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#1 2011-10-28 03:04:54

Jack450
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Alienware Area 51 Laptop

I have an Alienware Area 51 Laptop (older model) and I'm trying to install Arch on it. My problem is the lights on the keyboard either broke or are missing drives (I don't understand cause the FX lights work with AlienFX lite) which is preventing me from installing Arch on my laptop. When I insert the disc It loads up the selection menu where you can boot Arch, it does but when its loading up and detects the USB, the laptop turns off and I can turn it on unless I unplug it from the charger and let it run on battery. Can anyone help me with my issue or anyone with the same laptop and similar issue tell me how you fixed it?


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#2 2011-10-28 04:57:21

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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

Bump


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#3 2011-10-28 07:00:19

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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

Jack450,
be patient! Do not bump your thread so early. You should wait a day a least for answers.

See our Forum Etiquette on this.


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#4 2011-10-29 05:24:27

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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

Can I bump now? It's been a day.


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#5 2011-10-29 06:09:36

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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

Okay, I saw this last night.  I am as confused now as I was then.  One thing my colleague could have added was -- If you are going to bump, Tell us what you have learned since last you posted.  We assume you were not just waiting for us tongue

So, what do you mean by

the lights on the keyboard either broke or are missing drives

I really have no clue.

And what does this mean:

When I insert the disc It loads up the selection menu where you can boot Arch, it does but when its loading up and detects the USB, the laptop turns off...

A USB drive?  Is there a message about USB before the laptop turns off? 

...and I can turn it on unless I unplug it from the charger and let it run on battery.

The system won't power up on charger, but it will power up on battery?  Did you have to remove and reinstall the battery?

I would suggest you restate your question.  Tell us exactly what media you are booting.  Tell us what messages are on the screen.  Tell us what USB devices are attached.
Don't make any assumptions as to what is happening -- those assumptions are possibly wrong and will create a paradigm that will prevent you from seeing the real solution.

Where abouts in LA are you?


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#6 2011-10-29 07:24:22

Jack450
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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

The AlienFX is what lights up the keyboard on my Alienware laptop, the reason I'm bringing this up is because it's a USB device apparently. I don't know all the details about it (if I did I would have fixed it by now) but the lighting on the keyboard is apparently an USB device. I was told by the Alienware community that my FX light are broken and I would probably need a new board to fix it or do this long process that would require me installing Windows XP. The point is I want to go back to Arch Linux but this USB device is holding me back so I'm stuck with Windows 7 till I can find a solution. No I do not need to take the battery out just unplug the laptop from the charger or it wont turn on. KoreaTown.


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#7 2011-10-29 07:34:12

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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

Where it dies on me exactly is

Waiting for UDev uevent to be processed                                  [Busy]

then it turns off.


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#8 2011-10-29 18:01:31

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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

You might try adding nousb to your command kernel line from the Grub boot menu.


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#9 2011-10-29 18:31:34

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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

It did the same thing.


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#10 2011-10-29 20:29:11

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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

If it did same thing with 'nousb' then it's not USB fault. Try boot with 'acpi=off loglevel=7 debug'. Other options are here: http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation … meters.txt

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#11 2011-10-29 21:03:36

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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

That didn't work either it showed a different log but still shut down when it hit the UDev part.


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#12 2011-10-29 21:36:01

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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

i686 or x86_64 (if x86_64, could you try i686)? Have you tried booting from latest Ubuntu or Fedora?

edit 1: Could it be this https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471978?

edit 2: 'mem=1024'?

Last edited by hiciu (2011-10-29 21:39:08)

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#13 2011-10-29 22:02:39

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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

I tried Ubuntu and it gets stuck on the loading screen but I haven't tried Fedora yet. Yes, that's the first thing I did when it didn't work both 32 and 64 fail. I can try the mem=1024


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#14 2011-11-04 02:32:30

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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

I'm still looking for a solution to my problem if anyone has any advice.


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#15 2011-11-07 15:14:56

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Re: Alienware Area 51 Laptop

You may want to read this forum thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienwa … luged.html

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