Recent content by ethanwdp

If waking it from hibernation by pressing the power button doesn't work, try a powerdrain (turn off the laptop, unplug everything, remove the battery, and hold down the power button for 30secs. Put everything back in and turn it back on.). If that doesn't work either, it might be a problem with...

■ I'll try and find a screwdriver and take a look inside. Thanks for helping me find the root of the problem. No good in a 2000$ paperweight lol.

Woah, I just got flashed in the eyes by that haha, didn't know it was a button. Yeah, all 5 turned bright blue and immediaey turned off when I tested it without charger, stays on slightly longer if the charger is connected

There aren't any buttons on the battery? It's not a charger problem either, the battery was fully charged when I turned off the laptop. There are five unlit round lights on the battery, if that helps.

So I did some casual youtube watching, shut down via the Windows 7 menu, packed up my laptop in a safe suitcase and I was in a car for about an hour there and back. When home again I set up my laptop (metal cooling pad, official charger in, headphones and Logitek mouse) and pressed the power...

I have an Alienware M15X with 6GB ram, intel i5, and Nvidia GTX 260M, Windows 7 64bit Home edition I have it set up so that it's on a hard cover book that's the size of the laptop, with a smaller hard cover book on top of that book to tilt it upwards and allow the two bottom fans to disperse...