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    power button light go out and screen go black

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by h14kly, Jan 17, 2015.

  1. h14kly

    h14kly Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi there hope some one can shed some light on my problem that started 2 months ago, i have not done any software or hardware modifacations so it's not that. whilst i can be doing anything on laptop watching a movie or surfing the web my alien head power button light go out and the whole screen go's black although the keyboad lights stay on it lasts for around 30 secs to a minit then it comes back on and i can continue doing what i was doing as though nothing happened, there are no other symptoms at all any help on this would be gratfully appreciated thank you folks.
     
  2. Azshalasa

    Azshalasa Notebook Consultant

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    Check CPU and GPU temps please!


    i don't know what is, so let's start to eliminate some possible things.