, Jul 15, 2011
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    catavatar100 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Issue fixed!

    Apparently the first time around I failed to plug the card properly, took everything apart again, replugged the card and everything is working again.
     
    catavatar100, Jul 15, 2011
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    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    Glad you got it worked out man!
     
    Mechanized Menace, Jul 15, 2011
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