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Blitz the storm-striker User ID: 29516333 Canada 12/10/2012 11:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Alienware M15X has shit the bed on me a half dozen times in a year and a half since I got it. Was working fine last night, woke up today to turn it on, nothing. NO power whatsoever. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26764444 This is perfect, considering I have a half-finished filmscore I need to complete and the computer is just dead. I just lost about a years worth of work - I should have backed everything up. Don't get Alienware, they shit the bed if you sneeze the wrong way. The customer service sucks and tells you something different every time you call. You drop $3000 on one of these computers and the cocksuckers can't even take 10 minutes out of their day to try and troubleshoot for you if you're out of warranty. So much for customer service. A fucking multi-billion dollar company needs MORE MONEY to help me after I've dropped several grand on their touchy products? Fuck it, I hope 12/21/12 is the fucking end. Let it all burn. Anyone got any clue on what might be the problem? I'd like some assistance in rectifying this issue before I literally hang myself. dude ive had one since 2004 and that motherfucker is still alive & clicking...with minor upgrades here/there. it blows away the 6 others i have. maybe that's because your so cold hearted... it keeps it running cool! :P hehehe. just kidding. just in case. To live is to believe in the power of dreams! To dream is to believe in the power of love! To love is to Know the truth! The Desire to Be fuel the belief that you Are which ignite the Will to Become which bring back forth the desire to be... Let it be-come you! It means Stop seeking your higher self! It is seeking you! Stand still in your mind to calm the waters of your mind and then it shall find you, so you can ride those waves together! your true self lies somewhere between your heart and your consciousness. It is called the heart consciousness,which is the creator, which is you! The heart create the emotions and our mind evoke its purpose, from which we dream the life we live in order to imagine the nature of reality and finally remember love! The highest Purpose of our mind is the ability to Forget! Go on and Forgive yourself! There is no love in truth but there is truth in love! Be authentic, nobody else can do it for you! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 135178 United States 12/10/2012 11:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Alienware's gone downhill in the last few years, especially after Dell took them over. Quoting: Leslie Zevo I got an Asus and have had no problems. I bought HP my whole life. Bought an ASUS for the first time last year with an I7 and it would constantly freeze. took it back got another and this one will still freeze up t the point where you can't do anything or recover, but not as often. plus other annoyances. NEVER AGAIN for ASUS |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 26764444 United States 12/10/2012 11:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | and pay the apple tax... PFFFT. you people never learn. Get a 1 year old high performance Lenovo, Acer or Dell. You can get those "Brand new" for much lower price on Best buy liquidation centers. Even staples sometimes. Avoid using laptops on your legs, the fans can not pull air in or out. This cause the machine to rapidly overheat. PFFFFFFT my ass If you are working in pro audio the only close to professional answer is Mac That alienware crap is for dumb assed gamers. No doubt you bought the unit thinking is would work well for film scoring and you would not need as much outboard but you learned the hard way that the platform itself will not survive the heavy taxing of the processor and video card. Why anyone would even attempt to score on a laptop as a main controller is beyond me. I'm a "dumb-assed gamer" and have a number of PC games. Which is why I figured, "Hey, this computer that supposedly can handle the most resource-heavy PC games certainly can handle my 100+ track filmscores!" And usually it DID work pretty well. Why I went with a LAPTOP, as opposed to a TOWER is because I PLAY LIVE MUSIC TOO. I don't JUST film-score. I perform live, and the best way to do that is with a....GASP....laptop! I have grown up on PCs, I'm so used to Windows going over to Mac seems unnecessary. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 29077765 United States 12/10/2012 11:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That isn't solving the problem at all, asshat, I already have a hard-drive. I don't back everything up every day, because I don't expect a computer that costs over a grand to shit the bed over absolutely nothing. So you just figured you could spend a grand and get half a mil performance and reliability? Pro audio and video costs money and takes expertise. Maybe you should look into some consulting with people who deal with it. If a guy has graduated from Full Sail RUN LIKE HELL He will get you where you are now. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 29077765 United States 12/10/2012 11:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | and pay the apple tax... PFFFT. you people never learn. Get a 1 year old high performance Lenovo, Acer or Dell. You can get those "Brand new" for much lower price on Best buy liquidation centers. Even staples sometimes. Avoid using laptops on your legs, the fans can not pull air in or out. This cause the machine to rapidly overheat. PFFFFFFT my ass If you are working in pro audio the only close to professional answer is Mac That alienware crap is for dumb assed gamers. No doubt you bought the unit thinking is would work well for film scoring and you would not need as much outboard but you learned the hard way that the platform itself will not survive the heavy taxing of the processor and video card. Why anyone would even attempt to score on a laptop as a main controller is beyond me. I'm a "dumb-assed gamer" and have a number of PC games. Which is why I figured, "Hey, this computer that supposedly can handle the most resource-heavy