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    Boot Issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by dogchimp, Feb 3, 2011.

  1. dogchimp

    dogchimp Newbie

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    My m11xr2 is having issues booting, the first boot screen (with the alien head and load bar) is stuck at 1/8th loaded, I cant get to boot options or bios, all I can do is turn it off, turn it back on, and get the same thing. Any ideas? (I am currently ocd at 166, and it has been running stable, this is my first issue)
     
    dogchimp, Feb 3, 2011
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  2. c4sc4

    c4sc4 Notebook Consultant

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    Try turning off the overclock and see if it boots then.
     
    c4sc4, Feb 3, 2011
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    dogchimp Newbie

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    I cant get to the bios to turn off the oc
     
    dogchimp, Feb 3, 2011
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    dogchimp Newbie

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    OK, I got it fixed, the problem was my phone was plugged in, as soon as I removed my phone it booted right up.... WEIRD
     
    dogchimp, Feb 3, 2011
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    argwings Notebook Guru

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    The same thing happens with my M11x R2. I can't have anything USB I've tried plugged in until it finishes booting. Glad to see it's not just me.
     
    argwings, Feb 3, 2011
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    c4sc4 Notebook Consultant

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    Does it happen with anything plugged into the usb or only specific things?
     
    c4sc4, Feb 3, 2011
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    slickie88 Master of Puppets

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    I've had my iPhone, external drives, mice, thumb drives and quite a few other USB devices attached and never had any problems during boot.
     
    slickie88, Feb 3, 2011
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    try changing your boot order or bootable devices. in the bios.

    i nomally set mine to disable everything. as it boots a tad faster and if i do need to boot from anything else i just hit F12 at boot up to go i to the boot menu.
     
    some guy, Feb 4, 2011
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