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    error m17xr3 beep

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by cutibest, Dec 19, 2011.

  1. cutibest

    cutibest Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, sorry my english. I will try to explain my problem.

    Yesterday I come home and try to put on my alien. When it starts I hear 2 beeps before the option to press F2 to bios and later when windows is starting I hear many beeps and the alien dont continue starting windows. If I press ctrl+alt+supr it restart and all is Ok, but if I put off and start, allways beeps.

    I take out battery, restore bios defaults, and the same.

    The alien appears to work perfectly, I play , I try the intel and amd graphics card, all is OK.

    Anyone knows what is the problem before call Dell?

    many thanks
     
    cutibest, Dec 19, 2011
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  2. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    It could be a cmos error or an issue with ram.

    If you've already played with the cmos battery, try reseating the ram and see if that does anything
     
    SlickDude80, Dec 19, 2011
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  3. cutibest

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    i dont know. Now works perfectly and I didnt touch anything. Its not normal. I Will keep testing
     
    cutibest, Dec 19, 2011
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