PC games certainly can handle my 100+ track filmscores!" And usually it DID work pretty well. Why I went with a LAPTOP, as opposed to a TOWER is because I PLAY LIVE MUSIC TOO. I don't JUST film-score. I perform live, and the best way to do that is with a....GASP....laptop! I have grown up on PCs, I'm so used to Windows going over to Mac seems unnecessary. Never mind. Suffer you dolt. I bet you don't even maintain and clean the fucking thing out. Look into eMachines |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 29533000 United Kingdom 12/10/2012 11:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | prolly about all you can do is remove the battery, press power with it unplugged for 30 secs then reinsert battery. If it powers up your all good, if not its either the psu dead or the mohterboard on the laptop. Knowing the aliens wares *i repair laptops for work* its going to be the motherboard. Dell have had a lot of issues with these. |
Abi ~ User ID: 25045778 United States 12/10/2012 11:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ^^my 16 year old son did that...awesome computer...he amazes me...super quick speed and no problems... You accept the love you think you deserve~~~ Love cannot live where there is no trust~~~ Truth has no temperature~~~ Love like it's never gonna hurt~~~ Have no regrets~~~ |
Beachbums User ID: 3493908 Ecuador 12/10/2012 11:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Life is tough, it's tougher if you are stupid." - John Wayne Settle down Francis! |
Abi ~ User ID: 25045778 United States 12/10/2012 11:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Alienware's gone downhill in the last few years, especially after Dell took them over. Quoting: Leslie Zevo I got an Asus and have had no problems. I bought HP my whole life. Bought an ASUS for the first time last year with an I7 and it would constantly freeze. took it back got another and this one will still freeze up t the point where you can't do anything or recover, but not as often. plus other annoyances. NEVER AGAIN for ASUS HP are overpriced and overloaded with crap...lots of problems with those...not user friendly for those who are clueless.. ASUS are pretty much 50/50 I would not touch one, but some people swear by them and many businesses have went to them... I(laugh if you will) am a Toshiba person. Have 4 laptops in the household ranging from 1-4 years old...every Christmas I buy a new one and give the old one to my children..no problems.. for the money, it is a very dependable brand...user friendly..I maintain it properly and remove all the crap I do not want or need... My bf, bless his heart, is one of those people who can freeze up a new computer in no time....no matter the brand. sometimes, it is user error...just sayin.. You accept the love you think you deserve~~~ Love cannot live where there is no trust~~~ Truth has no temperature~~~ Love like it's never gonna hurt~~~ Have no regrets~~~ |
Phennommennonn Forum Administrator 12/10/2012 11:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Alienware M15X has shit the bed on me a half dozen times in a year and a half since I got it. Was working fine last night, woke up today to turn it on, nothing. NO power whatsoever. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26764444 This is perfect, considering I have a half-finished filmscore I need to complete and the computer is just dead. I just lost about a years worth of work - I should have backed everything up. Don't get Alienware, they shit the bed if you sneeze the wrong way. The customer service sucks and tells you something different every time you call. You drop $3000 on one of these computers and the cocksuckers can't even take 10 minutes out of their day to try and troubleshoot for you if you're out of warranty. So much for customer service. A fucking multi-billion dollar company needs MORE MONEY to help me after I've dropped several grand on their touchy products? Fuck it, I hope 12/21/12 is the fucking end. Let it all burn. Anyone got any clue on what might be the problem? I'd like some assistance in rectifying this issue before I literally hang myself. dude ive had one since 2004 and that motherfucker is still alive & clicking...with minor upgrades here/there. it blows away the 6 others i have. maybe that's because your so cold hearted... it keeps it running cool! :P hehehe. just kidding. just in case. seriously, no joke. thats the best fkn machine ive ever had. i wont part with it. political correctness is a doctrine.... fostered by a delusional, illogical minority...... and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media; which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. |
Dead Man Talking User ID: 29550948 United States 12/10/2012 11:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Defj@m User ID: 7058546 United Kingdom 12/10/2012 11:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My m14x is still going strong 2 years on with 10 hours use per day. Just because yours has gone to shit doesn't mean they all are. Its the same generalisation mentally that will write off an entire group of people based on the actions of one. Shit breaks down sometimes. Deal with it and stop crying about computer problems on a conspiracy forum. When you do things right people won't be sure you've done anything at all |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 29077765 United States 12/10/2012 11:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Remove the hard drive and put it in a USB case. That will give you acess to your files. Been there done that. Quoting: Dead Man Talking No no he says he didn't "save" the files..... How the fuck he was able to keep the sessions open when powering on and off is astonishing. This guy is some kind of unique individual. He is so amazing he keeps everything on one laptop and uses it for everything. I bet he just needs his windows antivirus 2012 updated. |
