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    Power problem : lights and fans come on for a second then the lights stay on and the fans shut off

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Clarent, Jan 18, 2020.

  1. Clarent

    Clarent Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does that means i have ic power problem or? If it because ic power i could fix it
    I really need this laptop for my thesis
     
    Clarent, Jan 18, 2020
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    Maxware79 Alienware died in 2014

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    Sounds like a hardware problem. Firstly I would try one stick of memory at a time but it really could be a number of things. I think these old machines used the lights as a diagnostic code instead of the beep code system. Do you get a pattern of lights on the keyboard panel?
    It's been years since I had an M15x so I can't really remember the layout.
     
    Maxware79, Jan 20, 2020
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    What is the indicator if the vga is broke?
     
    Clarent, Jan 21, 2020
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    blazeghost Notebook Consultant

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    I was thinking it could be a memory problem as well. I just had a very similar thing happen with my PC. It turned out to be faulty memory.
     
    MatsueMaiku, Jan 22, 2020
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