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Dell Alienware 15 R3: Motherboard upgrade possible with Alienware r3?

Sat, 28 Mar 2020 08:08:05 -0700

Would it possible for me to up grade my Alienware 15 r3 motherboard from a i5 at 2.5 GHz and GTX 1060 to an i7 at 2.9 GHz and GTX 1070?

I'm sorry if my question was confusing but I was talking about a motherboard swap. Not just a gpu or CPU replacement specifically.

⟐ Answered March 28, 2020 at 8:08 MST

Dell Alienware 15 R3: Battery is not working

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:04:09 -0700

My laptop is not working on charge.When I plug out my charger from my laptop,my laptop automatic shut down.I have to open my laptop with my charger plug in.Is it possible to fix?

⟐ Answer accepted July 14, 2025 at 8:04 MST

Dell Alienware 15 R3: Speaker on laptop is busted

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 03:32:15 -0700

How can i replace the spaeaker from my alienware laptop? Is there any step by step?

⟐ Commented August 31, 2022 at 3:32 MST

Dell Alienware 15 R3: Spots appearing on my Laptop Screen - Cant remove with screen cleaner

Sat, 28 Mar 2020 08:09:59 -0700

I have had my Alianware R15 for under a year and i have been noticing that spots have been appraing on my laptop screen. I have tried cleaning them with screen cleaning solution but they been to be under the screen.

Please see attached image.

What is wrong with my screen?

⟐ Answered March 28, 2020 at 8:09 MST

Dell Alienware 15 R3: Screen flickering right part of the screen

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:17:49 -0700

Hello , I have a problem with my laptop i don’t know what cause this problem and i just wanna know if this a software problem or hardware problem maybe cable or the entire screen is now broken

here is the video showing the screen problem Video 1 Video 2

Thanks

⟐ Answer accepted October 25, 2022 at 6:17 MST

Dell Alienware 15 R3: Spacebar cracked, how do I replace?

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:57:39 -0700

Was trying to remove the spacebar to clean and it cracked. Where do I get a new one and how do I replace it properly?

⟐ Answered January 27, 2022 at 21:57 MST

Dell Alienware 15 R3: screen not turning on

Sat, 01 May 2021 11:27:30 -0700

my brother gave me a broken Alienware M15 r3 laptop main part of the laptop seems fine but it has no screen but i can plug it into a monitor by hdmi cable i got it to work for some time i was able to do gaming and etc. but now when i go to turn it on it seems to be runing but no signal was being sent to the monitor so i tried to change the display settings in vr by connecting to my pc with virtual desktop and it connects but still a black screen presents itself still

⟐ Answered May 01, 2021 at 11:27 MST

Dell Alienware 15 R3: Display not working & CPU overheating

Tue, 19 May 2020 02:12:11 -0700

Hello everyone,

I have an Alienware 15 R3 (i7-6700HQ & GTX 1070). Recently my laptop would overheat and its idle temp would be 92 C. I opened up the laptop repasted the GPU and CPU with arctic mx-4 and after the assembly the display wouldn’t work. The display works when booting with D + Power button and flashes all colors correctly. When connecting with an exterior monitor via HDMI the lcd display doesn’t show anything yet the external monitor works fine. The LCD display is not completely dim it emits some sort of light yet shows nothing. And unfortunately my idle temps even though it dropped to 80 is still too high i think for idle temps. I even undervolted the CPU and still the temps are that high.

How can i diagnose the issue with the LCD (I speculate it’s either the LCD cable or the cable’s socket on the motherboard) ?

Why are my idle temps this high and is this normal ?

⟐ Commented May 19, 2020 at 2:12 MST

Dell Alienware 15 R3: Why is my laptop fans making a weird buzzing noise?

Sat, 07 Sep 2019 07:04:17 -0700

I am pretty sure the fans are dusty, I try to blow them with my mouth but certainly that doesn’t solve anything. I’m currently travelling so I Dell’s support can’t reach me. And I don’t trust the surrounding shops with my laptop.

I think I have to do this myself but is it really dust?

⟐ Answer accepted September 07, 2019 at 7:04 MST

Dell Alienware 15 R3: change wifi card and still not detect any signal

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 21:44:04 -0700

Hello guys I have a Alienware 15 R3 that wasn’t connecting to WiFi, I uninstall the drivers installed back and nothing i recently change the card and only the Bluetooth is working. I’m ordering a new card exactly model is Killer1435 to make sure i didn’t got a defective. please if anyone have this issue and got it resolve i will like your help thank you

⟐ Answered December 10, 2018 at 21:44 MST

Dell Alienware 15 R3: Why does my screen keep having a pink static sliding up?

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:06:08 -0700

At random my screen will have this pink static start from the bottom and slide up to the top of my screen. Once it gets to the top my screen goes black for not even a second then my computer is just fine. It's like nothing had happened. I have also noticed that my battery is running out quickly and that the static did not show up until my battery was having problems. I know they are connected somehow. Is there a way to fix this without spending a lot of money? I can not afford to right now.

⟐ Answered October 17, 2018 at 9:06 MST

Dell Alienware 15 R3: Liquid laptop usb onscreen and keys?

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:40:48 -0700

I spilled a little but of alcohol on my laptop while trying to set up fkr fortnite, and what sucks is i didnt even have a drink yet my unsteady table was sloghtly tapped and the glass rocked spillin a tiny ampunt on the laptop i grabbed a towel and quickly dabbed at the liquid not thinling to turn my laptop off because it qas littarly such a riny ammpunt and i thought most of it got on the keys and outer rim anyway and didnt sink between

Well 5 seconds into testong my keyboared to see if it worked it completely stopped working

Along with the laptops mouse and usbs and on screen keyboared, but the mouse has regained function i took the computer completely apart what do i need to replace ? The way the laptop was designed i dont think the mother boared was damaged

T hank you all very much for your time and thoughts

⟐ Answered June 27, 2018 at 18:40 MST

Dell Alienware 15 R3: My backspace button doesn’t work anymore

Fri, 19 May 2023 21:23:20 -0700

I bought it used from a trusted eBay seller and the backspace key worked for a while but stopped have to use macro keys to use backspace how can I fix this?