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    M17xR3 - Power button stays lit when shut down.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Stampy, Sep 30, 2011.

  1. Stampy

    Stampy Notebook Consultant

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    hey guys, the latest update on my laptop... I hope it doesn't mean anything but when I power off the computer and the cable is still plugged in... the power button light stays lit (in green, instead of the blue I picked). Also my power button changes colors now from that blue to green and I NEVER changed the settings for it :S... what can it be?
    (Before that happened, I was playing crysis 2 on my HD tv through HDMI cable)
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    Forgot to mention, when powered on, the icon next to the clock says 100% charged, and is in the same power setting (high performance as always).
    And When I unplug the cable (and the laptop is off ) the light turns off, and when I plug it back in, the light turns on again as well as my laptop cooler..... (which normally is off when laptop is off)
     
    Stampy, Sep 30, 2011
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  2. Dr. J

    Dr. J Notebook Deity

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    Click on the battery icon and review your settings. Can also try taking out battery, unplug and hold down power button for 10 sec to try a reset.
     
    Dr. J, Sep 30, 2011
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    Toledano Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, what does the reset do? I read this earlier somewhere.
     
    Toledano, Oct 1, 2011
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  4. Stampy

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    Yeah did that... the power setting that I changed that seemed to have fixed the issue was for "choose what power button does" when the computer is NOT plugged in... (which it wasn't). I switched from sleep to turn off and it fixed it :S... though the computer was definately not in sleep mode. whatever xD
     
    Stampy, Oct 1, 2011
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