Jdpurvis
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- Philadelphia, PA
So I created a whole disk backup. I ran the system check and uninstalled a couple of minor incompatible programs. I disabled my antivirus and ran setup from my desktop. It seemed to complete - multiple reboots, including "preparing" etc. I even saw Win 8 colors a couple of times. Then, it appeared to be doing last reboot. It shut down and then hung at the end of POST, at "press F2 for setup". Only setup won't run. I tried multiple times. I removed bios battery - no joy. I tried going back to one 8 gb stick of ram and also tried two 2 gb sticks. It shows alien face and "Press F2 for setup" and "Press F12 for Boot Menu". I get one beep after pressing setup, but no setup. F12 does nothing.
I have never seen anything like this. I cannot get to bios or boot menu, so I cannot restore. It seems incredible that an OS install could do this.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.laptop has been very fast and reliable, but is well out of warranty. I have posted on Alienware forum as well.
Joe
I have never seen anything like this. I cannot get to bios or boot menu, so I cannot restore. It seems incredible that an OS install could do this.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.laptop has been very fast and reliable, but is well out of warranty. I have posted on Alienware forum as well.
Joe
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Was running win 7 ultimate 64 bit
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Alienware m15x
- CPU
- 940x
- Memory
- 16 gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia gt260m
- Sound Card
- Internal
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Internal
- Screen Resolution
- 900x1699
- Hard Drives
- Crucial m4, 512 gb
- PSU
- Stock
- Case
- Stock
- Cooling
- Stock
- Keyboard
- Stock
- Internet Speed
- Fios