M11x R1 Black Screen No Post - Lit Keyboard

Hello All,

This evening I was posed with this problem from my 2+ yr old M11x.

Turned on the device, Black Screen... Lit Keyboard, No Post.. Then after about 7 tries,it finally gave me a post and log in, where I got all of a sudden 4 beeps hang.

That at least gave me a clue to check my memory, and sure has heck, one was not fully seated. I re-seated the memory and all is well again.

I just wanted to post that if you are getting a Black Screen, No Post - Lit keyboard scenario, and happened not to be lucky like I was to get a clue from a random lucky post with a beep error - Check the seating of your memory, a semi-seated memory issue can cause this problem. I seen some posts out there in the inter-webs, with no solution, so hopefully this will provide some use to M11x owners out there.

Rob

 

Thanks for sharing your solution Rob! Here's the list of beep codes for further reference

Alienware Beep Codes Table

 

I had the same problem happening a couple of weeks ago. Same thing, checked RAM, and after that the problem was sorted. The laptop had a small drop from about half a foot, not too serious, but enough to make me pull my hair out in frustration for an hour.

 

Hey Binro, thanks for sharing +1rep
4 beeps is related to Memory failure. Re-seating Ram should be the 1st step to try.