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    UX31LA - completely dead after clearing boot options

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by lxr, Jun 30, 2019.

  1. lxr

    lxr Newbie

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    I cleared (disabled) all the boot options in the BIOS because I wanted to manually select which drive to boot to. Bad decision.

    Immediately afterwards, the laptop does not boot.

    I press the power button, the power and CAPS button light up, the CAPS light turns off after a few seconds, and then the power button remains lighted. Completely black screen. The CPU heatsink gets warm. Heatsink fan spins once it gets hot enough. CMOS battery voltage is fine.


    Tried:
    • Leaving the laptop "on" for 8~ hours.
    • External monitor.
    • Holding power button for 60 seconds while plugged in.
    • Holding power button for 60 seconds while unplugged.
    • Disconnecting the CMOS and main batteries (7+ days).
    • Disconnecting the main battery and turning on the laptop directly from power.
    • Holding F2 for a very long time.
    • Taking out network card and both m.2 drives.


    The heck...
    Did I just brick my laptop due to ASUS's bad BIOS code??
     
    lxr, Jun 30, 2019
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  2. Ugendar

    Ugendar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Try removing and inserting the CMOS battery once.

    Sent from my ONEPLUS A5010 using Tapatalk
     
    Ugendar, Jul 6, 2019
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