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    M17x R2 display problems

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by stargazer211, Apr 7, 2013.

  1. stargazer211

    stargazer211 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys, hate to be a bother but my computer has been acting up lately and I use it to do cad work and its been pissing me off. Let me know if you can help.

    The computer would like have mini pixels on screen and it would result in a crash and lead to the blue screen memory dump blah blah blah. It would self restart.

    But sometimes when it self restarts nothing happens. It just hangs and it's black screen. But the alien fx touch panels are still on.

    I thought it might be a fan problem so I dled a fan controller software but it still happens.

    Sometimes I'd have to wait a good while for my lappy to make it past the black hang screen where it doesn't do anything.

    Please help.
     

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    stargazer211 Notebook Consultant

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    And now I have tried to start it again and again for at least 5 times in the past 10 minutes.
    It just starts up the fan, fan quiets down. Alien fx is full on. But black display. And nothing else. No disc check sound. Nothing.

    I guess even if you guys did come up with a solution i would have to get it booted up first and get it past windows.
     
  3. MUERTE 75

    MUERTE 75 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi!

    Try starting external monitor,if working windows your LCD panel dead :(
     
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    unphoto Notebook Evangelist

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    Lcd, cable to mobo, gpu.
    Good Luck
     
  5. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Try an external screen if it does not happen there then you will probably have to swap the screen.