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    I think I killed my Asus W3V...

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by spinsah, Jun 29, 2007.

  1. spinsah

    spinsah Newbie

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    thanks guys for the info re: the second hard drive in my other thread, but ironically now i have a much, much, MUCH bigger problem....

    I got home tonight after I read a service manual online at work about how to get at the 2nd memory module in my W3V which was located under the keyboard - so when I got home I took the keyboard off according to the instructions, and found the memory module (just out of curiosity) - then I put it all back together and tried to power up my notebook...

    now it powers up for exactly 6 seconds, and then shuts down :eek: with the fan going at a high speed for that 6 seconds before the shutdown (normally the fan doesn't come on until way later when the unit's been running for awhile)

    I'm really worried that I screwed something up here...

    Any ideas? (thankfully I have this other laptop I'm typing on now hehe)

    OR...does anyone know of an place that will service an Asus machine in the Greater Vancouver area?
     
    spinsah, Jun 29, 2007
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  2. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    hmmm somthing shorted or your heatsink is not mounted correctly anymore.

    my first 2 guesses.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jun 29, 2007
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  3. NZwaverider

    NZwaverider Notebook Deity

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    yeah are you sure you didnt remove anything else like the GPU? if so you will have to re apply thermal compound to the chip and cooling pipes.
     
    NZwaverider, Jun 29, 2007
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  4. AlexOnFyre

    AlexOnFyre Needs to get back to work NBR Reviewer

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    Make sure your RAM is all the way in as well, and locked in the down position, that could be creating a short.
     
    AlexOnFyre, Jun 29, 2007
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  5. sgistormx

    sgistormx Notebook Guru

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    I Agree with Alex Notebook ram is Tricky you really gotta push it in there it is a pain sometimes
     
    sgistormx, Jun 29, 2007
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