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    M17x R3 won't boot with GPU installed!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by imglidinhere, Sep 2, 2015.

  1. imglidinhere

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    Okay, so returning to THIS issue again after about a year. Still got this laptop sitting here, partially working, but as the title says, I've been unable to boot with a GPU installed whether it be Nvidia or AMD with the respective heatsinks. I get a failed CPU beep code, I think it's 7 beeps, and yet when I remove the GPU the PC works fine without fault. I can't even get the machine to POST with a video card installed!

    Anyone have any ideas on what to do here? I REALLY want to get this machine working again. It's a beast of a laptop and has faaar too much potential just to be trashed.

    Please?
     
    imglidinhere, Sep 2, 2015
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  2. nbr2019

    nbr2019 Notebook Consultant

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    Seems like the card is the culprit, are you sure that both cards that you tested with were working ?
     
    nbr2019, Sep 2, 2015
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    Are you going into bios and disabling igpu?
    Seems like an odd issue.
     
    TR2N, Sep 2, 2015
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