Alienware Aurora mAlx 19

Ello everyone, Inrecently bought me this fine beast with a problem . The laptop starts but gives me no screen . Stays black i hear fans running cd player rrunning . I swapped the gpu,s from place so master to slave . No screen . What coud be the problem here ? 2 failed gpu,s memory dead ? Hhd dead ? The guy i bought it from said " one day it work the next no screen"

 

Did you tried plugging external screen? It also can be dead LCD or LVDS.

Im not an expert with old Alienwares but don't slave/master cards have different vBIOSes?

 

I did not try a
New lcd but what is the lvds ? But when lcd is dead i shouf have screen with other monitor right ? So i cant swap gpu from
Place ?

 

That depends on how BIOS is made. You can always try.

LVDS is internal display cable that connects GPU to display inside the laptop. Something like DVI/HDMI but internal.

Im not sure but older SLI laptops had Master/Slave card for a purpose. I think they had different vBIOS on master/slave and thus cannot be swapped but I think even if they got swapped they should at least put something on the display.

 

You should try an external monitor first.

Could also be a bad LCD inverter. Hold a light source to the screen and check for image. If you can see a faint image, then the inverter for the backlight is gone. Should be a cheap and easy replacement.

Could also be a damaged cable like suggested before.

 

MAster / Slave VBIOS should be diff. Try with only the master in. Also try an external monitor.