Alienware M17X R3 5 Beeps of Death

[Mauricio G. B.]

Hello interwebs, Listen a Friend bought a "dead" Alienware M17X R3 for 100$ Core i7 2620QM 16gb DDR3 (4x4) 128gb ssd 500gb hdd, GTX 460M 1.5gb , that the seller stated that it was dead as it didnt want to power on and all it did was Beep 5 times, well, he bought it and send it to me, after googling a while i found out that those beeps were related to  a dead CMOS Battery wich was changed and the laptop booted no problem

5 months after, my Friend bought a GTX 770m (wich is indeed supported and sold as an upgrade kit on official stores like Eurocom) but right before the card arrived the laptop began with thoose 5 beeps again, we tried the new card and its the same did ALL the mandatory trouble shooting ETC, even tried brand new CR20 batteries, but still the computer does those 5 Beeps, OR, just Boots into the bios with no image at all not even to an external monitor (and it does with both gpus and igpu) so.. we also tried a different cpu ram hdds etc, any insight?

[VinZie]

Check to be sure the CMOS is correctly seated.

[Mauricio G. B.]

1 hour ago, VinZie said:

Check to be sure the CMOS is correctly seated.

it is when it doesnt do the beeping, it leads to a no image screen, but computer boots, can press keys and switch video modes etc, but doesnt seem to go to windows, it only seems to enter bios

[VinZie]

1 minute ago, Mauricio G. B. said:

it is when it doesnt do the beeping, it leads to a no image screen, but computer boots, can press keys and switch video modes etc, but doesnt seem to go to windows, it only seems to enter bios

Can you attempt to connect a different boot drive?

[Mauricio G. B.]

59 minutes ago, VinZie said:

Can you attempt to connect a different boot drive?

no, i dont have any extra hdds today, cant erease friends data, but, that wont help much, it doesnt even give an image on the screen, only backlight, and when connected to an external monitor a signal is sent, but no image is displayed

 

[VinZie]

3 minutes ago, Mauricio G. B. said:

no, i dont have any extra hdds today, cant erease friends data, but, that wont help much, it doesnt even give an image on the screen, only backlight, and when connected to an external monitor a signal is sent, but no image is displayed

 

Can you see an image when entering bios?

[Mauricio G. B.]

58 minutes ago, VinZie said:

Can you see an image when entering bios?

Again, no image is displayed on any screen ,i know its the bios, becase theres not sounds and some function keys dont work, but basic commands do, such as ctrl alt delete to reboot, lock keys light up their indicators, and output keys do change the ouputs

 

[VinZie]

4 minutes ago, Mauricio G. B. said:

Again, no image is displayed on any screen ,i know its the bios, becase theres not sounds and some function keys dont work, but basic commands do, such as ctrl alt delete to reboot, lock keys light up their indicators, and output keys do change the ouputs

 

Try disconnecting ALL USB Devices.

[Mauricio G. B.]

1 hour ago, VinZie said:

Try disconnecting ALL USB Devices.

its a laptop it has NO usb devices attached to it other than the ports themselves

[genexis_x]

@sicily428 can help?

[Mauricio G. B.]

[sicily428]

 

20 hours ago, Mauricio G. B. said:

5 months after, my Friend bought a GTX 770m (wich is indeed supported and sold as an upgrade kit on official stores like Eurocom) but right before the card arrived the laptop began with thoose 5 beeps again, we tried the new card and its the same did ALL the mandatory trouble shooting ETC, even tried brand new CR20 batteries, but still the computer does those 5 Beeps, OR, just Boots into the bios with no image at all not even to an external monitor (and it does with both gpus and igpu) so.. we also tried a different cpu ram hdds etc, any insight?

stock bios? stock v-bios?

[Mauricio G. B.]

1 hour ago, sicily428 said:

 

stock bios? stock v-bios?

yes, its on the latests bios downloaded from the Alienware WEbsite A12 a believe it is, everyting is stock,

[sicily428]

Just now, Mauricio G. B. said:

yes, its on the latests bios downloaded from the Alienware WEbsite A12 a believe it is, everyting is stock,

so eurocom did not send you a new v-bios with the card?

