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September 13th, 2012 08:00
Help with power cycling!
I have an Alienware Area – 51 ALX that is cycling power, but wont boot to bios.
I plug it in an turn it on, the fans turn on, the fins go through the normal start up cycle, but then they cut off, and it goes in a 6 second loop (3 seconds on, 3 seconds off) there obviously is power getting to the motherboard and the power supply tested fine. Here is what I have tried so far.
- Replaced RAM
- Replaced HDD
- Reset CMOS
- Unplugged all non essential items (DVD, Front panel USB's, etc)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
*** EDIT *** I tried draining the power by unplugging it and holding the power button for 10 seconds and it booted up without a problem, thanks to anyone who was thinking about responding!
***RE-EDIT*** It was working for 5 minutes and it shut off and started cycling power again... HELP!


VegaSpydr
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September 13th, 2012 09:00
Okay, I got it into BIOS, but when I try to load up it says "Missing Operating Sys." Could this be from resetting the BIOS?
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September 13th, 2012 11:00