HELP! I dont know whats wrong with my ASUS G73JHb

I bought an Asus g73jh bst7 from ebay as it was listed as used
I thought it had no problems , the seller told me when the power button is pressed all lights light up but nothing comes on screen.
yesterday I got the laptop and i tried to turn on but same result.

Finally found : the vbios is corrupted , so I will reflash the vbios and bring my beast back to life.

UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!
My BEast is back . YAY

 

If you don't have ram it won't post so how did you change where the ram is? What brand and speed of ram? You need ddr3 1066 or better.

 

it was listed as that in ebay, but it had an hidden ram ,lol
its a hynix 1333mhz ddr3 , I did my testing with that ram. still no sucess

 

You absolutely need one RAM stick in slot one or three fort he laptop to post. Check the picture here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/8005189-post2.html. I tested this myself and if at least slot one or three isn't populated, the laptop won't POST.

 

It could be a bad stick of ram. If not your other two options are motherboard and or GPU.

 

yes , its perfectly correct when i got the laptop it was on 1 but , all lights lighed up but keyboard light didnt come but after i change the place of ram ,
after i press powerbutton all lighted and caps lock and num lock was lighed for few seconds and went off and then keyboard lighted up and went off after few seconds but laptop was running all backgrond lights were up ,but when i press caps lock or num lock it doesnt light up , cant hear any sounds when pressing all keys , but it reads cd , so can any one help me, can any one tell a method to blind flash motherboard or vga.

 

It sounds like a dead GPU. I received a DOA laptop from Newegg with the same problems, and one of my previous laptop had the same symptoms.

Fortunately though, there are posts of replacing the GPU on the 73, if you're up to it. Honestly though, if it isn't a GPU issue, you could be facing throwing money away.

I'd say walk away from it and just buy a new laptop.

 

man i dont have money to buy a new one , so i there a way to blind flash??

 

Blind flash instructions are here.
Here is the whole thread.

The files are down. Send me a PM with your mail adress and I will send it to you.
Or you can do it yourself.
There are 3 files.
(atiflash.exe, AUTOEXEC.bat, BR38352.001)
The BR38352.001 is the stock vBIOS.
The autoexec batch just contains
atiflash -p 0 -f BR38352.001
echo off > success.txt

Good luck

 

Solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

IDK, if your GPU is dead! It's all at your own risk!

You don't have to do any input. Look at the autoexec.bat and you will see the 2 lines. This commands should be executed automatically. Don't you grow up with the good old DOS?
You need to prepare a bootable USB-stick as described in the link.
Then you put the 3 files on it. At first I would test the procedure at another PC (for testing please exclude the rom file BR38352.001 from the USB stick - I'm sure you don't wanne initiate a forceflash to another PC )
If the blindflash is succed, you will have a file 'success.txt' on the stick. That's just info. If not, then your flash didn't even start.

 

no i didnt grow up with it, im a newbie ,so have to experience everything.
il try this and update thread. thank you for the help

 

Solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

first of all: STOP!

I just had a laptop where it would start up, and then ater a couple of seconds, shutdown. Turned out to be bad memory sockets on the motherboard, and needed a new mobo.

Can I get the serial number of this notebook, evgasr2?

 

SOLved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

@Chastity
I HAVE PM YOU THE SERIAL.

 

SOLved!!!!!!!!!!!

 

First, i would wait for Chastity, what she can tell you about a possible RMA history of this notebook.

Which RAM slots you are using now? The hidden one?
Make a picture.
IMHO at least 2 slots should be filled.
Where are you from? I have a spare GPU laying around here.

 

Solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Mmh. I would try the blindflash.
What else could you try?
Has your USB stick a LED? You would see the load action.

I have my Asus 5870m here, because I swapped to the 6970m.

 

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Good luck.

You can find 6970 infos in the thread I linked in my sig.
Runs pretty good.
Try all your options and we will see.

 

Solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

As you can read in the blindflash guide, you may not boot from your USB now because bootorder.
What drives are connected now?
I have connected a usb stick in the bottom left port and turned on the notebook.
Now you have to press ESC repeately (at least 5-10 seconds). Then this boot selection shows up. My stick is the 2. entry. Navigate with arrow keys. Your odd drive may be at first.
So I would try with pressing down key 1 time and press ENTER.
Look if the USB stick is loading and let do the blindflash.
If not redo procedure and pressing down key 2 times ...

 

Solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

That's normal. If you enable "Showing system protected files" (IDK the correct name) in folder options, you will see the DOS bootfiles (e.g. IO.sys, config.sys).
I have Bootlog files too.

But if there is no success file, then the previous flash command wasn't executed. This is your only option to check if the flash was done.
Have you checked the correct booting of your stick on another PC?

 

Solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Your only check is the existing success.txt file!
This is just the task of it.
You have to be sure to boot from this stick and wait at least 3-5min. The flash shouldn't take much time, but it is safer.
Then you can check this stick on another PC for existance of this file.

If you have a file and get still no screen, then sth. different may be wrecked.
It could also be, that the GPU board is defect. I think, a flash wouldn't work then too.

 

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Solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

YAY its WORKING NOW,
thanks guys for your help.