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    7 Beeps of Death

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by 82280zx, Apr 24, 2016.

  1. 82280zx

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    My laptop was working great up untill I seen a new bios released, I was gonna give the new A11 unlocked bios a test so I went into my Bios (was using A12 official) and turned off UEFI then I saved and restarted. Thats when the 7 beeps of death started. I have tried removing my 980m and booting without it, with no luck. I have also tried to do the blind flash to go back to A03 but my esata drive isn't reading the thumb drive (this has worked in the past). Why would a simple change in my bios brick my system? I've tried resetting the bios to, I've pulled the battery, power, and the cmos battery, held the power button for 30+ seconds then reconnected them and still get the same results =/. Did my board just commit suicide?
     
    82280zx, Apr 24, 2016
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  2. Tulius

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    Just turn on the notebook without both 980m gpus(if SLI) should be enough to it works again. You cant enter legacy mode with 980m before flash it dude.
     
    Tulius, Apr 24, 2016
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  3. 82280zx

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    Yea I tried that, I think I found what happened =/ possible motherboard damage by the cpu area, from when I was taking it apart.
     
    82280zx, Apr 24, 2016
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  4. Rengsey R. H. Jr.

    Rengsey R. H. Jr. I Never Slept

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    After the BIOS reset , did it give you 5 beeps when turning it on again?
     
    Rengsey R. H. Jr., Apr 24, 2016
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  5. Mobius 1

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    What do you mean motherboard damage? Can you provide us picture that can somehow indicate the motherboard damage?
     
    Mobius 1, Apr 24, 2016
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    there is typically no return from the 7 beeps.
     
    Raidriar, Apr 25, 2016
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  7. Mr. Fox

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    Mr. Fox, Apr 26, 2016
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