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Alienware AlienFX repair
So the other day I was browsing craigslist looking for a way to get rid of one of my Xbox 360s. I found a posting for an Alienware m15x laptop, which said they would be willing to trade for an Xbox. It had an issue where it would shut down if you moved the lid. Since it was otherwise working, had the 1920×1200 LCD, T9500 CPU, 4GB RAM, Blu-ray, etc. I picked it up.
I tore it down and figured out the problem: the wire bundle for the lid’s AlienFX lights was chafed bad where it goes through the hinge. It was shorting out which is why it would shut down. I carefully seperated out the melted wires and repaired the bundle with a fine-gauge hard drive cable.
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