Just wanted to put it out there, if anyone is having this issue. I have been experiencing this for a long time, I even bought a new battery which didn’t fix it.

I was having problems with it completely losing power even though the battery had a charge, it loses power just as the windows login is about to appear.

Dell sent me a new ribbon cable which didn’t fix it and they told me to buy a new battery.

It never had issues with turning off if I let the AC stay in till after login, I could take it out afterwards and it’s fine.

I recently just clutching at straws tried different things and I disabled windows hello facial recognition and it has booted up every time since perfectly.

Give it a go if you’ve had this issue.

Recently acquired a working Alienware R2 for $60. Im parting it out and want to throw a 5800XT cpu. I've done hours of research and found this question a few times.

One thing thats common is most people say its not possible. With bits of information between the nonsense I found it is definitely possible to do this on an R2 but was wondering if anyone who has done so can chime in on their builds (those who have updated their motherboards) with some tips.

My biggest concern is getting the front panel connected but heard you can use some jumpers just not sure where to put them or the exact cables.

Thank you.

I am Alienware m18 R2
I just found a little weird that my CPU zone 2 some how appear to be 0
I haven't look in to it before, I clicked the AWCC randomly to see this.

I think it is not normal, but I want to ask whether anyone has seen this before
thanks

Hey everyone! I recently picked up this massive dual GPU Alienware 18. It has an i7, 32gigs of RAM, two AMD GPUs, an SSD and a drive for games. I paid around 140$ for it, just had to add the drives. I could not believe the price for its condition. It looks brand new! Just needed a repaste. Battery's toast but I wouldn't be game on it on battery anyway.

This is my first alienware and honestly I never thought a machine like this would ever get to my hands. I only used to look at pictures of computers like this but here we are :D. After seeing how huge, beautiful and colorful this thing is, most modern gaming laptops look cheap to me even though they will likely be even more powerful xD.

It runs beautifully, been playing some DOOM Eternal on nightmare and it's been a blast. Definitely my favourite piece of hardware.

Thanks for reading and have a nice day, I love this thing!

My new Alienware 15 has a slight screen misalignment.Is this normal? Will it cause hinge issues?

I’m shocked it works. It gives one more option for those interested in an alternate pathway for their Alienware.