Posts by MegaZapFan

Quote: Originally Posted by revo2008 Ah man your kidding me. did you lose everything .... damn it Here's what to do to save your data: Pull the hard drive, and connect it to a USB 2.5" drive...

Yep, had the same problem, turned out to be the mobo... lappy was two weeks old Took two weeks to get it back from The Depot, now the front panel is dead, no clock (yes, turned on in BIOS) and no CD controls (yes, when powered...

Juan - Thank you for the reinforcement, this was what I was told when I telephoned AW Customer Service. The additional [ranting] commentary on my part was in part because the "invoice" did not include any statement to this...

I've installed mine and it works great!

I'll just paste in my reply from the other thread here: Lappy's back from her two weeks in the Depot, and all seems to be ok now. It will, however, be a long time before I will be comfortable in trusting the hardware will not fail...

Lappy's back from her two weeks in the Depot, and all seems to be ok now. It will, however, be a long time before I will be comfortable in trusting the hardware will not fail again. Of this only time will tell. BTW, for those not...

Same boat here. Mobo died two weeks into ownership, due from FedEx TODAY. Jeez, something else to worry about now, I hadn't stopped to think that I too had (have?) ZERO dead pixels and I too am praying it comes back that way.

The Alien's in transit, I have a FedEx tracking number, due here Wednesday. Apparently the mobo was replaced. Replaced???!?!?? A failed motherboard on a spanking brand new machine? Unsettling to say the least. What did the...

I've searched, and cannot find the "My Alienware Nightmare" thread. I was going to post my status there. Guess that thread got too hot. Anyway, to recap, my $3200+ 7700 failed miserably less than two weeks into ownership. ...

In my case, I could not even GET into BIOS! The machine simply would NOT power up.