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    M17xR2 Power up problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by brlowe, Aug 14, 2011.

  1. brlowe

    brlowe Notebook Geek

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    I tried to search but did not find anything about this.
    About 50% of the time when I turn on my computer I get the following.
    I hit the power button and first thing thaty happens is the fan kicks on then the button light and keyboard lights. The the fan stops and nothing more happens. Wait a minute then press the button again and nothing. So I hold the button and the lights go out but the fan comes back on and stays on.
    Then if I press the power button again the whole cycle starts over. The only way out is to pull the power and battery and start over.

    When it works I normally press the button and everything lights up the fan goes and I hear the heads in the opitcal drive move, then the fan slows down and it boots fine.

    I always do a full shutdown and do not use sleep mode.

    Any ideas what could be going on?

    Brandon
     
    brlowe, Aug 14, 2011
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  2. superman3486

    superman3486 Notebook Consultant

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    are you using the latest bios A10? it fixes power brick issues, also listing your system specs might help give more insight of the issue, all so do a power drain might fix that issue.
     
    superman3486, Aug 15, 2011
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