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.

    m18x hard lock when disconnecting ac adapter

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by anarky321, May 31, 2015.

  1. anarky321

    anarky321 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    65
    Messages:
    1,190
    Likes Received:
    49
    Trophy Points:
    66
    this just started recently any ideas? computer just hard locks have to restart...worked just fine on battery before

    one of my failed gpu's is still inside the computer but disabled...could this be causing it?
     
    anarky321, May 31, 2015
    #1
  2. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,392
    Messages:
    3,147
    Likes Received:
    158
    Trophy Points:
    131
    Yes, it could. I recall this being some kind of issue with GPU clocks doing funny things when switching between the battery and wall adapter that was causing hard locks for me awhile back.

    I was running ATI cards at the time though.
     
    TurbodTalon, Jun 2, 2015
    #2
  3. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

    Reputations:
    1,456
    Messages:
    8,707
    Likes Received:
    3,315
    Trophy Points:
    431
    Do you have unlocked vBIOS? This might be causing this... With the 880M, this always happens..
     
    TomJGX, Jun 2, 2015
    #3
  4. Mr. Fox

    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

    Reputations:
    37,250
    Messages:
    39,344
    Likes Received:
    70,712
    Trophy Points:
    931
    I've never had this happen with 780M. It is probably something to do with the messed up GPU that has not been removed.
     
    Mr. Fox, Jun 4, 2015
    #4