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15 R3, wont turn on after bios update
Does not turn on alienware logo is blinking 3 times red 1 time blue Then 3 times red and 1 time blue tried cmos reset tried power drain tried booting with 1 stick of ram nothing helps
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Does not turn on alienware logo is blinking 3 times red 1 time blue Then 3 times red and 1 time blue tried cmos reset tried power drain tried booting with 1 stick of ram nothing helps
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JOcean
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March 18th, 2019 18:00
That light sequence indicates a bad CMOS battery (coin cell). Replace the battery, as the following support page explains.
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/04/alienware-15-laptop/alienware-15-r3-service-manual/procedure?guid=guid-21a7f453-e56e-4ac5-a55e-d4fa930ea335&lang=en-us