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    M17x startup screen freeze

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by theskippa10, Nov 16, 2009.

  1. theskippa10

    theskippa10 Newbie

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    Today my m17x is frozen at the first startup screen, with the big alienhead. it can power off normally, but restarting it doesnt help at all. what should i do?
     
    theskippa10, Nov 16, 2009
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  2. photoscubaman

    photoscubaman Notebook Guru

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    I have been having same problem, starting it on battery and then the warning beep and pressing f1 continue or f2 setup seems to work better.

    have had over clock failour message so try to reset cpu if you have over clocked it.

    also changing the boot from minimal or quick to other setting helped me.

    computer seems to have returned to normal now but i was worried for a few days.

    if you press esc when the alien head loads it will give you some more details although the press f2 to go to setup still doesnt work.
     
    photoscubaman, Nov 16, 2009
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  3. andytom69

    andytom69 Notebook Geek

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    nvidia performance(ntune) or antivirus :cool:
     
    andytom69, Nov 16, 2009
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