I had one, then switched to a refurbed Alienware Alpha (currently in for repairs after only 6 months ) in the living room with Kodi installed
What happened to it? I have an Alpha I bought new for Xmas last year that is having serious hard drive issues right now.
I had no issues prior to this.
Around the beginning of the month it wouldn't boot. LEDs by alien head flashing yellow (not sure about number of times).
Took apart, reseated memory and it booted up ok. (may or may not have been the memory, as simply disconnecting from power may have fixed it)
Last Monday (a few days later), it wouldn't boot and gives 5 yellow flashes (dead cmos battery or defective mobo).
Took apart again, tried each memory stick individually, cmos batter tests 3v,....no dice. Will not boot.
I did not try it with the hard drive removed.
Called in for repair based on a few old posts by a dell service tech on their message boards.
Basically the tech asked them to check a few things (which I'd already done) and then instructed them to send it in because the mobo was probably bad.
When I called in for service and told them what I'd already tried, they didn't ask me to do anything but send it in.
I assume it's a known issue. They just received it today, so I haven't been informed what the issue was yet.
EDIT: should have used the word post instead of boot. Fans spin up, but it wouldn't post, no video output.