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    OSD issue

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by gintor, Feb 7, 2011.

  1. gintor

    gintor Notebook Evangelist

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    Well the time has come and i decided i needed to do a reinstall of my OS.

    All went well untill i tried out my touch buttons on the top right.

    I have reinstalled before and know you must always install the latest OSD and Command centre drivers to avoid killing your lighting effects. The problem i have is that although the eject button works, volume, wireless, CMD centre and Stealth do not. Also i no longer recieve the On Screen Display, for power and such. I have reformatted 3 times now and the last time i installed i followed this driver install guide http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...r2-full-detailed-description.html#post6978195
    but still i face the same issue. Any one got any ideas. Before you say it no i cant call Dell as my warranty has expired

    To add:- they were working fine this morning and up untill i formatted. All buttons are lit up, just seem to do nothing
     
    gintor, Feb 7, 2011
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  2. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    If you took your laptop appart might want to double check the ribbon(between the touchstrip and mobo). I had this issue before and removing the CMOS batt and pressing the power button(with no charger and battery) fixed it for me.
     
    katalin_2003, Feb 7, 2011
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  3. BatBoy

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    I dont believe its the cables as one button works.

    try this?

    power down the system.
    remove battery pack.
    remove ac power cord.
    depress and hold power button for a 20 count.
    attach battery + ac power cord.
    power up system.

    if still an issue, time to open back up again and check cables.
     
    BatBoy, Feb 7, 2011
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  4. gintor

    gintor Notebook Evangelist

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    I'll try that now BatBoy. It is deff not a cable issue as all i did was an OS reinstall, i did not open the machine up and it worked fine right up untill the OS reinstall
     
    gintor, Feb 7, 2011
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  5. katalin_2003

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    the eject button used to work for me too along with the backlightning.
     
    katalin_2003, Feb 7, 2011
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  6. gintor

    gintor Notebook Evangelist

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    Have just restarted after taking yoru advice, all is now working perfectly!!!

    +Rep added and if i could i would have kept on adding.....Cheers BatBoy, cant tell you how relieved i am
     
    gintor, Feb 7, 2011
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  7. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    This is what i said lol
     
    katalin_2003, Feb 7, 2011
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  8. gintor

    gintor Notebook Evangelist

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    Katalin,

    You are right sorry for not reading all my own thread. + Rep added to you too m8
     
    gintor, Feb 7, 2011
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    yep, we posted so close together... lol. +1
     
    BatBoy, Feb 7, 2011
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  10. katalin_2003

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    No biggie glad you're up and running ;)
     
    katalin_2003, Feb 7, 2011
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