S0L4RN1GHTM4R3 User ID: 20843469 United States 12/10/2012 12:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Alienware M15X has shit the bed on me a half dozen times in a year and a half since I got it. Was working fine last night, woke up today to turn it on, nothing. NO power whatsoever. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26764444 This is perfect, considering I have a half-finished filmscore I need to complete and the computer is just dead. I just lost about a years worth of work - I should have backed everything up. Don't get Alienware, they shit the bed if you sneeze the wrong way. The customer service sucks and tells you something different every time you call. You drop $3000 on one of these computers and the cocksuckers can't even take 10 minutes out of their day to try and troubleshoot for you if you're out of warranty. So much for customer service. A fucking multi-billion dollar company needs MORE MONEY to help me after I've dropped several grand on their touchy products? Fuck it, I hope 12/21/12 is the fucking end. Let it all burn. Anyone got any clue on what might be the problem? I'd like some assistance in rectifying this issue before I literally hang myself. Well, I can't believe nobody mentioned the fact you can easily recover all your work. Simply pop the HDD from the alienware, into another pc, and boot up a Linux live disk, such as ubuntu. Copy any files you want to an external hdd, or a usb, then transfer onto another pc you can use. Problem solved. As for alienware, they're still the best in gaming laptops, just because you received a bad laptop, or possibly used it irresponsibly, doesn't make them a bad company. "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." John F. Kennedy |
Abi ~ User ID: 25045778 United States 12/10/2012 12:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Alienware M15X has shit the bed on me a half dozen times in a year and a half since I got it. Was working fine last night, woke up today to turn it on, nothing. NO power whatsoever. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26764444 This is perfect, considering I have a half-finished filmscore I need to complete and the computer is just dead. I just lost about a years worth of work - I should have backed everything up. Don't get Alienware, they shit the bed if you sneeze the wrong way. The customer service sucks and tells you something different every time you call. You drop $3000 on one of these computers and the cocksuckers can't even take 10 minutes out of their day to try and troubleshoot for you if you're out of warranty. So much for customer service. A fucking multi-billion dollar company needs MORE MONEY to help me after I've dropped several grand on their touchy products? Fuck it, I hope 12/21/12 is the fucking end. Let it all burn. Anyone got any clue on what might be the problem? I'd like some assistance in rectifying this issue before I literally hang myself. dude ive had one since 2004 and that motherfucker is still alive & clicking...with minor upgrades here/there. it blows away the 6 others i have. maybe that's because your so cold hearted... it keeps it running cool! :P hehehe. just kidding. just in case. seriously, no joke. thats the best fkn machine ive ever had. i wont part with it. alienware used to be awesome! Probably why yours still works...dell ruined it ;( You accept the love you think you deserve~~~ Love cannot live where there is no trust~~~ Truth has no temperature~~~ Love like it's never gonna hurt~~~ Have no regrets~~~ |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 26764444 United States 12/10/2012 12:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was being irrational; Alienware aren't terrible, even if the computer has shit the bed on me 6 times it still is pretty damn spiffy when it is actually working. Got the thing back up and running, smoked a bowl, have since calmed down and realigned my jimmies. Computer withdrawal is arguably the most powerful jimmie rustler in modern day society. Got the thing back up and running. I WILL say this though - out-of-warranty tech support is FAR MORE HELPFUL than the regular service number. The Out-Of-Warranty people helped me out right away - their first suggestion worked right off the bat. The other people transferred me, told me to buy a new warranty, or that I'd have to send in the computer... I knew it was either completely fried, or an easy fix. And the fix was extremely simple, thankfully. (Remove battery - remove power source - drain power by holding in power button) Usually I mask my jackassery with a bit o' trolling, but I'm not gonna today. I was being irrational, but I am extremely grateful the thing is back up and running. Gonna get back to what I'm actually good at - making crazy music. Thanks for all the words of wisdom, advice, and insults. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 26764444 United States 12/10/2012 12:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | prolly about all you can do is remove the battery, press power with it unplugged for 30 secs then reinsert battery. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29533000 I wish you had been the first reply. 0_0 That's all I needed to do. But with all said and done, the past 3 hours of hectic rage (I have a deadline to meet) was kind of warranted. I needed a good reality check and slap in the face. Everyone needs to be served the occasional piece of humble-pie. Ranting mode disengaged |
Abi ~ User ID: 25045778 United States 12/10/2012 12:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was being irrational; Alienware aren't terrible, even if the computer has shit the bed on me 6 times it still is pretty damn spiffy when it is actually working. Got the thing back up and running, smoked a bowl, have since calmed down and realigned my jimmies. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26764444 Computer withdrawal is arguably the most powerful jimmie rustler in modern day society. Got the thing back up and running. I WILL say this though - out-of-warranty tech support is FAR MORE HELPFUL than the regular service number. The Out-Of-Warranty people helped me out right away - their first suggestion worked right off the bat. The other people transferred me, told me to buy a new warranty, or that I'd have to send in the computer... I knew it was either completely fried, or an easy fix. And the fix was extremely simple, thankfully. (Remove battery - remove power source - drain power by holding in power button) Usually I mask my jackassery with a bit o' trolling, but I'm not gonna today. I was being irrational, but I am extremely grateful the thing is back up and running. Gonna get back to what I'm actually good at - making crazy music. Thanks for all the words of wisdom, advice, and insults. You accept the love you think you deserve~~~ Love cannot live where there is no trust~~~ Truth has no temperature~~~ Love like it's never gonna hurt~~~ Have no regrets~~~ |
