Horsecock Jun 24, 2017 @ 7:58pm
I require assistance with my Alienware Alpha gaming pc
Some time back when the alienware alpha was released the walmart close to me had a small section with an amazing display of alienware alpha computers. I decided I needed a new computer anyways and decided to use all the money I had and I bought an alienware alpha with an i3 core processor. It was the cheapest one they had but it ran games beautifully. My old computer could barely run any game at lowest settings but the alienware allowed me to run most of the games on my computer at maximum settings. A few weeks ago there was a bad storm and my alienware alpha was going through an update while I was away at a festival. When I got home the power was out. The power had cut out while my alienware was updating and this lead to what I believe was a corrupted os but I'm not 100% certain. It got to a screen that said "diagnosing your pc" and then I couldn't do anything. I tried all of the options I found online and I decided to just reinstall windows. This meant I was going to lose all personal data and that was sad for me because I have many pictures and 3D models I have made that will now be deleted. However I waited a while to do this. It's been weeks since the issue began and now it has gotten worse. I really should have reinstalled windows 10 as soon as it happened. My friend came over to my house some time ago and asked why my alienware alpha was unplugged. I explained to him what had happened and he is the type of person who believes he is correct and knows how to solve all problems he is faced with. Well, while I was in another room he took apart the alienware alpha. I came in and he said he couldn't see any problems with the hardware. I asked what he did exactly and he said he took out the motherboard and everything. I checked to make sure everything was plugged in properly and all screws were in tightly and I plugged up the computer to see if it even functioned after what he did. It does not. The alienware had a power button that glows and now it lights up yellow when I turn it on and nothing appears on the screen. Not diagnosing your pc and no alienware logo. I might as well not even have it plugged up to the monitor. It doesn't make any beeping sounds and the mouse that is plugged in stays lit up (I have a glowing mouse and keyboard) but the keyboard glows for a second or two and then goes off. I have unplugged the pc and waited and then plugged it back in but it doesn't work. I have no money for another computer or enough money to get it repaired. Right now I am stuck using my old computer. Is there any way I could fix the issue or does anyone have any idea what the issue actually is? I looked online about similar issues from the alienware alpha and this sounded exactly like a "no post" issue
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King_BR0K Jun 24, 2017 @ 8:05pm 
Take it to a best buy or similar place, they can probably professionally diagnose the problem and fix it.
Kaihekoa Jun 24, 2017 @ 8:08pm 
No one's going to read your wallotext, write more succinctly.
Horsecock Jun 24, 2017 @ 8:44pm 
Okay so I just plugged in my alienware alpha again and the power button is blinking the yellow light three times
zombie cat Jun 24, 2017 @ 9:33pm 
it could be possible your alienware went through a powersurge and the psu is dead.
Bad 💀 Motha Jun 25, 2017 @ 12:15am 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Ru0EYZpuE

Here ^^^ And then reinstall your Win10, you wont lose your personal data; the previous OS + user data gets pushed to "C:\Windows.old"

Then go to that folder and copy the data you want, out of there and into where it should go.
Then when you are ready to remove the OLD, since it is useless and hogs alot of space, use Disk Cleanup
Last edited by Bad 💀 Motha; Jun 25, 2017 @ 12:16am
Horsecock Jun 25, 2017 @ 1:45am 
Originally posted by Bad_Motha:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Ru0EYZpuE

Here ^^^ And then reinstall your Win10, you wont lose your personal data; the previous OS + user data gets pushed to "C:\Windows.old"

Then go to that folder and copy the data you want, out of there and into where it should go.
Then when you are ready to remove the OLD, since it is useless and hogs alot of space, use Disk Cleanup
Thanks for the response but I already found that video online and tried it and it didn't work. I decided to retry it after I saw the video again but now the yellow light has stopped blinking but stays yellow. There is still nothing on the monitor when I start up the computer. I have also tried using other monitors but it has not worked so far. All my connections are absolutely fine.
Last edited by Horsecock; Jun 25, 2017 @ 1:45am
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Date Posted: Jun 24, 2017 @ 7:58pm
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