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    Boot black screen - N56VM

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ivision, May 1, 2014.

  1. ivision

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    Hey, I know this question is asked alot but I have tried all things I could find so hopefully someone here could help me.
    Anyway I wanted to boot from usb so I went in the bios and tried changing the hdd boot order but the usb wasn't listened (happens all the time, fix: reselect the hdd and use boot menu (esc)). Then I rebooted it but now it boots black screen. I had it once before so I did what I did then: remove battery plug power cable in hold 10 seconds the power button and boot. However this didn't work so now I'm stuck.. How can I resolve this? What I tried so far:
    - Remove battery + cable and hold power for > 60 seconds, replug power cable and boot
    - Blindly reset bios
    - Put bios file on FAT32 USB (although it was 64GB) and press F4, Alt + F2 or Ctrl + Home. Repeated them all but then renamed the bios file to AMIBOOT.ROM
    - Swap memory sticks
    - Tried bootable dvd
    - Tried external monitor

    Some things worth to mention:
    - Replaced the hdd with ssd (laptop worked fine, this all happened month later)
    - Hdd is now in a caddy
    - I have the latest bios v214
    - The laptop has a Asus logo on the back, this lights up when the screen is on however it doesn't turn on
    - HDD spins when it is in its original bay
    - DVD spins when present
    - When booting the CapsLock Led flashes once and the disk led is on for about 1 second.

    The rest is default on my laptop, just in case some more specifications:
    - Asus N56VM-S3124H
    - CPU: 3610QM
    - GPU: 630M
    - 8GB RAM
    - SSD: Samsung Evo 840
    - HDD: Hitachi 750GB (5400RPM)

    I really hope someone has ideas or I'll have to be lucky and I still have warranty or something. Thank you for reading!
    Kind regards
     
    ivision, May 1, 2014
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    ivision Newbie

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    Still no reply? :p anyway I've returned the laptop since I did have warranty :)
     
    ivision, May 3, 2014
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