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    POST!! i need urgent help Any oof you Guys are good at component level on M17xR2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ParamountComputers, Aug 23, 2012.

  1. ParamountComputers

    ParamountComputers Notebook Enthusiast

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    Link to previous closed thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...oof-you-guys-good-component-level-m17xr2.html

    Hello I read this post but the thread is closed and I wanted to answer it because it seems like a lot of people are giving the same answer, but yet there is no resolve from it. I love the fact a lot of people try to help but it doesn't really help, so I will give a different answer.

    You can repair the bios chips, if you can find the chip on eBay. The bios chip which they will already have been programmed for you. Then simply de-solder the chip and replace it, if someone needs help with this K-tron has my information and he can IM me and ask me to do it for this site.

    But it can be done we do it all the time, we do have a bios programmer as well, but sometimes it is simpler just to buy the chip already programmed from eBay due to cost. Because even with a bios programmer you still need the bios, and the time to pay a tech to reprogram it.

    The other way is to buy a dead board and use it for the parts, and replace the chips. In most cases you can get a dead board for under $40, which most of the time you won't get any Tech worth his salt to even open it for that much.

    I hope this has been helpful.

    Regards,

    Don
     
    ParamountComputers, Aug 23, 2012
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  2. radji

    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    I agree, if you can get your hands on the right BIOS chip, and know what your doing, you can change it out. BUT>>>There seems to be more going on there with that R2 system that just a bad BIOS flash. There should be some sort of indication or activity when the power button is pressed. If he was only flashing the BIOS when there was a power failure, but the system won't even power on after the fact, then it's possible the motherboard got fried whilest trying to switch from AC power to battery power. I've had that happen on a different laptop before.

    ps: Given the system is an R2, it might be easier (and cheaper) to find a reman motherboard.
     
    radji, Aug 23, 2012
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