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    M17-R1 issue*please advise

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by cleverpseudonym, Nov 25, 2009.

  1. cleverpseudonym

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    Im looking into buying this computer, and i want to see if maybe there is some advice as to what the problem maybe.

    can this just be a driver issue? or is this a hardware problem?

    tyty
     
    cleverpseudonym, Nov 25, 2009
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  2. CooLMinE

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    Seems like a hdd-motherboard issue to me. Especially if it happens in safe mode as well (not sure if you can ask him to test that).
     
    CooLMinE, Nov 25, 2009
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  3. nickbarbs

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    Wait. You don't even have the computer yet?
     
    nickbarbs, Nov 25, 2009
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  4. cleverpseudonym

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    right, its a fairly new M17, and its $400. i wanted to go into it heads up to find out what this may be. obv if its a MB issue then i prob dont want to get into it, btu a hdd issue, ever that is nothing obv. just seeing what the issue could be, idk much about Alienware stuff so i wanted to see if this could be a common problem.
     
    cleverpseudonym, Nov 25, 2009
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    You wont be able to know for sure if the seller is not in the mood to do some troubleshooting for you.
     
    CooLMinE, Nov 25, 2009
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    Its not a common problem and unless your buying a "Fixxer upper" i would not waste the money..

    A motherboard if it were that would run you probably $400-600 if you can even find one and then that might not even be the problem... so spending money to get it working could spiral out of control at which point you would have been better off buying a used and working machine...
     
    Quadzilla, Nov 25, 2009
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    -l-Z3K3-l- Notebook Consultant

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    ask can you borrow it and mess with it :)
     
    -l-Z3K3-l-, Nov 25, 2009
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  8. nickbarbs

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    LOL run away mate. He might even know the exact reason why it freezes on it (he spilled gatorade?) and he just wants to offload it. Could be one problem (MB), a combination of problems (MB, Video card,) I wouldn't even look at that.
     
    nickbarbs, Nov 25, 2009
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  9. Quadzilla

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    Someone should have told him pouring Gatorade into the machine does not count as watercooling :p...
     
    Quadzilla, Nov 25, 2009
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  10. Rengsey R. H. Jr.

    Rengsey R. H. Jr. I Never Slept

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    " keep walking, and don'th turna round "....
     
    Rengsey R. H. Jr., Nov 25, 2009
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  11. cleverpseudonym

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    thanks for the advice guys. i wont waste my time then. tyty
     
    cleverpseudonym, Nov 25, 2009
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  12. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    the m17 is vodka proof(at least mine is ...) i guess it'S gatorade proof .... ;p
     
    granyte, Nov 25, 2009
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