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    AW18 Fries USB Devices

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by mooliecool, Apr 23, 2017.

  1. mooliecool

    mooliecool Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys. If you own an AW18 be careful leaving mass storage devices plugged in. I'm not sure if its only me or not but it ended up frying my external HDD and a USB. I might buy a new motherboard soon because of this issue.
     
    mooliecool, Apr 23, 2017
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  2. Rimas

    Rimas Notebook Geek

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    Never had a USB device fried in the 4 years I've had the AW18. Must be a cheap enclosure - they can fail easily. Try another enclosure.
     
    Rimas, Oct 15, 2017
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