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Tell what is inside the PC, vast options can be installed in any real desktop, vast. NO OS stated, not even a clue, nor if it is IS w10 and v1903 or the newest 1909) You need to post all evidence and end the witch hunt, post screens tell what it does in fine fine details. To lay blame you need proof and you never did that on YOUR PC, forget others, ok? (for NOW)Īll PC made on earth fail to boot, all do and even under 5 years old. Why would you claim it is a manufacture issue?, with zero proof, of that. (less than 2.9v bad, 3.3v new and par good. Why not start at basics, even show what screens look like with photo,Īnd a new RTC coin cell first or use voltmeter and read it. So googling for errors you find them with 7billion folks with computers, and even dells. But if you are able to, be sure to attempt to contact Alienware first, they help me out with out of warranty troubleshooting very well, sometimes local computer shops will break your arm and leg to repair and most of the times they upmarket replacement parts.All PCs on earth fail, not one ever lasts forever, or even 10 years, (rare at 10) Again this is just my opinion of what to do, I am no longer a license engineer as I retired some time ago due to disability.

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Ensure to give them system tag or service code or serial number with the first message and then the description of the problem. If you have known good working parts then I suggest swapping the alpha parts with the spare parts to see if there may be a particular part of failure, if you can not afford the parts, then I would suggest contacting Alienware directly, I usually get a 3 hour turn around time durning the day for a reply. Sometimes foreign dust or objects can interfere with the connections of the parts to the board. But as I suggested with MY OPINON, Unplug the power then start with the basic trouble shooting steps of removing the ram, hard drive, cmos, and processor and fan cable removal then re connect them, we call this reseating the device. So we did the swapping of parts with known good compatible parts as that sometimes does fix the issue. We were fortunate enough to have spare parts, such as extra spare rams sticks, processors, and cmos battery.

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But we did the basic trouble shooting: Full disassemble system and board, and reassembling it, that did not work so he ended up reflowing with a engineering platform with a regulated heat gun at 222 Celsius for a total of 20 seconds on top and bottom of the gpu. In his case it was the integrated GPU that was having issue in the end. My friend online had a similar issue before, I may be mistaken but I think the 5 flashing lights means general hardware error.

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How to boot to a desktop account by default with Hivemind Official Alienware Alpha: Gameplay Videos Unplug the power cable, and hold the power button for a minute to do a full electrical discharge.

Still getting YLOD after changing CMOS battery? Check it's wired the correct way YLOD Temporary Fix : Worth trying as a temporary fix for a YLOD. YLOD (Yellow Light of Death LED boot issue) Selling an Alpha? Please do NOT advertise your Alpha for sale here.

Installing Windows on your Steam Machine: Video How-To & ArsTechnica Guide Want to change the LED lights without HiveMind?

Here is the announcement postĬonfused about the different versions of the alpha? HiveMind/SteamUI is no longer maintained by Dell. An Alienware Alpha community sub: Discussion, advice, news about the Dell Alienware Alpha PC-Console.

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