Alienware laptop m17x r3 eight beeps fix

Alienware laptop m17x r3 eight beeps fix driver#

Subscribe to RSS Feed Mark Topic as New Mark Topic as Read Float this Topic for Current User Bookmark Subscribe Mute Printer Friendly Page cancel. It gave me 8 beeps and not even the backlight came on.This is fixed by holding the fn button and turning it on. The laptop then decides there is a fault with the lcd panel and gives 8 beeps, even though it's not the panel that's faulty, it's the GPU. Laptops: Alienware General - Read Only: MX17 R3 CMOS Reset - 8 beep fix Options. When I turn it back on again, it boots up fine but it alwa. This includes not being able to get a signal through the GPU to the LCD panel. When I shutdown my laptop and try to turn it back on again it beeps 3 times then stops for a second and then beeps another 3 times, this keeps going on until I hold down the power to shut off the laptop. The above is a link to Alienware beep codes, use it as a guide, not a bible as it's not always 100% right.ДЇor example, this table says 8 beeps is a faulty lcd panel, but about 50% of the time 8 beeps can mean faulty GPU, especially on a 3D panel.Дuring preboot test the computer checks a bunch of things, which include the GPU and LCD panel, it sends a signal through the GPU to the LCD panel, if it detects any faults it will beep 8 beeps. Unless you have spares or want to take a punt then maybe getting your local computer shop to test it and tell you what wrong might be a good idea Replaced both HDDs (1 SSD, 1 Mechanical) Swapped power bricks. Only problem is trying to figure out which of the three is faulty, which is next to impossible unless you have spares to test with. The screens and cables you can pickup cheap secondhand these days, same as the motherboards. If it's not then it could be three different things. You have two GPU's on a non 3D LCD screen, a 'removeable' GPU and intel HD graphics.Д®ven if the removable is out, your laptop should still boot with intel HD graphics. Ssd 120GB, Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-3630QM Cpu 2.40ghz, 16GB, Amd Radeon HD 7970M.

Thanks for reading this, and please respond.I take it you DO NOT have a 120Hz 3D screen? This laptop has no warranty, unfortunately, so I'm hoping for a quick and cheap fix, if not, I might just say screw it and get a new one, since alienware seems to have a lot of issues. Some say slide it off from the top, some say pinch the sides, some say basically take the thing apart, I don't know. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic Replies (4) Alienware-Eimy. I wanted to take the screen off, and then disconnect and reconnect some of the cables, but I can't seem to find any consistent way of doing that. alienware laptop m17x-r3 8 beeps at startup when I power on my alienware m17x-r3 2009 model I get 8 beeps and then blank make Microsoft sound but then goes black screen but still on. I detached the bottom case to see where the problem lies: I looked up for an ENTIRE day, together with my girlfriend, ways to solve this issue and. However, I looked at the manual, I looked online, and no one seems to be able to help with this particular brand of laptop. so today I woke up to a huge surprise - my Alienware laptop didn't boot up, leaving me with just a blackscreen and 7 beeps in the first place. I have heard it is an LCD problem, and possibly a loose or pinched cable. Well recently, all of a sudden, possibly from some sort of bump or slight fall I didn't notice, I don't know, the screen now turns white on boot and beeps 8 times, stops, and then repeats. Well I wanted quality, and that's what I thought I was getting. Yes, I realize that I was stupid, that I shouldn't have bought a laptop that I found later was pretty much just a bunch of 'fancy lights'.

Alienware laptop m17x r3 eight beeps fix driver#

I bought an Alienware M17X R3 two years ago. inf files in unpacked nvidia folder and running laptop on that 'no driver signature' mode), was happy as heck.