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    Advice please, g1s dead.

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Daless, Jun 21, 2008.

  1. Daless

    Daless Newbie

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    I need some advise i turned my laptop off last night went to turn it on this morning and its just....dead, doesnt turn on, no lights are going, iv tryed disconnecting the power cable and trying to run it, and tryed running it with out the battery i dont know what else to do?. :(
     
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    Dreidel Notebook Evangelist

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    send it in for repair
     
    Dreidel, Jun 21, 2008
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    Folker_92 Notebook Geek

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    G1S is the worst laptop Asus EVER produced
     
    Folker_92, Jun 22, 2008
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    Folker_92, Please refrain from making such useless comments. Its not helping anyone.


    Daless,

    -Try taking out your battery pack and unplugging the AC power

    -Hold the power button for 30 seconds or more

    -Now try starting up again with only the AC power
     
    flipfire, Jun 22, 2008
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    There are other steps that can be taken, seeTips and Tricks in my signature, 'What to do if my notebook doesn't POST'.

    Although, it's usually a dead motherboard... :(
     
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    Thanks for the info, i have tried the holding in the power button without battery in and then plugging into AC, but no success, iv tried removing both the ram cards, still no success, i dont really wanna go any further then that as far as removing stuff, i dont really want to break something that is only 2 weeks old, So ill just call asus tomorrow, and go from their, about all i can do :/.
     
    Daless, Jun 22, 2008
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    andrubuntu Notebook Guru

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    If it is only two weeks old, you might be able to get a replacement from the retailer where you bought it from, which might be a lot quicker than going through ASUS repair centre. Might be a good idea to check with them first
     
    andrubuntu, Jun 22, 2008
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    I had the exact same problem with my A6R and did all of the above steps with no success. Believe it or not, the fault was that the power button not responding. I had to press it hard and the notebook just worked! You might want to try that first before contacting asus..
     
    CenA, Jun 22, 2008
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    how common is this for the g1s? I've seen a couple of threads on this....
     
    plattnnum, Jun 22, 2008
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    Yeah i pressed it hard, still no success, i sent it back to asus today (courier was really quick), as it would take just as long if not more to go through the mob i bought it off as they are in sydney NSW, im in southport QLD. Repair centre is in brisbane so its only an hour away. Hope it doesn't take that long. Sick of my old p4 already... lol
     
    Daless, Jun 24, 2008
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