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    Alienware 17 R3 not booting into bios, beeping 4 times

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by aevus, Apr 5, 2016.

  1. aevus

    aevus Newbie

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    HI there,

    After messing with over clocking the skylake cpu, I proceeded to modify the memory "cloak"? From the factory setting of 8 to 10 as the video I was watching recommended it. It's my fault really.

    Now it won't even start or boot into bios and it beeps 4 times. After looking through Google for a while I learned 4 beeps means a memory problem. I really do think nothing is defective and it was just the setting I messed with that started it all. I could be wrong of course. This laptop is only a month old so I hope not.

    Help please! Is there anyway to boot into bios so I can revert the changes?

    Thanks for reading!
     
    aevus, Apr 5, 2016
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  2. skunk1

    skunk1 Notebook Consultant

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    just power down, remove backplate, remove battery connection, reseat the ram sticks, connect it all back up ...... it should fire up!! ;)

    cant see how you could of fried them.... if it has killed the RAM ring them up and just tell em it stopped working with 4 beeps... let them deal with it lol.
     
    skunk1, Apr 5, 2016
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  3. aevus

    aevus Newbie

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    Thanks for the fast response.

    I've already done the whOle unhooking the battery but where are the ram sticks and do I reseat them? I'll Google it too. Thanks again I hope this works.
     
    aevus, Apr 5, 2016
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    aevus Newbie

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    Actually, I figured it out. It didn't do anything as it still beeps.

    I don't know what to do, I really doubt the ram sticks are done for...

    I guess I'll have to take it to dell
     
    aevus, Apr 5, 2016
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  5. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Send us an email to [email protected], we'll help out with the service.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Apr 8, 2016
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    Have you tried removing the CMOS battery? You'll want to comprehensive manual to guide to reaching it.
     
    Game7a1, Apr 8, 2016
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