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    Major M17X PROBLEM!!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Darthmaniac, Jan 2, 2010.

  1. Darthmaniac

    Darthmaniac Notebook Consultant

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    :mad: :mad: :mad:

    There is something seriously wrong with my M17x!!!!

    Every time when I start up I am automatically directed to Alienrespawn, and when Alienrepawn is complete the laptop restarts again and the SAME THING HAPPENS.... WHAT IS WRONG, PLEASE HELP ME!!!!

    WHEN YOU JUST START UP AND THE ALIEN HEAD LOGO APPEARS WHERE THE SPECS USED TO SHOW NOW I ONLY HAVE THE OPTION OF ENTERING THE BIOS(F2) OR THE BOOT MENU(F12)............

    IT ALSO SOMETIMES SAYS WINDOWS RECOVERY ERROR

    REGARDS,
    DARTHMAIAC

    HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
     
    Darthmaniac, Jan 2, 2010
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  2. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    do you have the CD in ?

    boot off a Gparted CD and make it not boot the alienrespawn partition
     
    The_Moo™, Jan 2, 2010
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  3. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    It sounds like the boot summary was disabled in the BIOS at some point. But did you recently put a second HDD in your M17X? Are you not running it in RAID? I have the same problem and everytime I start up it goes into windows and doesn't load but I get a real quick blue screen, then it restarts, and I have to select "Start Windows Normally." I don't have the issue if I restart, but only upon start up from a shutdown. I'm living with it for the moment, but if you look at the end of this thread you might see a problem similiar to yours. We still havn't figured out a solution for it yet. What ever my problem is, it's related to the addition of a 2nd HDD. Reformatting, hasn't worked, drivers are up to date ect. Still pondering other approaches, but as of yet I have no ideas on how to correct the error. Sorry
     
    DR650SE, Jan 2, 2010
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  4. AtolSammeek

    AtolSammeek Tokay Gecko

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    Covers ears lol.

    Can you tell us what you did before this issue happen? What was the last program did you use and so on?
     
    AtolSammeek, Jan 2, 2010
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  5. Darthmaniac

    Darthmaniac Notebook Consultant

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    HEY!!!

    I FINALLY GOT I WORKING!!!! I HAD TO REINSTALL WINDOWS AGAIN AND THEN LATER INSTALL ALL THE DRIVERS AND APPLICATIONS FROM THE RESOURCE DVD.

    I'M ON TOUR OF INDIA WITH MY FAMILY AND SURPRISINGLY THE ALIENWARE GUYS HERE SEEM TO KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THE LAPTOP THAN IN USA :confused:

    PS: I HAVE REINSTALLED ALL THE DRIVERS AND APPS ON THE RESOURCE DVD, SHOULD I BE FINE OR DO I HAVE INSTALL ANYTHING MORE?

    ALSO IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET BACK THE ALIENWARE AVATARS AND THEME THAT CAME WITH LAPTOP??

    MINOR PROBLEMS:-

    1)THE TAP TO CLICK FUNCTION ON MY TOUCH PAD IS NOT WORKING. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE CHECKED IT IN THE TOUCHPAD OPTIONS.

    2)THE COMMAND CENTER AND STEALTH MODE TOUCH BUTTONS ARE NOT WORKING ( OTHER ARE ALRIGHT)

    ANY SOLUTIONS FOR THESE???

    REGARDS,
    DARTHMANIAC
     
    Darthmaniac, Jan 2, 2010
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  6. Speedy Gonzalez

    Speedy Gonzalez Xtreme Notebook Speeder!

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    you may reinstall osd :)
     
    Speedy Gonzalez, Jan 2, 2010
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