Recent content by jason.batley

Hi thanks for your reply. I am not sure that it is something overheating as I can leave the laptop on for days at a time and it works fine. Also it won't switch on if left at room temperature even if it has been at that temperature for hours, it seems it will only switch on if it's cold i.e...

I have a very peculiar problem with my Alienware M17x. The screen won't come on or come out of sleep unless the laptop is stone cold. An external screen works fine. I have tried removing the battery and holding down the power button for a minute (someone told me this depletes any residual...

Hi, I have a laptop that if I inadvertently let go to sleep, for instance by it not being plugged in and the battery flattening, then when I try to start it up the screen stays off. No matter what I do I can't get it back on - I have even removed the memory, HDD and the battery and that doesn't...