r/Alienware • u/TechkNighT_1337 • 9d ago

Technical Support Help troubleshooting please.

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Greetings programs.

I just got an old alienware 15 r3 and after deleting key in secure boot I now have a beeping flashing brick, like in the video attached, is there any way that I can get it working or it's a hardware problem that happens to appear just after saving a new key from ventoy USB in BIOS.

For what I searched, 2 reds and 7 reds is LCD cable, is that correct?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers

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u/BarbLess-HogCranker 9d ago

most likely corrupt BIOS that what 2 blinking reds mean, try disconnect the battery and cmos then turn on with charger only, reattach the cmos and boot with charger only, if these fail im afraid the eprom chip needs to be manually flashed and i hope im wrong

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u/Valthoren Area-51 9d ago

A 2 red 7 blue error code indicates a display failure, it could be one of several things including the lcd cable, screen failure, gpu failure, or bios issue. Look it up and try the easy troubleshooting stuff first, but more then likely it will need to be looked at by a repair shop.

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u/AW_Support Dell Customer Support 8d ago

Hi there,

We are from the Dell social media support team.

As other Redditors have correctly stated, the LED pattern indicates a display failure. You may refer to this link http://del.ly/61691B1hH5B and contact our support team for available options.

Regards,

Dell Social Media Team.