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    ASUS A8JS problem

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by lafguy, Jan 14, 2009.

  1. lafguy

    lafguy Notebook Guru

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    My laptop would power up and as soon as you see ASUS logo pop on screen my screen goes black and beep beep beep. Today I tried it and it doesn't power up at all.

    Any ideas

    Thanks
     
    lafguy, Jan 14, 2009
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  2. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    Could be a dead fan, could be a bad sensor, could be RAM, try reseating the RAM modules as a first step. Open the RAM compartment and take out the modules and put them back in. It could also be component failure or something else. What happened before this?
     
    ALLurGroceries, Jan 15, 2009
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    Don't forget simple things like a loose power cord/supply, dead battery or posibly unseated hard drive. We see these things all the time. We had a guy telling us the power intermittantly went off and on; the battery would charge then it wouldn't...it turned out that he was plugged in to an AC receptacle on a switched line for window lights. At night they would work but were off during the day. Don't laugh...anything is possible! Wouldn't you rather find out you were just an idiot than having a broken notebook?!
     
    STAR TECH, Jan 15, 2009
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  4. lafguy

    lafguy Notebook Guru

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    My screen is black I can't see anything. I just get the power up and hear logo screen then constant beep beep beep. If I push power again for 1 sec the beeping stops. I took out my battery reseated ram. Makes me wonder if video card isn't dead.
     
    lafguy, Jan 16, 2009
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    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    Yea it could be a dead GPU but you said you saw the ASUS logo?
     
    ALLurGroceries, Jan 16, 2009
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    It sounds like a motherboard and/or GPU failure. I would RMA it to Asus and have them repair it.
     
    David, Jan 16, 2009
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  7. lafguy

    lafguy Notebook Guru

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    At first I saw it but, now I just hear it.
     
    lafguy, Jan 16, 2009
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    Yep probably the GPU going bad, I hope you are under warranty since you're going to have to probably deal with ASUS and have it serviced. Best of luck.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Jan 16, 2009
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    lafguy Notebook Guru

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    I bought it jan 5th 2007 so of course its out of warranty.
     
    lafguy, Jan 17, 2009
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    OUCH. Well maybe they will help you anyway... you're not *that* far out of warranty. Just make sure to be super nice to them on the phone and maybe you'll have some luck. A replacement GPU in any event shouldn't be an arm and a leg, it's just a question of whether they stock them anymore. Ideally they'd exchange it for you for free, considering you're *just* outside warranty.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Jan 17, 2009
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