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Bios problems.

Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Nyarla, Nov 17, 2011.

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I have been having problems with my nvidia card not turning on so went into the BIOS to set it always on. Sadly now it fails to boot at all and just beeps 6 rapid beeps over and over. It refuses to let me back into the BIOS.

Any clues guys?

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What version is the laptop R1 R2 R3? Was the card working before?

tonkatrain, Nov 17, 2011

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R1.
Long story.

Laptop was fine. Out of warranty. Screen broke and was repaired over the hinge issue. Next day wouldn`t boot. After a lot of shouting Dell accepted responsibility and it needed a mb. Fitted for free after more shouting.

Comp has been sluggish and girlfriend decided to reinstall windows and drivers.

One month after new mb just for info.

Driver install fine but no Nvidia card which was there after new mb and before driver install.

I suggest she turns Nvidia card on in Bios and now we have bleeps (6) and nothing else.

Nyarla, Nov 17, 2011

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Fixed thanks to Ajslay Bios thread. Cheers mate.

Nyarla, Nov 18, 2011

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