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    Asus W3J screen doesn't turn on

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by royrules22, Mar 12, 2008.

  1. royrules22

    royrules22 Notebook Geek NBR Reviewer

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    Hey all. I have an Asus W3J that I got as a grad gift back in summer of 2006 (it was the W3J+ model). I even posted a review for it here somewhere.

    In any case Sunday night I tried turning on the laptop and while the power was being received (I saw the blue light and the LEDs blink and what not) the screen was black. No ASUS logo or anything. So I waited a while and tried again and it booted up fine.

    Today I tried booting it up again with no luck. Waiting produced nothing. Connecting to an external monitor with VGA produced nothing. Absolute black.

    Can anyone tell me what might be the problem?

    Thanks
     
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    royrules22 Notebook Geek NBR Reviewer

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    OK what the hell it booted up properly now....

    I did nothing different. In fact I was going to try your FAQ and run memtest but wanted to try turning on the laptop one last time and voila it worked!

    Time to back up data.

    The only thing different was the batter was unplugged for about 10 minutes while I searched for a screwdriver (to remove HDD and put into an enclosure) and I held the power button down when turning on and not just clicked it.
     
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    Yep, happens sometimes. Static charge on some parts of the mainboard, perhaps.

    That's the first thing my checklist mentions I think, removing the battery and trying after that. :) Before testing the RAM.

    Glad it works anyway.
     
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