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    AW 17r4 not booting

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by aldaris565, Apr 13, 2018.

  1. aldaris565

    aldaris565 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys, i just closed my laptop in order to eat... then after that i wanted to play some games and now i have this:



    According to dell's site it means CPU FAILURE... This is what i've tried:

    - Disconnecting the Battery.
    - CMOS reset
    - Disconnecting CMOS Battery

    But nothing seems to work... always getting the same blinks...

    Do i still can save my $2k+ laptop or it just died??

    I've never OC'ed it Temps were fine and i had the latest bios.

    Thanks in advance!
     
    aldaris565, Apr 13, 2018
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  2. judal57

    judal57 Notebook Deity

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    i cant hear any kind of beeps :S
    1
    System Board, covers BIOS corruption or ROM error
    2
    (*)No Memory / RAM detected
    3
    System Board Chipset Failure
    4
    Memory failure
    5
    CMOS battery failure (Click here to fix it)
    6
    Video card / chip failure
    7
    CPU failure
    8
    LCD failure

    do you have to hear 7 beeps to say that.
    do you have to make a better video without the noise in the background
    i suggest you to try to remove 1 ram and try to boot with only 1 and switch the slot ( with both )
    also do you make some kind of repaste ? used liquid metal ?
    have you tried to restore the BIOS ?
     
    judal57, Apr 18, 2018
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