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    Alienware Area-51 m17x-R1 power problems

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by Naterade, Jun 17, 2012.

  1. Naterade

    Naterade Newbie

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    Hello! On my recent adventure of replacing the old worn out fans in my m17x-R1 I have run into a problem. I have discovered that the laptop will not power on unless the bios battery is removed for a few seconds then replaced. After that it powers on fine until I shut down and try to power on the system again. Unless the above steps are preformed each time I am unable to power the system on. Also replaced the bios battery for S&Gs still same problem Any ideas as how to fix this?
     
    Naterade, Jun 17, 2012
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  2. makatec

    makatec Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have exactly same issue..have u original PSU? I have HP.

    also it works fine when powering on with that button under CPU.
     
    makatec, Jun 28, 2012
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