g73 wont boot after repasting

as some of you may know i repasted my g73 last nite...the first time around everything went smoothly from start to finish. played with it for 3-4 hrs and wasnt satisfied with the temps so i decided to redo my thermal paste again.

so went ahead and disassembled my laptop. i was pretty sure i didnt do anything wrong nor forget anything to plug in. every screw was in there right places. no wired were broken. but when i try to turn my laptop on nothing happens. when i plug the AC the battery light doesnt turn on. so basically the laptop doesnt boot. i really need some help...

i read in a post a while ago something about a reset button which i tried but that doesnt work either. im starting to regret why i decided to do my paste...d*ammit

 

One of the wireless wires has come to rest on top of your reset button. Open the bottom panel and look to the side, just behind your wireless card. You'll see a silver box, its the reset button, and you'll probably see a wire between it and your laptop case. Just move the wire around and it'll be fine.

 

dude that fckin worked...holy sh*t...u dont know how relieved i am right now... i would hug u if u were next time (not gay btw) lol. tnx so much!!!!

 

Haha. I only know from experience

 

then u know how bad that feeling that u think you effed up your lappy..damn..

 

Yeah, happened to me too. Good thing it's such an easy fix.

 

Actually, when I did it, I was like "dammit, I didn't want to have to open this back up" I knew right away what was wrong with mine too. I didn't obviously break anything, so I knew there was no damage, and the reset button getting stuck will keep the computer from doing anything, including showing any lights that it was charging

 

Nothing lighting up with the adapter light showing solid green is how you can tell it's just your reset button that's covered. If it doesn't power up and your adapter light is blinking you have broken something major.

 

yeah...i also was sure that i didnt break anything cause i was extra extra careful on taking anything apart. but givent he number of times that i reopened and checked everything i was at the point of giving up. so again,, tnx so much

 

btw chastity, i was asking last night if i needed to redo my paste due to high temps on furmark. so went ahead and did the repaste, and right now im running furmark and peak at 16 min mark is at 86. : ) i knew i didnt put enough thermal paste. will do try out some games and ill let u know how it goes.

 

it's posts like this that keep me coming back to this site, getting to see first hand all of the things to watch out for before i tear my own G73 apart to repaste.

glad everything worked out

also, thank you to everyone who shares their experiences on here! iv'e had this thing for a week and have already learned so much about it and what to look out for and fixes to potential problems.

 

yeah its great people of NBR community thats contributes a lot and help people out. special shout out to chastity for all HER help.tnx!

 

Why thank you, mokylim.

The debugging is down atm since Gary is off at PepCon in NY, I think. He even has his email set to Away!!?! At least I can just relax, play a few games, and marvel at my lappy's awesomeness, especially regarding the temps.

 

forgot to mention im now a member of the ICD 7 repaste club! Lol

 

Me too, successfully despite my complaints. Found my heat issues were related to the surfaces I was keeping it on. My lapdesk holds heat pretty badly, realized that it was the issue when I decided to keep my laptop on a book instead, and it dropped from 63C to about 56-57C (which is where I wanted it). Just using it in my lap it stays around 59. The table I sometimes use is actually a coffee table, and its a cheap one from Ikea, so the core of it is actually cardboard (no lie), which also likes to hold heat in very well.

When not using these surfaces, it runs nice and cool. Soo I'd say my repaste was successful.