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Aurora R11 RAM upgrade failure (DDRs all work when do as 2, Amber Post 4 blinks with 4 )

Trying to expand the memory from 32GB to 64GB with 4x16GB Corsair DDR 3400 chips 16 GB chips. Have had two in for 32GB the last year.  Purchased matching DDR, did standard power down, add DDRs fails POST with 4 amber blinks. Proceed to test DDRs, replace working two in mem slots 1&4 (XMM1&

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Aurora R13, internal HDD upgrade

I'm looking to upgrade my seagate 2gb HDD data drive as showing signs of failing, drive has been noisy, slow with occasional read n write taking huge amount of time, so at the moment transferred everything of it, I upgraded the single NVMe 1gb to two x2 2gb NVMe WD SN850X, I do have a new drive that

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Aurora R16, powers on randomly

Yesterday I set up my new alienware desktop and it works fine. The fan is a little loud 45 decibels. But what is really agitating is that every 30 minutes to an hour it will "power on" for about 10-15 seconds and then turn off. No lights turn on but I can hear internal components powering on and occ

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Aurora R12, BIOS 1.1.23 locking computer

I just updated to recommended bios 1.1.23 and it is locking my computer up sporatically and sometimes the fan is on super high and locked?

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Aurora R15, firmware update ok to do from Windows Update?

Is this ok to do from Windows Update? I did search it up on this site and there is a 1.8.0 available (Windows Update says 1.7.0) I just want to know if it's ok to do it from Windows Update. 1.6.0 got installed without issues, but it auto installed from Dell, I didn't use Windows Update there.

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Aurora R12, Corsair H60x Elite, setup

Hi everyone, the old liquid cooler said goodbye, so I have installed a Corsair H60x Elite instead. The problem is that the fan speed seems like to be always the same, and I can't control it with no software at all. And of course, The CPU gets very hot and throttles. Is that normal? Any ideas?

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Aurora R10, ASUS GeForce RTX 4060, display issues

I recently upgraded the GPU in my Aurora Ryzen R10 desktop PC from an AMD Radeon RX 5300 to an ASUS Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. Initially, the new graphics card worked seamlessly, providing an enjoyable gaming experience. However, upon restarting the PC, I encountered a problem where no video signal is

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Aurora R15, Kingston Fury Beast 64GB (2 of 32GB) DDR5 5,600MHz Not Compatible Issue

The Dell lists the Aurora R15 support with the Kingston 64 GB (2 of 32GB) DDR5 5,600MHz memory RAM with XMP, but after I installed them I could only run the base function of 4,800 MHz. I couldn't turn on the XMP function to boost them up to 5,600 MHz either in BIOS or AWCC. I also see others could r

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AW3423DWF, abnormal thermal behavior, #2

Every 30 minutes this seems to pop up. Even when im idle and have no programs running, i tried finding thermal drivers and have downloaded everything i can for this screen through the dell website.

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Aurora R12, disable Secure Boot?

Hi, Is it possible to disable secure boot on an Alienware Aurora R12? I cannot find the option to disable it in the BIOS. Thanks.

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Aurora R16 ssd/sata

I’m looking to buy an Alienware R16 and upgrade the storage i understand that the 1tb sata is a oem limit and it can have larger, in which case is this one compatible? https://amzn.eu/d/8BN00ew i also was looking at new NVMe and the 990 pro or SN850X but these don’t always come with heat sinks. So

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R12 gets stuck on Alienware loading screen - please help

Freezes on this loading screen while starting up. The spinning wheel will begin spinning and then freeze. I tried a BIOS reset while in F2 before it froze. I then tried resetting the CMOS battery and now it won't even display anything on monitors. Any ideas on what this might be?

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Aurora R10 (Ryzen 9) Rebuild

Everyone was very helpful in my last thread regarding the blink code for my Aurora R10 (Ryzen) PC. https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/alienware-desktops/aurora-10-bios-failure-no-video/6529183ccb7d3532d8cb3754 I bought a compatible AM4 board, and just move everything into a new case.

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Aurora R4 ALX AIO Cooler Dying. Can I use air cooler?

So I have a Aurora R4 ALX from 2013 that is still chugging along quiet nicely. I opened the PC up yesterday to do some cleaning and noticed that the Corsair AIO cooler that I had put in there years ago when I bought the PC had cracks on the hose. Considering the age of the computer, I was wondering

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Aurora R4, computer won’t boot with Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2 in LGA2011 socket

I have the Alienware Aurora R4 that I got in 2012 with the Intel Core i7 3820 and it came with BIOS version A03 and I updated the BIOS in 2022 to A11. The mother board in my computer is the 07JNH0 Alienware with Revision A00 I think. I took the Intel Core i7 4960X Extreme Edition I had in it and tri

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AW2310T Alienware 3D Monitor

Display Card inside the AW2310T Alienware 3D Monitor is faulty. I need to replace it, so in what manner Dell could help me? I am writing from Karachi,Pakistan. Please Support.

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AW3423DWF, keeps turning off, no time to get in OSD

So I have this screen for 4 months now and was (until yesterday) super happy with it. Now it turns on and shows 1 redline in the top right of the screen followed by a blue and then a green line. After this (takes like 2 seconds) it shows half a second of picture (bad quality) and then turns off. I d

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Aurora R13 loud fans + fan speed control

Hi guys, After more than a year of suffering from the noise of the fans (I think the two at the front and loudest the one on the top) that come as factory on my R13, I have decided to remedy it. Searching the net I have found several options and I have tried them all by software/BIOS and I haven't

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Alienware Aurora R7 not turning on

Hello, I have had my R7 for around 5 years. It has worked well since I got it, and the only modifications I've made have been adding more RAM and an SSD. I use this computer daily. Last night I turned it off (admittedly I often leave it on overnight), and this morning it would not turn on. The light

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[HDR] ALIENWARE 34 CURVED QD-OLED GAMING MONITOR - AW3423DWF

New monitor arrived, amazing. Just wnated to check with someone who has HDR experience, when I have the smart HDR set to desktop it seems a tiny bit brighter then when I have Smart HDR peak 1000 selected (Not much in it). Just wondered if someone could explain?

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