Recent content by carterjohnes4691

the model is alienware 13 r1

So i finally had time to open it up. I checked the cmos voltage it was 3v. Reapplied paste. And still have the same problem. Also i cant boot the laptop up anymore by discharging the battery it just simply turns off when battery gets low. I havent been able to boot at all now.

Also ive checked with hw monitor the batterys voltage and its a pretty constant 16.3v. But even if the battery was faulty the laptop still doesnt boot with the battery disconnected and on ac power only.

So just an update. Its still not fixed but sometimes while im discharging the battery after maybe 10 minutes the laptop will boot and start working. This is before the battery is fully discharged. I have tested with an external monitor nothing shows up even when i press the screen switch button...

Ye i did that when it was on i flashed the bios and the laptop had to restart and then i got the black screen again

I booted the laptop again by draining the battery. So the only way to turn it on is by draining the battery. When i drain it the screen turns on and says battery critically low press f1 to continue and then i can connect the charger and boot up. So now im logged in what should i do to the...

So i thought i fixed it but after the first shutdown i have the same problem when starting it up again. This time i tried reseting the cmos but it stil wont boot.

So i fixed it. Turns out i was right and the laptop was stuck in sleep/hibernate. What i did was switch the laptop on and let the battery drain. When i turned it back on the screen turned on and it booted normally. Thank you to those who replied.

The thing is when its on and i press the power button it shuts down immediately that means it doesnt even go into normal shutdown so i dont think the screen is the problem but i can try an external monitor. About the gpu i only cleaned out the fans and replaced thermal paste about a month ago...

No warranty left.same behaviour with charger or battery. And i get error beeps when i remove all ram

Hi I have an alienware 13. When i turn it on the fan and hdd run but the screen or any of the lights dont switch on. I have tried doing the discharge by removing battery and holding power for 2 min but it doesnt work. I have also tried resseting ram but still does not work.if i press the power...