deadsmiley Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 I have an M17x R4 which I had previously an M4000M and 120Hz display and it worked really well. The laptop has been idle for about 2 years, so I was going to reinstall Win10 and give it to my son so he would have something to game on when out of town on business trips. Well, I got 5 beeps when tried to start it up. Honestly, I don't recall all of what I have done, but I know I replaced the CMOS battery and... I am starting to get the feeling that my BOIS is not configured for the dedicated GPU anymore. I have tried cards that are known to work and I still get 5 beeps. I even tried a GT 240M from an eBay M15x I got a few years ago. Still no love. I have considered trying the M15x display to see if I can get into the BIOS. An external monitor has not helped so far. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. PowerSpec 1520: i7-8750H, RTX 2070 (115w), 32GB, 500GB WD Black NVME, 2TB Crucial MX500 SATA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldarxt Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 1 hour ago, deadsmiley said: I have an M17x R4 which I had previously an M4000M and 120Hz display and it worked really well. The laptop has been idle for about 2 years, so I was going to reinstall Win10 and give it to my son so he would have something to game on when out of town on business trips. Well, I got 5 beeps when tried to start it up. Honestly, I don't recall all of what I have done, but I know I replaced the CMOS battery and... I am starting to get the feeling that my BOIS is not configured for the dedicated GPU anymore. I have tried cards that are known to work and I still get 5 beeps. I even tried a GT 240M from an eBay M15x I got a few years ago. Still no love. I have considered trying the M15x display to see if I can get into the BIOS. An external monitor has not helped so far. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. 5 beeps is cmos battery fail. Did you recently replace the cmos or was that 2 years ago? Leave it plugged in for a while it might recharge Alienware M18x R2 i7-3920xm-16GB DDR3-Quadro P4000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM 16GB DDR3-1866 Quadro P4000 Precision m6700 i7-3840QM - 16.0GB DDR3 - GTX 970M Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM 32GB DDR3-1600 GTX 680M 120hz 3D Precision m4700 i7-3610QM-8.00GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz-K2000M GOBOXX SLM G2721-i7-10875H RTX 3000-32GB ddr4(Gave to my Wife) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxware79 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Usually with a CMOS error you can do a hard shutdown while it's beeping and restart and it will boot fine. Of course it will throw up the error when you go to use it again later though. The error shouldn't have anything to do with the GPU you are using. It should only mean that the CMOS battery is dead Alienware M18x R2 - i7-3920XM - GTX 970M - 16GB 1866Mhz DDR3L - Samsung 970 Evo with MXM to NVMe Adapter - Custom Delft Blue Alienware M18x R2 - i7-3840QM - GTX 680M - 16GB 1600Mhz - Custom Yellow Alienware M17x R3 - i7-2760QM - GTX 580M - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware M17x R2 - i7-720MQ - GTX 460M - 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 - 1920x1200 RGBLED Alienware X51 - i7-3770 - NO GPU - 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...
deadsmiley Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 10:23 AM, aldarxt said: 5 beeps is cmos battery fail. Did you recently replace the cmos or was that 2 years ago? Leave it plugged in for a while it might recharge Sorry for the delay. I know you all are trying to help! It has been sitting for a while, so I got the five beeps. PowerSpec 1520: i7-8750H, RTX 2070 (115w), 32GB, 500GB WD Black NVME, 2TB Crucial MX500 SATA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadsmiley Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 On 4/10/2022 at 4:59 PM, Maxware79 said: Usually with a CMOS error you can do a hard shutdown while it's beeping and restart and it will boot fine. Of course it will throw up the error when you go to use it again later though. The error shouldn't have anything to do with the GPU you are using. It should only mean that the CMOS battery is dead Well, crap, now I am getting 8 beeps. I know that can mean a dead GPU, but I got that too when I had my BIOS setup wrong with a 980M. sigh... PowerSpec 1520: i7-8750H, RTX 2070 (115w), 32GB, 500GB WD Black NVME, 2TB Crucial MX500 SATA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reciever Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 More often than not it tends to lean towards incorrect BIOS settings for that configuration. I believe 6xx and up should be able to boot PEG+eDP, or a headless DP/HDMI adapter might fool the system into booting but I would confirm that before making any purchases. Telegram / TS3 / Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadsmiley Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 On 4/22/2022 at 1:15 AM, Reciever said: More often than not it tends to lean towards incorrect BIOS settings for that configuration. I believe 6xx and up should be able to boot PEG+eDP, or a headless DP/HDMI adapter might fool the system into booting but I would confirm that before making any purchases. So, pull the display cable from the motherboard and connect and external display? PowerSpec 1520: i7-8750H, RTX 2070 (115w), 32GB, 500GB WD Black NVME, 2TB Crucial MX500 SATA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxware79 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 21 hours ago, deadsmiley said: So, pull the display cable from the motherboard and connect and external display? Unfortunately you can't do that. If the system doesn't detect the internal display then you'll get the 8 beep error. If you have the 120hz display then the 8 beep error is usually the GPU since it runs the display but it could still be an issue with the display or display cable. If you have the 60hz display then the 8 beep error is more than likely the display or the cable. Like receiver said, it could also be a BIOS setting. I've tried an M3000M in a 17 with the 120hz panel and also got 8 beeps. Sometimes the display cable can come out of the back of the LCD panel just from moving the laptop. It may even look like it's plugged in properly when it isn't. Other than trying another GPU, I would check this connection. You can remove the LCD lid without removing the whole assembly so it can be easy to check. Open the LCD as much as you can and you will see two screws partially hidden in the hinge area. Remove these screws and you can slide the lid off. Close the lid and push down slightly and slide it towards the Alien head side of the lid. Once it's off you can see the display cable connection. Be very careful and DO NOT pull up on the cable, it slides down and out. It's usually protected with tape and plastic so just pull this away and remove the cable and then slide it back in. Put the tape back and test. Alienware M18x R2 - i7-3920XM - GTX 970M - 16GB 1866Mhz DDR3L - Samsung 970 Evo with MXM to NVMe Adapter - Custom Delft Blue Alienware M18x R2 - i7-3840QM - GTX 680M - 16GB 1600Mhz - Custom Yellow Alienware M17x R3 - i7-2760QM - GTX 580M - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware M17x R2 - i7-720MQ - GTX 460M - 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 - 1920x1200 RGBLED Alienware X51 - i7-3770 - NO GPU - 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...
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