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    Looking for the M17-R1 Motherboard Part Number

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by Xeonic-Ice, Aug 13, 2011.

  1. Xeonic-Ice

    Xeonic-Ice Newbie

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    Hi All,

    I was curious if anyone knew what the part number is for the M17-R1 (2009 pre dell) motherboard? I cant figure out one of these two are the correct part number for the old M17. I've been having a lot of issues with mine and it's practically unusable at this point. Sometimes it works alright and then it randomly goes into a reboot loop without even posting. Other times the screen goes white and then comes back. The express card slot used to house my X-fi sound card but that slot stopped recognizing the device. So as far as I can tell, the motherboard is bad but I don't know how to take the laptop apart enough to find the part number. If anyone knows which one is correct or even how to access it on my laptop it would be greatly appreciated.


    ALWH-40GAB0440-E100

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    ALWH-40GAB0440-D500
     
    Xeonic-Ice, Aug 13, 2011
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  2. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    from the picture i'd say both are they are probably diferent revision we suspected a long time there were multiple revision for it but it was never proven

    simply post a link and we can tell if it's the right one
     
    granyte, Aug 14, 2011
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