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    Random shutdowns

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Srqt, Apr 20, 2011.

  1. Srqt

    Srqt Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I have been experiencing an issue where my computer has been randomly turning itself completely off.

    I have been monitoring system temps and the highest I have seen is a cpu temp of 70 celcius GPU is usually between 55-60.

    AW is sending a tech to replace my Mobo. Does that sound right to you or is there something else I should have the tech look at while he is here.

    M17x r3 btw.
     
    Srqt, Apr 20, 2011
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  2. CarlosGFK

    CarlosGFK Notebook Evangelist

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    Does it just spontaneously shut completely off and then 3 seconds later turn back on? If so, this happens to me as well occasionally, in total probably 4-5 times its occurred since I have received it back on 4/5/11.

    I have no idea why it happens though, many times it will occur while I'm doing nothing but idling on the desktop.
     
    CarlosGFK, Apr 20, 2011
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    eliminat3r Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can say that I have had the same happen to me. I got this laptop in October of last year. Since then it has randomly shut down only three times. The bad part is one happened to be during a presentation at my work (nothing better than a shutdown followed by max fan speed as it starts up again :D).
     
    eliminat3r, Apr 20, 2011
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  4. CarlosGFK

    CarlosGFK Notebook Evangelist

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    What laptop are you talking about? Our posts are in reference to the M17xR3, and AFAIK it was not yet released by October of last year.
     
    CarlosGFK, Apr 20, 2011
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    NothingShocking Notebook Guru

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    I had the exact same thing happen with my Aurora ALX and it ended up being bad memory causing it. I had to figure this out myself since Dell said everything tested fine.
     
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    I am terrible sorry that I even mentioned anything :L. The R3 isn't the only version that suffers from random shutdowns. I was simply sharing the fact that I had similar experiences on a M17x period.
     
    eliminat3r, Apr 20, 2011
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