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    M17x R3 AlienFX fried. Yikes!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by widezu69, Oct 17, 2011.

  1. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    So for some reason the red lights in the "ALIENWARE" word under the screen don't want to turn off. So if I choose black, it displays red, if I choose blue, it displays purple. Tried a CMOS reset, bios update, downgrade, blind flash. No go so seems dead. Gonna contact Dell and get this bad-boy fixed. I have not tried opening it up yet.

    Any suggestions in the mean time?
     
    widezu69, Oct 17, 2011
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    ECKS Notebook Prophet

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    Sounds like purely a software issue to me. Cuz his other colors change, right? Try turning off AlienFX altogether and then restarting it?
     
    ECKS, Oct 18, 2011
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Fixed it :) opened up the display assembly and reconnected the LED cable. Works fine now.
     
    widezu69, Oct 19, 2011
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