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    Powerbutton and alienhead wont light up

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Kratzen, Mar 21, 2011.

  1. Kratzen

    Kratzen Notebook Consultant

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    Hey.
    I have an issue with my AlienFx. My powerbutton and the back-side alienhead wont light up. All other zones are working.

    Im not using morphing (just fixed color)
    I tried the power-drain trick

    Is there any way to get it back working?
     
    Kratzen, Mar 21, 2011
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  2. svl7

    svl7 T|I

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    Try en- and disabling the AlienFX with [Fn]+[F11].

    Did you diassemble the system lately? Any software changes/reinstallation of the OS recently?
     
    svl7, Mar 21, 2011
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  3. Kratzen

    Kratzen Notebook Consultant

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    Its been like this for a while, I thing it started when I was using a morphing theme.

    Tried disabling and enabling earlier today, which didnt help.
    Even tried changing color, which didnt fix it either.

    Now I tried again, and it seems that the new color+reset worked :)

    Thanks a lot!
    +rep
     
    Kratzen, Mar 21, 2011
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  4. svl7

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    Glad it worked! AlienFX always was and still is buggy...
     
    svl7, Mar 21, 2011
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