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August 16th, 2016 05:00
Alienware Alpha - i7 - Yellow Flashing Light - Recurrence
Hi all,
I'm wondering whether I'm just going to have to send it back but I've been experiencing problems with the Alpha on and off for a while now. Every now and again it just decides not to turn on and instead flashes the light yellow on and off.
Things I have tried:
- Power Drain (where you unplug everything, hold down the power button for a minute etc)
- Unplugging the power supply from the mains as well as the unit and leaving for a day
- Trying a different wall socket
- Reseating the memory and the HDD
- Replacing the memory and HDD
- Checking all internal connections were sound
Various things have fixed sometimes but right now it it is currently unusable after being left unplugged for a couple of days. 5 year old is getting impatient to play on steam!
5 flashing lights this time. Cheers for any help,
Mike
Alienware-Eimy
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August 19th, 2016 12:00
If this keeps on happening you will need to replace the CMOS battery, if you have warranty and if the issue persists, yo can send me a PM with the Service Tag.
Alienware-Eimy
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August 17th, 2016 16:00
Hi,
Unplug everything including the AC Adapter, hold the power button for 60 sec, then take open the system to reach the CMOS battery located under mother board, and unplug battery for 5-10 min, then plug it back in, reassemble and when starting hold f12 to enter BIOS, then save and exit to OS.
Here is a video that will show you how to reset the Cmos battery:
www.youtube.com/watch
Let me know how it goes!
Imaginax
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August 19th, 2016 02:00
Hi and thank you for the reply. I neglected to mention I'd tried this once before after reading these forums and it worked for quite a long time but did eventually come back to the angry yellow face!
It's worked again this time but it's a bit of a chore to do if it's going to become regular. Is there maintenance I can regularly do in the BIOS or similar to reduce the chances of needing to do this again?
Many thanks,
Mike
Imaginax
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August 22nd, 2016 12:00
I'll try swapping out the battery then and drop you a line if that doesn't solve it.
Cheers!
deannpg
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November 18th, 2016 04:00
Hi Imaginax,,
Did swapping out the CMOS battery work?