Aurora R9, flashing error

Question

I’ve had my Aurora R9!for almost two years now, and never had any major issues, except for the past couple of windows updates absolutely slowed everything down, so I had to revert them, from there I tried to put off Windows updates as long as possible. One was forced on me today, and then my computer shut off.  I tried turning it back on, hitting the power button and everything sounded normal, it lit up, and then the alien head power button started blinking in a pattern of 3 then 6 on repeat. This means it was a BIOS error I was told.  despite everything lighting up, my keyboard and mouse lighting up to, it can no longer connect to any monitor, using HDMI, VGA, DisplayPort, none connected to the computer for me to access the BIOS menu to try and recover it and fix it.  I tried removing the CMOS battery and putting it back in, no results, completely replaced CMOS as well, still no changes. Can’t use a USB with BIOS to fix it cause that didn’t work either, and still can’t connect to a monitor to try and use anything to fix it. I am at a complete loss here and don’t know what to do.

redxps630 · Answer

Re: One was forced on me today

If you use Windows 10 pro you can edit group policy to permanently stop automatic Windows update.

have you tried to clear CMOs settings by motherboard jumper reset if you have a No POST issue?

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/alienware-aurora-r9-desktop/alienware-aurora-r9-service-manual/clearing-cmos-settings?guid=guid-4a18ef2a-3315-4441-9f77-64b292e14842

There is recent rumor that automatic Windows 10 update on Dell includes bios update, which is certainly risky.

Mythrail · Answer

Jumper reset is the moving of the blue pins to CMOS Reset right? Then moving it back? We’ve tried that four times to no change in results still three blinks then 6 blinks

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