17 R5, AWCC displaying a FAIL SAFE on every boot

Hi @j011,

Try running an ePSA/Diagnostic test on the system, click here to view a Dell article that explains how to run this test. Let us know if you receive any errors. 

It seems like Windows is not shutting down properly, making the Command Center believe that the PC crashed. If it has not crashed, and you're not using OC settings, you can disregard the message; OR you can also disable the OC completely in the Command Center and this message should not appear anymore.

Finally, you can review the Windows event logs (Event Viewer), to see if something is causing the system to restart or shut down incorrectly.

have the same thing but my R5 just turned off then i got the same message fail safe now overclocking is now tuned of up until this point i had not even open up comand center ..i have uninstalled and reinstalled ..had lots of issues trying  to reinstall the OC as it kept saying it was already installed found a solution was to delete Microsoft visual c+++2017   ..but i still cant use the over clock still says turned off this is a brand new system ..

dell got intouch and suggested i reinstall from scratch from image file   ..no thanks have spent ages reinstalling all my old software so its a problem that dell clearly no about ..my pc shut down today again and same message came back up this is the 3rd time this has now happened ..still no solution  apart from restart from scratch no thanks 

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@sheriffdude wrote:

have the same thing but my R5 just turned off then i got the same message fail safe now overclocking is now tuned of up until this point i had not even open up comand center ..i have uninstalled and reinstalled ..had lots of issues trying  to reinstall the OC as it kept saying it was already installed found a solution was to delete Microsoft visual c+++2017   ..but i still cant use the over clock still says turned off this is a brand new system ..

dell got intouch and suggested i reinstall from scratch from image file   ..no thanks have spent ages reinstalling all my old software so its a problem that dell clearly no about ..my pc shut down today again and same message came back up this is the 3rd time this has now happened ..still no solution  apart from restart from scratch no thanks

FYI it turns out if your computer is not overclocked from the factory you can't over clock the CPU anyway ..and as for the fail safe error this seems to be as I have been told by dell it may be a motherboard problem...I have since been offered I compleat new system or mother board replacement .also note on playing games with battery plugged in was still losing power ..there are options can set battery for less performance or maybe turn the fancy lights of but can't say I have ever had a problem with battery drainage on my last 2 mx17 s ..so watch this space will be doing some testing with some high end games soon .at least if I do a swap I can keep hold of current laptop until lady of swap .personly I have never had a problem with dell they're costomer service is always spot on and find they can and resolve most issues 

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