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January 14th, 2013 12:00
Alienware aurora black screen no lights start up
I have only started the computer for the first time on Friday, I had a lot of trouble with this machine because of one problem, the screen is black and all that is running is the fans, nothing else, the monitor won't get a signal, items like the keyboard doesn't have it's light on, even the lights on the desktop which is suppose to be lit up is absent. I fix this problem sometimes but it always bothered me again. One time all I had to do is change the bios and choose for it to boot in UEFI, or whatever it is, start it that way, get an error, start in legacy boot, which was already set that way before changing to UEFI and it starts fine. Next time I actually had to pull the cord because it got that problem and it suddenly fixed it magically while it was on start it up and do the bios thing again. Ugh, my brother paid 3000$ and I don't want his hard earn cash go to waste due to some loophole in the warranty. I want some actual fixes that fixes it, nothing else. I don't want a temporary fix that masks the problem. Anyways, at startup the fans are running but no lights, no picture, no nothing, it seems all that is running are the fans. Any help would be appreciated.
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Chuck White
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September 2nd, 2013 19:00
Hi Everyone,
I am also have a situation where the lights don't come on and the bios never appears. The Aurora R4 just tries to launch, the fans spin up, then it restarts itself. It stays in this loop of no bios and restarting. I then have to shut it off by holding down the on/off button. When I press the other little button beside the power cable at the back of the computer, all of the lights and everything seem to come on whlie I'm holding it down, but it still never boots even as far as the bios. It all started when I went into the bios and restored to factory defaults. It's been near dead ever since.
I just switched to this Alienware after having had problem free Macs for over a decade and this is not a smooth re-entry into the PC world to say the least! Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!
firestorm9989
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August 3rd, 2014 07:00
my anlenware aurora r4 after you press the power button starts to mess with the vents but no signs of life more (sorry for my bad english) what could I do??
Cass-Ole
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August 3rd, 2014 16:00
try the trouble-shooting help article:
Link is taken from here, good luck: