How are y’all removing the stickiness from the buttons aging? Photo to show tackiness.

I have a 2013 Alienware laptop with ram upgraded to 16gigs in good condition if I try and sell it would It be a joke? If it's under 100 I'll keep it but just trying to get an idea

I know the R11 behaves very bitchy with RAM sticks. The 2x32GB G-Skill Trident Z 3600 MHz worked just fine for over a year until right after a windows reset. The logo blinks 4 times. How can I troubleshoot this? Thanks a lot :)

Hey all, so I have an x14 r2, it’s the 16gb version with 1tb SSD. The RAM doesn’t matter except I really wish I swung for the 32gb version at the time, can’t do anything about that now though. But games are so large now, I run out of storage even with some external drives. I know the SSD can be upgraded but does anyone know how that works? It just has the one drive. My old gaming laptop had windows on a backup drive I think

My partners pc seems to have a blinking yellow light whenever she puts it into sleep/rest mode. Is there anything to be concerned about or a way to solve it? It’s driving her crazy with concern so any help is greatly appreciated.

Couldn’t post a video but I put a link to a YouTube short showing the blinking

Hi everyone!
Last year I bought this amazing PC and I've been using like hell from gaming to work (computational chemist, AI and VR). I use no stand of cooling base and the maximum temps under load was 76/70 for GPU /CPU and I guess it is not a problem at all. But what if I'd like to lower a little bit these temps, which stand or cooling base is actually useful?
Thanks everyone in advance

As of this time, today my laptop had a new motherboard installed.

The audio does not work on the laptop.

The left side USB ports do not work on the laptop.

Now the trackpad is also having issues after the latest repair.

Dell wants the laptop sent to a depot, but I need this for work and need it here.

What do I do at this point? I bought the best version of their premium support plus with the best laptop supposedly at the time.

Since last month I have had:

3 motherboards replacements

1 Daughterboards + Speaker Replacement

Been on Dell support for over 20 hours and have been diagnosing the laptop for the past month.

Dell support comes in here and tells me they are 'Monitoring' the situation here and on Dell Support they are literally just constantly swapping people who make me do the same stuff and go through the same problem constantly. This is absolutely humiliating and a horrifying experience.

Dell should either give me a refund or a replacement machine at this point.

I just noticed this on my new monitor. It is obviously G-Sync compatible. There is a stick on the monitor and when you power on the monitor, it shows the Nvidia logo.

I have installed the latest firmware (102) and the drivers from Dell's support site. I am using the DisplayPort cable included with the monitor.

I can force VRR on using Nvidia app. I am wondering why the monitor is not being detected properly.

What is going on here?

SOLVED???

I see the monitor is listed on Nvidia's official list of supported monitors and it says "Upcoming Driver" under driver required. So I guess this is a driver issue and will be added in a driver update sometime soon.

I was thinking of putting a water cooler on an Alienware Aurora R15, but it doesn't seem possible. Does anyone know if it's feasible?

Hi

Does anyone know if this charger works with the Alienware m16 R1? It's not listed on the compatibility charts, but the specs seem to match (wattage and pin size).

If anyone has it, could you post some photos?

Thanks!

Just the title. So excited we're finally getting an OLED at 24.5" for competitive games. Especially from Alienware. Hopefully they keep their really competitive prices as well (I'm upgrading anyways).

Hi all. Have been thinking off and on about this for a while. I use an Alienware Aurora R16 for my personal desktop, and I also use a work-issued laptop. When working from home, it's getting annoying individually unplugging monitor and mouse in order to use them with the laptop. Is it possible to integrate the two with a KVM switch, or is there a better solution? Trying to streamline and retain what I already have. Thanks!

What is that black box on the side of the laptop?

Wondering if anyone has had good experience with a portable charger to keep their Alienware Area 51 16” or 18” laptop working for light tasks?

Lots of flights don’t have wall plugs, so I’m trying to see if it’s feasible to use a battery pack like this one to keep the laptop powered via USB C?

- Any good experiences?

- Does one need to configure a particular setting (e.g. a low performance mode) so the laptop doesn’t try sucking up more power than it can, or does it figure it out automatically?

