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    G51J litterally dead.. Only Lights on when switched on

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by shaamiu, Jul 31, 2014.

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    i have registered in this forum hoping to get a help and fix my laptop G51J. its been 2 weeks since i have been trying to fix it. when a switch on laptop only displays the lights, and i can hear the CD ROM switching on sound. its like a click sound which we usually gets in all the laptops. the lights stays on. but their is no display or fan rotation. i have unscrewed it and checked if it receives the electric current.
    after unscrewing i tested all the parts, including motherboard,graphics card, RAM and the processor. everything is fine and gets electricity when its switched on. i changed the laptop RAM and the Fan. but still their is no change. the last thing that i thought was it could be a BIOS issue. so i unplugged the bios battery, and separated everything including graphics card processor RAM and the WiFi card and kept every piece of the laptop separately for 2 days. this is to drain out any access electric current in those parts. but after this also im unable to find the problem. i have registered in this forum to find a person who could help me to find the defected part in my laptop. thank you in advance.
     
    shaamiu, Jul 31, 2014
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    What were you doing with it before it started malfunctioning? Any recent odd behaviour? The GPU is the primary suspect simply due to the era of the machine.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 3, 2014
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    it was normal. no suspicious behavior found. i have tried to switch it on without the GPU also. but it remains the same. only the lights are on. what i think is without the GPU also the laptop fan should spin.?? am i right in this ???...
     
    shaamiu, Aug 3, 2014
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    What happens if you press the button with no CPU installed?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 3, 2014
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    no difference.. just the lights on... and still i dont know whats causing this issue
     
    shaamiu, Aug 4, 2014
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    It could be a dead chip on the board preventing booting.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 6, 2014
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    yeah.. found the issue.. their is a short in the motherboard clock generator (ICS).
     
    shaamiu, Aug 14, 2014
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    Wow that's an odd chip to go, are you sure?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 14, 2014
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