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April 15th, 2019 13:00

15 R4, off, press key, no boot up?

If the keys on the keyboard are pressed when the laptop is turned off (or even in hibernation), it wont boot up later on, just goes to a black screen.  I end up having to hold down the power button to shut it off, and then it will boot up properly.  Sometimes, when booting up (the 2nd time around), it will go to a blue screen asking me if I want to restore the computer or try rebooting again, although, it hasn't been doing that lately (since the last updates). 

Alienware 15 R4 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8300H CPU @ 2.3GHz, 16 GB, 64-bit OS, x64 based processor, Windows 10 Home, Version 1809, OS build 17763.437

 

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April 15th, 2019 19:00

Hi, 

Are you running the latest Bios version (1.6.5)?

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April 16th, 2019 06:00

Yes.

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April 16th, 2019 17:00

Ok, thanks for confirming that. Try running a PSA/Diagnostic test from the boot menu, you can follow the steps on this article. Let us know if you receive any errors. 

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April 16th, 2019 18:00

It passed all the tests.

 

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April 16th, 2019 21:00

Thank you for confirming this. Send us your Service Tag in a private message, so we can look further into this. 

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April 18th, 2019 08:00

Where do I send the message?

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April 18th, 2019 15:00

Go to the messages icon in the upper right corner and select New Message.

 

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April 18th, 2019 16:00

Oh, okay, but what address do I send a message to?

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April 19th, 2019 16:00

@MarkFleener,

 

PM sent

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May 5th, 2019 05:00

I ended up having to do a Windows 10 factory reset to fix the problem.

 

 

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