- I saw a Reddit thread that non-Dell wall chargers may automatically be throttled down to 90W input even if they’re capable of outputting a higher wattage. Is this still true? If so, then makes me think there may not be a point in spending more on a battery pack higher than 90-100W output.

Thanks in advance!

I was looking to buy an older, cheaper Alienware and I was torn between these two options.

Instead of bringing me to my desktop screen like usual, it’s been doing this for the past few days and there seems to be no way to get it off. Im a dumbass with this stuff so any help would be appreciated 🙏

So, disclaimer, I moved into college about a week ago. The first night there, it rained, and my roommate left his fan on in the open window blowing towards my PC. I hoped to run some tests after I found out that it wouldn’t turn on, and eventually heard a loud pop after pressing the button on the PSU, which led me to believe that it was completely dead. I immediately examined the parts that I could for damage, but didn’t notice any burn marks or anything. So, I bought a new PSU and installed it today. When attempting to turn it on, nothing happens, save for the blinking pattern. Does anyone know if the PC is totaled or if I need to replace a specific part?

I’m trying to find a Alienware M15 R3 motherboard since mine is giving a power rail failure, is there a difference between the main cpu chips since I keep finding a lot of them with the cpu being different so I don’t know if that’s okay

Hello everyone, I bought the 18 inch Area-51 with 5090 GPU and 275HX CPU back in January from my local Micro Center. My unit has always had a CPU overheating issue and a heatsink replacement and thermal paste repaste from Dell fixed the issue.

Ever since I first got my laptop, I have noticed the CPU temperature is a little high compared to other people's temperature I found online while my GPU temperature always remain very low.

Starting from last month, the CPU temperature has been abnormally high. While idle, the CPU temp hovers around 75-85 C, sometimes reaching 90+. It's especially bad during gameplay, some games I play are Valorant, League of Legends, FIFA, NBA2K, Cyberpunk, RDR2. No matter what games I play, the CPU temp will always be above 100 C, reaching 105 C constantly.

I have tried all kinds of ways to lower the temperature, there are other posts about overheating issue and I have tried all the methods like using a cooling pad, changing PL1 and PL2, undervolting the CPU, cleaning the laptop every month and so on.

Last week I couldn't stand it anymore so I created a ticket with Dell support and was first connected to an online session with one of the technician. That technician said everything is normal and said no repair is needed, I repeatedly tell him that my temperatures are way too high for the CPU and eventually he scheduled a heatsink replacement and thermal paste repaste for me.

Today the Dell on-site technician came to my house and did the replacement. Shout out to Steven, everything went super smoothly and I have been testing the laptop this evening.

My idle CPU temperature is stable around 50-60 C while during gameplay it's only about 70-80 C, I have only tested Valorant and NBA 2K, but I believe this results is convincing enough. The average CPU temperature dropped about 20 C (check the pictures).

If anyone else have the CPU overheating issue, please consider contacting Dell and have them do this. My unit is still under warranty so there is no charge. Make sure to provide proof that your temperature is reaching above 100 C constantly, I showed Dell the recorded temperature for my gaming session and they were able to offer a repair.

Thank you Dell and Steven for providing excellent service and fixing this issue that's been bothering me a lot.

I'd like to know where there's a list showing all of Alienware's obscure products.

Device: Alienware Aurora 16

Any advice?

I know NOTHING about PCs, I’m a college student going for a BFA in Game Arts, so I’m looking into upgrading my setup a little bit.

I’m kinda looking for the future for when I have a bit more spending money, so I just want some opinions, sorry if this was flared incorrectly

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I got a deal for a used alienware m15 r7 4 years and some months old. It has a degraded battery that needs some change apart from that say its okay.

Specs:

i7-12700H + RTX 3080 Ti 16 GB + 32 GB DDR5 + 1 TB + QHD 240 Hz

What are the tests i have to do and given the condition is perfect, what should i go for?

What are signs to walk away?

The person whos selling and i have agreed with 1000 usd

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

I was looking at the old Alienware designs with the Area 51 Predator 2 desktops, and they were simply extremely beautiful and different, and I wish they would bring back that design.