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    Accidentaly, without force, touched laptop's USB port with headphones' pin, now laptop won't turn on

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by plshalpmehh, Dec 22, 2014.

  1. plshalpmehh

    plshalpmehh Newbie

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    (hope you don't mind, but the same topic is on Tomshardware as well. Maybe it's a bad practice, but... I'm desperate and I want to try everything.)
    Hello.
    So, of course I've googled this issue for quite a while and it seems like a common issue - something to do with static electricity? Thought before taking my laptop to warranty, maybe there is something I could try. And I'm not even sure if this would go under warranty?

    Laptop's ASUS VivoBook S301LA. I read somewhere, that you have to hold your power button for 30-60 seconds. Nope, that didn't help. Some helpful citizen from the Ubuntuforums suggested "taking out the battery for a minute while it is not plugged into the AC. Reinsert and try to power up". Well, the problem is, that the laptop is built so that you couldn't take out the battery . He also suggested to "look for reset button" - couldn't find it. Most of the solutions I've found so far are for either PCs or laptop's that you can easily break apart and unplug the components.


    So yeah, is warranty the only way I could fix this machine or is there anything I could do myself?

    Thanks for helping
    plshalpmehh
     
    plshalpmehh, Dec 22, 2014
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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    Reset button, if there is one in the first place, would be a small hole that you could fit in something like a straightened paper clip. Somewhere in the bottom or sides.

    I'm not sure if that would be covered by warranty, since I don't think what happened is a manufacturing defect. However the definition of warranty differs around the world...
     
    KLF, Dec 22, 2014
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