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Dissatisfied with my M14x

I am new to Alienware, but so far, I hate this laptop. I can never use it to stream simple movies and T.V. shows using Netflix, the speakers make a crackling sound, and this is my second M14x I have...

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Alienware M17X R3 Faulty Motherboard help

Hello,Recently, my computer has been telling my "Plugged in, not charging" at all battery percentage levels. Last week I spoke with the out of warranty department, and they very quickly told me it was...

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Bought AlienRespawn but..

I recently maybe last year ago it seems when I bought the Premium version of Alienrespawn. After a few months I had to do a system restore.I didnt suspected much after but now I planned to use it to...

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Alienware 17 Frozen

I was setting up my brand new Alienware 17 when it froze up.  I was eventually able to get to the boot diagnostic tool and it said Error Code 0142 (Hard Drive Failure).  I contacted customer service...

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Alienware M17x R4 Graphics are gone...

I bought my M17x R4 laptop 2 years ago, my graphics card is just hit the hay today.. The graphics card is AMD Radeon HD 7980M.  I have tried everything I could possibly think of including reinstalling...

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Dell Checkup Analyzing Hard Drive Problem

I was on my PC when a popup came up saying that a chekup needed to run to check that my PC is running ok, i started the test and it has said the followingTargeted read test - FAILEDSMART Short Self...

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X51, 2 years old, severely lagging randomly

I have bought my X51 almost 2 years ago and it was working fine until recently it has been lagging severely. Most times it is not straight away. It will take about an hour before it starts lagging and...

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X51 Sound Issue

I have X51 desktop. I have owned it for about an a year and half. I am running-Windows 8.1 (BIOS A14)-i5 3.1 GHZ-NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660-NVIDIA High Definition Audio, Intel Display Audio, Realtek High...

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Alienware 14 - Intermittent touchpad - Right USB port not working

My touchpad is intermittent and will only work at seemingly random times. If it does not work on boot it will not work. It seems to work more reliably after it's warmed up. I've tried removing drivers...

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Help with Dual monitors on Alienware aurora R-4

Hello ive been struggling trying to get my dual monitors set up on my aurora r-4. I currently have two dell monitors that connects with a vga While my aurora r-4 has two dvi connections on it. ive been...

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Does my Alienware Aurora ALX support UEFI?

Alright, so 4 people from Dell tell me this computer should support UEFI, yet I don't have the option for it in my BIOS.1 person from Dell told me it does not support UEFI.So I am still unsure of who...

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The processor 2 in group 0 is being limited by system firmware??

i hv new dell 3537 i3 4th gen and OS Win8.1 Bios ver A07 This laptop restarted sometimes and I checked event viewer; Event viewer says" The processor 2 in group 0 is being limited by system firmware....

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Alienware Aurora R4 goes from BIOS to blinking cursor

My brother turns on his Alienware Aurora R4, running Windows 7 (64-bit) and BIOS version A06,  and the BIOS splash screen comes up as usual, the loading bar gets approximately 25% of the way full, then...

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Need help installing RAM into Aurora R4 please help.

Hello I have purchased some 8GB 1600 MHz RAM (PC3 - 12800), in my Aurora R4 already I have 8192MB (4x2GB) 2133 MHz DDR3 Quad Channel memory, but when I take the side off my computer where I think you...

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Aurora-R4, Intermittent Connection Problems

I'm having intermittent connection problems with my Alienware R4 running 64 bit Win 8.1 Update. When I click on a link (using Firefox), a new tab opens in my browser and I frequently get "Problem...

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Alienware 17 Malfunctioning?

Hello, I recently purchased my Alienware 17 in January and I've had problems with literally nothing up untill recently, for some reason it seems like whatever component my computer uses to connect to...

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Area51 ALX upgrade questions

Hello all you smart, tech-savvy people...I've been thinking about upgrading my Area 51 ALX, purchased in 2007 (if I remember correctly).  It has an AMD 6800 eries graphics card (which shows up twice in...

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Alienware 14 lightshow how?

So i purchased a alienware 14 and i want to do the lightshow but i dunno how to? can someone tell me how to do it from the start, what to do please! Thank you! 

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Light notification not working

Hi. I programmed my Alienware to flash green when I receive new email, to flash blue when I receive a new facebook message and to flash red when my alienware wants to watch with me. Everything worked...

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Power button problem

I think my power button broke. For the past few days I needed to press it multiple times for it to turn on. Now it wont turn on. Is there a service center in the Philippines where I can get this...

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