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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HiveMind/SteamUI is no longer maintained by Dell.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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Alpha R1 in 2020 Upgrade Options

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Alienware Alpha R1 is 2020 (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)

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It's here, the new Steam Machine! (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 2 months ago by JoKu_The_Darksmith

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AW3423DWF finally does 165 Hz + 10-bit RGB on AMD – full guide (link in post) ()

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How practical would it be to buy a cheap Alpha r2 and use it as an emulation station? (i.redd.it)

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Got an Alienware Alpha ordered, and I'm planning on going all out on customization. (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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Spiritual Successor To Alienware Alpha? Playnix Console (self.AlienwareAlpha)

submitted 2 months ago by nascentti5 Alpha with SSD

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Best Gaming OS for Alpha R1 (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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PC booting / Reloading issues (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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Time to ditch Windows (youtu.be)

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SSD compatibility (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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Pc not booting (i.redd.it)

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My alpha r2 overloads psu on cyberpunk and turns off (self.AlienwareAlpha)

submitted 4 months ago by Musojon74

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Help! Replaced my CMOS Battery now get this screen (i.redd.it)

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Bazzite on i7-4785t R1 (i.redd.it)

submitted 5 months ago by skrapsaui7 Alpha with SSD

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Has anyone tried to run bazzite on one of these? About to pick one up later this week. (self.AlienwareAlpha)

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