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    Blank screen after change BIOS

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Andremetro, Dec 21, 2011.

  1. Andremetro

    Andremetro Newbie

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    My notebook Asus A43s. I have problem with DVD-Rom cause can't read DVD but can read CD-ROM. Then I change BIOS with older setup with K43SJ from HDD. But after that my LCD was blank even power is on. Can you help me?
     
    Andremetro, Dec 21, 2011
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  2. JOSEA

    JOSEA NONE

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    Welcome to the forum, Please connect an external monitor and let us know the results.
     
    JOSEA, Dec 21, 2011
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  3. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    If the screen is blank and nothing is even spinning up (fan, HDD), then you may have a BIOS update failure. In that case, the only solution is to send the A43 to Asus and have them reset the BIOS; there is no end-user fix that will cure that problem.

    I'm hoping that isn't what happened for you, but I suspect it might be.

    As for your original problem with not reading DVDs, but reading CD-R is still OK, that is very likely to be a failure of the drive laser - had this happen on one of our notebooks a few months ago. No fix but to replace the drive, or use an external USB for DVDs.
     
    ClearSkies, Dec 22, 2011
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