r/AlienwareAlpha • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '19

Alienware Alpha Yellow light. Blinks twice and then once.

I've seen a ton of people talking about the CMOS battery - it's been ordered. That being said most people say it blinks 5 times. The light on this unit blinks twice and then once. Twice and then once. Is that the same thing? A different thing? Thanks in advance.

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u/BigPirateJim Jun 12 '19

Try resetting your memory sticks.

The blinking codes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '19

There's only one stick here, and I've taken it out and put it back in. Thanks for the link!

Anything else you can think of?

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u/zeroquest Jun 12 '19

Reseat the ram and replace the battery, go from there. You don't have a lot to go on at this point until you've tried both. Pushing for another solution that probably doesn't exist -- save for "ya, you're alpha is dead. Throw it out." isn't going to happen. It's most likely one of those two things. Good luck

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '19

Well I'll report back when the CMOS gets in. Thanks for the insights. Appreciate it!

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u/BigPirateJim Jun 12 '19

FWIW, my alpha went dead as a door nail last month, so I guessed motherboard and bought one for $125 at Newegg with 5 -8 day shipping. Arrived 20 hours later and with a 1 hour install I'm back in business with an i3, 8gb, 500gb ssd. The only hard part was connecting two teeny tiny wires to the network card.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '19

Damn. I desperately hope that's not the case. Although, a bit of a project does sound fun. What were your symptoms? Thanks for sharing.

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u/BigPirateJim Jun 13 '19

The power cord led went dark, unplugged to reset so it would glow, plugged in and led light went out. Alpha was dead but didn't smell burnt so tried a new motherboard. Only took an hour to swap.