The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    can you use a second m18x as HDMI-in to work around the 8 beeps problem? (980m)

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by anarky321, Apr 28, 2017.

  1. anarky321

    anarky321 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    65
    Messages:
    1,190
    Likes Received:
    49
    Trophy Points:
    66
    just thought of this because i don't have anything else with an HDMI-in...no cable either..has anyone tried this?
     
    anarky321, Apr 28, 2017
    #1
  2. Alienware-K_Castro

    Alienware-K_Castro Company Representative

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    41
    Likes Received:
    15
    Trophy Points:
    16
    The HDMI-in also works as out, if we are talking about the Alienware 18 R1, but the 8 beeps indicates an issue with the system's LCD itself.
     
    Alienware-K_Castro, Apr 28, 2017
    #2
  3. GodlikeRU

    GodlikeRU Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    165
    Messages:
    1,254
    Likes Received:
    562
    Trophy Points:
    131
    It's EVGA Precision X killing problem or dead gpu?
     
    GodlikeRU, Apr 29, 2017
    #3
  4. anarky321

    anarky321 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    65
    Messages:
    1,190
    Likes Received:
    49
    Trophy Points:
    66
    i actually ended up getting the cracked BIOS to work finally so the 8 beep problem will no longer be an issue
     
    anarky321, Apr 30, 2017
    #4