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    Problem powering on U36J

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by chislodc, Jan 13, 2015.

  1. chislodc

    chislodc Newbie

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    I have a nearly 3 year old Asus U36J laptop. About 5 weeks ago, I opened the laptop after previously closing it (as i always do to put it into sleep mode) and it wouldn't power on. Nothing, no power light or anything.

    I left it lying around for about a month until I took it to a local tech a week ago who took a quick 10 min look at it and concluded it was probably a motherboard issue. However, when assessing the issue, he noticed the blue power light when on for about 1/2 second and then nothing.

    Today, I opened it up, removed the battery and PRESTO it turned on!!!! Not only that, it was in the EXACT same state it was when I had last used it 5 weeks ago!!!!!

    However, I made the mistake of shutting it down :confused:

    Then, after several tries, it booted up again randomly...only to shut down on it's own again! The only thing I did really was open up the laptop and disconnect/reconnect that blue ribbon near the memory.

    If anyone has any advice I'd greatly appreciate it!

    THANKS!
     
    chislodc, Jan 13, 2015
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