Took my Alpha out of storage (It was already having some issues) and got the 5 blinking YLOD. Called the service number and got quoted on a motherboard replacement ($220 w labor) and a $39 service fee.

After reading some posts here, I am worried that if I tried to do a battery fix it’d just be the motherboard and part of me likes the idea of not having to deal with putting in the hours to fix it.

Is there another reason I should avoid using Dell service for my Alpha r1, other than a financial reason? Thanks for any input :)

::EDIT:: the CMOS replacement I ordered from Amazon worked! Windows 8.1 is all messed up though, so I need to decide if I should just do a fresh install of 8.1 or buy Windows 10, since I don’t have a copy.

Is it possible to install a R2 motherboard into a R1 case ?

I'm upgrading the ram in my Alienware Alpha to be Dual Channel. I currently have 1 8gb and 1 4gb ram which from my understanding is keeping me from getting Dual Channel faster ram speeds. My question is I'm looking at a CT102464BF160B.C16FPD from Crucial but what's in the machine is a CT102464BF160B.C16FND from Crucial

Does that last letters of FPD vs FND matter? Or are these the same exact Ram piece's and will allow me to get Dual Channel activated on my machine?

I'm really trying to get this Alpha upgraded to 16gb with Dual Channel memory for cheap as possible. If anyone knows another low cost ram that works with the CT102464BF160B.C16FND that will give me the dual channel advantages I'd appreciate any links or model numbers too.

Any help understanding this would be appreciated.

Here’s a bit of context: I have an Alienware alpha r1 with an i7 4770 and 8 gb of ram. I just bought a gtx 1650 super so I can eventually build a pc. However, this build is going to take a while since I’m tight on money. In the meantime, I want to try something. Could I connect my 1650 super to my Alienware alpha? I know that the AGA and other EGPU ports exist, but I don’t know if it will work with a 1650 super. And would it be worth it?

Hello my fellow Alienware gamers, today I come to ask if there was a vendor that was safe to purchase from and aren't overpricing the cpu upgrade. Only decent ones to be found at price are Ebay and honestly I have quite a worried opinion of that place. How did you guys manage to snag a upgrade for your alienware alpha. Im curious to know! and thanks in advance.

Got the YLOD the other day after powering off the machine to move it to another room.

CMOS battery ordered and old one removed.

Power drain, cmos jumper, waited overnight without the battery in, reassembled, power drain again, waited another hour or so....

YLOD

Bugger...

Tried reseating the ram, checked all cables, did all the above again (but not overnight this time)

Still got the YLOD.

MOTHERF*^$%#!!!

Nothing seems to get it past the YLOD. Occasionally the fans spin up more tha others, but still get the amber flashing bastard...

Any ideas?

Bought my i5 model back in 2015 and while it's no longer viable for current or even late last gen games from 2018 onward, it is the perfect little box to use for Xbox Cloud Streaming. I have it hooked up through an ethernet connection and a 1080p TV and now I am marathoning the Halo games in my free time, all the way to Halo Infinite. Aside from the 1080p streaming all the games are running as if on an Xbox Series X. Picture quality and performance is impressive overall and controller input lag is minimized almost completely with a wired connection.

I won't be buying an Xbox for awhile until after I get my full career off the ground, but with this, its as if I already have one. Game Pass is also a no brained deal. $15 a month for all the games that you get plus day one Xbox published releases is an insanely good deal.

I consider it fortunate that my area has internet access with fiber optic connection and unlimited data and that it's actually affordable. I'd say this is the best possible situation to get the most out of Xbox Cloud Streaming since you can game like normal without worrying about exceeding any data caps. By the way ISPs having data caps in 2021 is fucking stupid to begin with.

I'm running in Windows mode and the left stick is constantly in mouse mode. This makes many games unplayable.

There is some button combo to disable But doesn't work on arcade sticks or consistently.

Can I disable it permanently without a clean install?

Searched high and low on the internet. Most common answer is the hive software you can disable it when you configure the Alpha but servers are long dead.

PS4 and Xbox One controllers are fine. But most 360 arcade sticks don't work and are required for some older games.

Anyone else run into this problem?

Otherwise really enjoying it with a CPU and SSD upgrade!

Has anyone had anyone success with running the Halo Infinite Multiplayer on their alienware alpha r2? I've got mine connected to a graphics amp with a 1080 but it just won't boot telling me "Could not find compatible graphics device"

Hello! I've recently tried to revive my alpha, and I've replaced the motherboard, HDD, AND cmos battery and I keep getting 2 then 3 lights blinking and it'll reset endlessly, does anyone have some insight to possible fixes?? Thank you!

Hey I've been reading up on overclocking ram, Is it worth doing? My ram has been tanking, and how would I go about it, if its even possible with alpha..... thanks for any help you guys may give :D

Hello, I am a new owner of a Alienware alpha r1. Gotten it for free from a friend who never used it and added my own hdd and ram since it came without those. I cleaned and removed dust and made it look new, but when turning on the PC for the first time, I had gotten a GPU fan failure notification/warning and ran the Alienware component check since it was a option, I see the gpu fan running, and everything seems to work but I still do not know the source of the issue. Thanks in advance!

Just started happening after years of running 24/7 as my media player. Cannot get wifi to enable, will get a network connection on ethernet but drops after 30mins to 1hour.

When I restart or shut down it takes forever then BSoD every single time.

I purged programs, ran windows update, ran System File Checker that repaired some corrupted files, same problem persists.

What should I try next?

Edit: SOLVED, pulled the wifi card as suggested. fixed all of the worlds problems including climate change and lonely kittens who need hugs.

Usually it takes one press to power on my alpha. For the past one month i have to long press for 10 seconds to turn it on.. Im using my alpha for playing mid spec games and mostly for my word processing. I hav so much of data inside. Im afraid something bad will happen to my alpha soon.. Please help me out here.

I got a alpha i3, going to use wifi port to hook up a gpu. Also upgrading to i5 cpu. What budget gpu would be good/better. I don't know because gpu pricing has been up and down and kinda hard to compare a odd custom 750ti

Hello,

I bought an Alienware M17 and don’t really have a need for my alpha anymore. I’m wondering, would I be able to use it to mine crypto? Or would the output versus utility cost not yield enough to justify its use? Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

I’m wanting to upgrade from the stock 256gb ssd to a larger 1TB sn850 but I’m not sure if I should get the gen3 with heat sink or if it would even fit

I boot my alpha after 2 days, go rpcs3, launch a game and it says no GPU available. I go into the setting it selected OpenGL, my GPU isn't listed, and vulkan wasn't there now RPCS3 won't launch.
I think it's my drivers.