On certain Alienware Area51 desktops after BIOS update the display monitor may show a black screen and the keyboard has no function or no light for a few minutes.
The specific platforms are:
Cause information is not available.
If the black screen lasts over 300 seconds please follow the steps in our BIOS recovery article to ensure the update was processed correctly.
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