SuperMG3 Posted December 1, 2024 Share Posted December 1, 2024 Hello guys. I was about to sell this laptop and all of the sudden the PC won't work.... It was working very fine a few hours ago today. I just replaced my K3100M to a FirePro M6000 and test it but I got a new issue. Brightness on but nothing. I replaced RAM, cleared CMOS, replacing GPUs, changed CMOS battery. The CPU is working fine otherwise I'll get a 7 beeps error. I even did the eSATA Bios flash technic. It did a lot of beeps for 3 minutes straight then rebooted and... Brightness on again, no bios, no boot options. Please help asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 1, 2024 Author Share Posted December 1, 2024 Yes. I even tried HDMI out on both IGFX and NVIDIA GPU. Nothing. The fact that when I click on F2, the brightness turns off then turns on. I can also adjust the brightness level with FN keys, what is wrong with this laptop?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 2, 2024 Author Share Posted December 2, 2024 I even did a bios flash with CH314A with clean and working BIOS and EC binaries. Still same issue I even ran the D colour debug. It does infact display colours in order... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxware79 Posted December 2, 2024 Share Posted December 2, 2024 Have you tried booting with the HDD/SSD and dedicated GPU removed? 1 Alienware Aurora R15 - i9-13900KF - RTX 4090 - 32GB DDR5 Alienware M18x R2 - i7-3920XM - GTX 970M - 16GB 1866Mhz DDR3L - Samsung 970 Evo with MXM to NVMe Adapter - Custom Delft Blue Alienware X51 - i7-3770 - NO GPU - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware M17x R3 - i7-2760QM - GTX 580M - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Area 51 ALX - i7-975 Extreme - GTX 980 - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Aurora R2 - i7-3770K - GTX 670FTW - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Aurora R4 ALX - i7-3930K - GTX 1060 - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Aurora R4 ALX - i7-3930K - GTX 670FTW - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 2, 2024 Author Share Posted December 2, 2024 Hello and nope. I can't access to the Bios with F2 nor to the mSATA SSD with F12... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 2, 2024 Author Share Posted December 2, 2024 Is the motherboard fried? Is the chip that's controlling switchable graphics dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVHOTEP Posted December 3, 2024 Share Posted December 3, 2024 Sounds a lot like what happened to me. thread HELP an old Ranger new mobo. 1 Amstrad (Schneider) CPC 464 @ 4MHz 64K Alienware 17 R1 | A14 | 4710MQ @ 2.5GHz | 32GB @ 1600MHz??? | 980m | OS Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB | SK hynix SH920 mSATA 256GB | TOSHIBA 1TB 5400 | 1080p @ 120Hz | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 3, 2024 Author Share Posted December 3, 2024 So I need a new motherboard? Because it was working fine until I've seen on the BIOS page that the Nvidia discrete card wasn't detected. So I pull it out and put it back again, still same issue. Then I tried the FirePro M6000 MXM and that's when the PC died. No more boot to bios, nothing. Even reflashing bios didn't work. So you think that a MXM slot/card killed the motherboard? or the whole motherboard couldn't handle the hardware swaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 3, 2024 Author Share Posted December 3, 2024 The laptop didn't have any problems before. No freezes, no lags, no crashes. It was running with the HP RTX 3000 and then with the Quadro K3100M for sale. I think either the motherboard couldn't handle the hardware swap so it died. Or the FirePro MXM shorted the Switchable Graphics module/chip and that's why the IGPU and GPU won't display anything on the screen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 4, 2024 Author Share Posted December 4, 2024 Forgot to mention something, the RGB wasn't working, it doesn't light when starting, not detected on the alienFX software. I think the RGB controller was toasted before. So bad motherboard in conclusion? Dead SG chip and RGB chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 4, 2024 Author Share Posted December 4, 2024 Guys. I did the FN + power button thing. It did lots of tests from the screen displaying colours to some happy beeps sounds?? Still nothing, same results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 4, 2024 Author Share Posted December 4, 2024 It does it for Infinite amount of time... Listen to the audio aac file, what does it mean? 20241204-125047.aac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 4, 2024 Author Share Posted December 4, 2024 I tried the same diagnostic on my working Alienware 18 and it does infact display something like letters and the ePSA menu... So the M17X's mobo is half-working uh but useless since no video on both IGPU and GPU... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVHOTEP Posted December 5, 2024 Share Posted December 5, 2024 Mine did have the aw lights go on, the fans worked but nothing else. so when mobo dies perhaps its normal that some part of it has life Amstrad (Schneider) CPC 464 @ 4MHz 64K Alienware 17 R1 | A14 | 4710MQ @ 2.5GHz | 32GB @ 1600MHz??? | 980m | OS Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB | SK hynix SH920 mSATA 256GB | TOSHIBA 1TB 5400 | 1080p @ 120Hz | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 5, 2024 Author Share Posted December 5, 2024 Hello for mine, the fans, keyboard, diagnostic, charging, brightness work haha. I can trigger the error beeps by removing CPU, CMOS and RAM... So BIOS works I took apart the entire laptop and waiting for a new motherboard, got one at 120 USD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sliderfra Posted December 14, 2024 Share Posted December 14, 2024 looks like PCH failure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 14, 2024 Author Share Posted December 14, 2024 So the chipset? Well I don't have time to do some BGA works (no skills). Just ordered a motherboard for 110€ and I'll see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 16, 2024 Author Share Posted December 16, 2024 Hello! Got the motherboard and it works very well! RGB finally works, status LED too The Quadro K3100M doesn't work anymore:( the die gets hot but it's not detected... I took my GTX 680M from the M18X R2 and put it in there. (GTX 680M SLI sucks anyways, even one GTX 680M is more efficient!) In conclusion, if you have the same issue as me, you have to swap your motherboard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 17, 2024 Author Share Posted December 17, 2024 On 12/14/2024 at 2:09 PM, sliderfra said: looks like PCH failure Hello. What does the PCH have in common with Switchable Graphics display? Is the PCH the chipset that's near the CPU socket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panda_zzz Posted December 17, 2024 Share Posted December 17, 2024 37 minutes ago, SuperMG3 said: Is the PCH the chipset that's near the CPU socket? Spoiler The chipset chip is under this metal part. It can overheat by itself due to drying of thermal pads on it, or due to overheating of the processor cooling system, because it is connected to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 17, 2024 Author Share Posted December 17, 2024 Oh that shield. I transferred it to the new motherboard. My CPU isn't overheating. The thermal pad for the chipset is not dry but had some dust around it. 8 hours ago, panda_zzz said: Reveal hidden contents The chipset chip is under this metal part. It can overheat by itself due to drying of thermal pads on it, or due to overheating of the processor cooling system, because it is connected to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMG3 Posted December 17, 2024 Author Share Posted December 17, 2024 23 hours ago, SuperMG3 said: Hello! Got the motherboard and it works very well! RGB finally works, status LED too The Quadro K3100M doesn't work anymore:( the die gets hot but it's not detected... I took my GTX 680M from the M18X R2 and put it in there. (GTX 680M SLI sucks anyways, even one GTX 680M is more efficient!) In conclusion, if you have the same issue as me, you have to swap your motherboard. If anyone wants this laptop. I'm selling it still! My price is 399€ without shipping fees. I7 3630QM, 12GB RAM, GTX 680M, Refurbished keyboard, refurbished motherboard, 1080p screen with 0 dead pixels, 128GB mSATA with OS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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