[Mauricio G. B.]

59 minutes ago, sicily428 said:

so eurocom did not send you a new v-bios with the card?

the card was purchased used from Ebay, i just said its also sold from official upgrade retailers such as Eurocom, so we know the card is compatible, could you care to explain, it is my first time upgrading an MXM form factor card, and i thought i was just like a regular pc

[sicily428]

Just now, Mauricio G. B. said:

the card was purchased used from Ebay, i just said its also sold from official upgrade retailers such as Eurocom, so we know the card is compatible, could you care to explain, it is my first time upgrading an MXM form factor card, and i thought i was just like a regular pc

sometimes a card needs a custom v-bios for working correctly and sometimes also an unlocked bios

 

do you have the old card? could you test the system with that old card?

[Mauricio G. B.]

58 minutes ago, sicily428 said:

 

 

do you have the old card? could you test the system with that old card?

Yes, im following the steps on the video as we speak!, the old graphics was probably badly installed  and it gave me 8 beeps as in no gpu detected, Bios is indeed A12 and EC version 1.12 just like in the video

[Mauricio G. B.]

Well following the Bios, he does have a different one altho Both say its the A12, is that what you're reffering to v-bios or the unlocked one?

1 hour ago, sicily428 said:

sometimes a card needs a custom v-bios for working correctly and sometimes also an unlocked bios

 

 

[sicily428]

v-bios is located on your gpu pcb

 

ok, check these threads

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/m17x-r3-gtx-770m-solved.771000/

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/m17x-r3-8-beeps-again-after-attempted-770m-install.799884/

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/gfx-is-it-possible-to-upgrade-my-m17x-r3-from-a-nvidia-660m-to-a-770m.809308/

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/770m-in-an-r3.742269/#post-9523067

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/upgrading-to-nvidia-gtx-770m-on-alienware-m17x-r3.732251/page-3#post-9384163

 

or this AW section on NBR. there are many AW users there

http://forum.notebookreview.com/forums/alienware-17-and-m17x.1079/

[Mauricio G. B.]

59 minutes ago, sicily428 said:

v-bios is located on your gpu pcb

 

ok, check these threads

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/m17x-r3-gtx-770m-solved.771000/

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/m17x-r3-8-beeps-again-after-attempted-770m-install.799884/

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/gfx-is-it-possible-to-upgrade-my-m17x-r3-from-a-nvidia-660m-to-a-770m.809308/

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/770m-in-an-r3.742269/#post-9523067

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/upgrading-to-nvidia-gtx-770m-on-alienware-m17x-r3.732251/page-3#post-9384163

 

or this AW section on NBR. there are many AW users there

http://forum.notebookreview.com/forums/alienware-17-and-m17x.1079/

isee, would that be mandatory for the card install, because, i assume the card needs to be installed and working in order to apply that, as i dont own any PCI-E to MXM adapters (nor can buy one atm)

[sicily428]

Just now, Mauricio G. B. said:

isee, would that be mandatory for the card install, because, i assume the card needs to be installed and working in order to apply that, as i dont own any PCI-E to MXM adapters (nor can buy one atm)

for v-bios you could also use a programmer

 

[Mauricio G. B.]

59 minutes ago, sicily428 said:

for v-bios you could also use a programmer

 

well basically all of those options are totally out of the Question, what im asking is that vBios you suggest is mandatory in order to use the Gpu on this machine?

[Mauricio G. B.]

Well, Bios is updated to the "unlocked" one but now card is not recognized as it "beeps" 8 times as in no gpu at all... ,ill need to ask someone to lend me another laptop with MXM to test the card boy sure i hate laptops even more now

[Mauricio G. B.]

So i got a Qosmio X70A with a MXM GTX 770m 3gb, tried the card on the alienware, still no image, still 8 beeps, but now keyboards commands wouldnt work at all, needless to say the ebay 770m dint work either on the Qosmio, im at a loss here, would a GTX 680m Work with no problems on the alienware?, this MXM bullshit is driving me nuts

[Mauricio G. B.]

Well, i just got the Alienware Working Again with its Original GTX 460M, couldnt get the 770m to post at all,