Level0 User ID: 29555207 United Kingdom 12/10/2012 12:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm worked with computers for 20 years and had all sorts of issues with Alienware. I used to build my own custom pc's, over clock etc.. 3 years ago I bought a mac and haven't had a single problem, not even an app crash yet. The time machine software does constant backups so I never have to worry about data loss. I'm a pro writer now but still do a lot of photo, video editing and music creation. Even my macbook Air can comfortably handle live audio in Logic. I know there's a lot of Apple haters but having used and rebuilt every possible PC and OS available I've never had a computer as reliable as an Apple. Having said that,I'm no fanboy, my Samsung Galaxy Note absolutely batters my old iPhone 4s in every conceivable way |
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lightchild_uk Waiting for IT User ID: 29540542 United Kingdom 12/10/2012 12:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP I am very pleased you are working again. BUT Please get an external hard disk and a large memory stick, open a drop box account. Back you whole hard disk to the external drive using something like Acronis True Image or Symantec Ghost. Back up your data to the flash drive and drop box. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 29554742 United States 12/10/2012 12:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It won't even turn on. Its not the power source, that is still lit up. The power button has no effect, it's like overnight the thing just stopped working. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26764444 INTERESTING TO NOTE: I hit "Hibernate," and the computer turned itself back on out of hibernate. I shut it down, and unplugged it from the power source to give it a rest, if you will. So for the first time, the computer wasn't charging overnight. But that has no relevance to why it won't turn on - the power source being plugged in right now means it should work no matter what. Something fried while the computer was just sitting there. This has happened to me at least 6 time, as I was saying - this shit always breaks Flash your cmos and you should be ok. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 27292761 United Kingdom 12/10/2012 12:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Alienware M15X has shit the bed on me a half dozen times in a year and a half since I got it. Was working fine last night, woke up today to turn it on, nothing. NO power whatsoever. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26764444 This is perfect, considering I have a half-finished filmscore I need to complete and the computer is just dead. I just lost about a years worth of work - I should have backed everything up. Don't get Alienware, they shit the bed if you sneeze the wrong way. The customer service sucks and tells you something different every time you call. You drop $3000 on one of these computers and the cocksuckers can't even take 10 minutes out of their day to try and troubleshoot for you if you're out of warranty. So much for customer service. A fucking multi-billion dollar company needs MORE MONEY to help me after I've dropped several grand on their touchy products? Fuck it, I hope 12/21/12 is the fucking end. Let it all burn. Anyone got any clue on what might be the problem? I'd like some assistance in rectifying this issue before I literally hang myself. sounds like the PSU is faulty or busted shouldnt be too expensive to get replaced. if it was the HDD or any other components you should still be able to boot up just to see a bunch of blue screen errors your data is most likely safe. dont give up on life just yet. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 27292761 United Kingdom 12/10/2012 12:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It won't even turn on. Its not the power source, that is still lit up. The power button has no effect, it's like overnight the thing just stopped working. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26764444 INTERESTING TO NOTE: I hit "Hibernate," and the computer turned itself back on out of hibernate. I shut it down, and unplugged it from the power source to give it a rest, if you will. So for the first time, the computer wasn't charging overnight. But that has no relevance to why it won't turn on - the power source being plugged in right now means it should work no matter what. Something fried while the computer was just sitting there. This has happened to me at least 6 time, as I was saying - this shit always breaks is there a little picture of a Moon on one of the keyboard keys? if so try alt+that key or FN+ that key ctrl+ or any other combo |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 746269 Canada 12/10/2012 12:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It won't even turn on. Its not the power source, that is still lit up. The power button has no effect, it's like overnight the thing just stopped working. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26764444 INTERESTING TO NOTE: I hit "Hibernate," and the computer turned itself back on out of hibernate. I shut it down, and unplugged it from the power source to give it a rest, if you will. So for the first time, the computer wasn't charging overnight. But that has no relevance to why it won't turn on - the power source being plugged in right now means it should work no matter what. Something fried while the computer was just sitting there. This has happened to me at least 6 time, as I was saying - this shit always breaks hook up the hard drive to something more reliable and soldier on |
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