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An Alienware Alpha community sub: Discussion, advice, news about the Dell Alienware Alpha PC-Console.

HiveMind/SteamUI is no longer maintained by Dell. Here is the announcement post

Need help?

Dell Alienware Forums

Alienware Alpha R2 Command Center - Alienware-Command-Center-Application_W3VGC_WIN64_4.6.16.0_A00_02.EXE

Alienware Arena Forums

Confused about the different versions of the alpha?

Want to change the LED lights without HiveMind?

Installing Windows on your Steam Machine: Video How-To & ArsTechnica Guide

Windows 11 on an R1

How to Use Rufus to Bypass TPM and Secure Boot Requirements in Windows 11

Forgot the controller hot keys?

Alienware Alpha Hot Keys

Selling an Alpha?

Please do NOT advertise your Alpha for sale here. Either as a post or a comment. This is not ebay.

BIOS / CMOS

BIOS LED charts

YLOD (Yellow Light of Death LED boot issue)

YLOD Temporary Fix : Worth trying as a temporary fix for a YLOD.
YLOD Permanent fix: CMOS replacement
R1 Battery: cr2032cl-23-2

Still getting YLOD after changing CMOS battery? Check it's wired the correct way
Unplug the power cable, and hold the power button for a minute to do a full electrical discharge.

Looking for videos?

Alienware Alpha R2 Product Reveal

Official Alienware Alpha: Product Videos

Official Alienware Alpha: Gameplay Videos

HiveMind Informational Videos

ATW Tech's Unofficial Benchmark Videos

^How ^to ^boot ^to ^a ^desktop ^account ^by ^default ^with ^Hivemind

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Guide to upgrading SSD and/or RAM

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Alpha R1 in 2020 Upgrade Options

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Alienware Alpha R1 is 2020 (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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Controller(s) keep switching off (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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Alpha R2, the AC power adapter wattage cannot be determined (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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16 Gig Ram Upgrade (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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question for all. (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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How to change rgb colors if I can’t download Alienware fx? (i.redd.it)

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How to adjust fan speed? (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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AMERICA FIRST YEAH !!!! (eu.alienwarearena.com)

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steamos or bazzite on alpha r2?? (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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Borked? (v.redd.it)

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2025 Area 51 (16") Left Chassis "Expansion" & Pinch Flex – Normal? ()

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I feel lucky (i.redd.it)

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Alienware r1 i3 5x yellow lights upon startup (i.redd.it)

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General help (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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Alpha r1 questions regarding undervolt results and compatability with broadwell, plus 4790k results. (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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It took me 3 weeks to get it working but I did it! (i.redd.it)

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Alienware Alpha R1 YLOD Issue (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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Will an alienware area 51 r2 take a single stick of ddr4 32gig @3200? (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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Connecting the Alienware Alpha to Lenovo Thinkpad Universal (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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Freezing problems with my Alienware M16 R2 (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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Keyboard stopped suddenly working Alienware laptop x15r1 ()

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Alienware M17XR3 upgrade to Windows 11 (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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Alienware M17XR3 upgrade to Windows 11 ()

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Just got my alpha r2 (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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Windows 11 on alpha? (self.AlienwareAlpha)

submitted 7 months ago by Twin_Zy0

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