Alienware X51 - USB Ports

Eddyyz · January 5, 2016

Hey guys,

Sorry its a long post, but it does reduce potential questions

A few months ago I won an X51 at a local LAN/Competition - Didn't buy, don't judge

Anyways, been using the PC mostly for downloading and streaming every now and then on my living room tv. Everything on the PC ran smoothly, I added a solid state to the X51 and installed my OS onto it. Used it for a month or two after that with no problems at all. I decided yesterday to move the PC to my bedroom as I can just use it for the same reasons there. I set it up pretty much exactly the same, except this time I plugged in a USB hub (externally powered) so that I can get my wireless mouse and keyboard better connectivity so this was the only difference between it being downstairs and in my room.

And then I powered it on...

I turned the PC on and walked away, to pack an HDMI cable away. I came back 5 seconds later and the screen was artifacting so I thought I might have not plugged the monitor in correctly. Turned everything off and made sure all the connections were in correctly. Turned it back on and that fixed it. Then I started to smell a burning smell, coming out of the X51. I turned it off immediately not wanting to cause a fire etc. I then turned it on 5 minutes later as I was not 100% sure if it was the PC or not. The PC seems to work, but an error pops up saying "error: no usb kb input device. Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility." Having tried a wireless and wired keyboard/mouse both do not pickup, and I know they all do work.

My thoughts are I killed my USB ports but I have no idea. I can confirm that the burning smell was coming out of the X51.

If anyone knows what I should do please let me know!

Cheers.