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    V1S-A1 Failure

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by lcs, Dec 9, 2007.

  1. lcs

    lcs Newbie

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    My laptop was working normally running on battery. I left the room for a few minutes and the laptop had turned it’s self off when I returned. When I re-booted it the windows error recovery screen appeared. I selected restart windows normally but the laptop booted back to the windows error recovery screen. I next selected the repair option but the laptop booted back to the windows error recovery screen.

    Next I disconnected the battery for a few minutes and tried to boot again with the same result. Next I pressed f8 at boot to go to safe mode with command prompt but the laptop still returned to the windows error recovery screen. I got as far as loading files using F9, but it also failed and returned to the windows error recovery screen. Using the Recovery DVD also failed. It did not matter if I tried a clean install by forcing shut down after the process asked for the driver disk or if I used the driver disk and let it run until the notebook shut it’s self down.

    Other issues included: The notebook has never shut down properly when running on battery power. The display turns off but Wi-Fi and the disk drive remain active. Pressing the Blue Tooth key did not help

    When working from AC or DC power the notebook crashes after it is in screen saver mode for about 45 minutes. The dump pointed to the video card. I removed the old driver and installed the new one. The problem still persists. This note book also crashes interminably while gaming or using office applications. The dump data does not provide an obvious cause.

    The light leakage from the LCD screen is almost the worst I have ever seen. It is the worst on the lower right had side of the screen. The leakage also causes the brightness at the bottom of the screen to be uneven. It is very noticeable and annoying.

    On Friday I revived an RMA and sent it in. Has any one else had a similar experience?
     
    lcs, Dec 9, 2007
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  2. matt_h1

    matt_h1 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Nope, Sounds like RMA is the right thing to do, My screen has little to no light leakage, but it did have a dirty smudge on it so Asus gave me a new screen
     
    matt_h1, Dec 10, 2007
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  3. unk3

    unk3 Notebook Consultant

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    yes, my f3sv-a1 seems like it has similar problems. I personally think its a piece of crap :/

    All RMA will do is, reinstall vista and the drivers on your laptop. I dont think they will even open the the case. I felt my hard drive was faulty, but they didnt even check it. They installed vista again, a week after i got it back it doesnt start up anymore again.
     
    unk3, Dec 10, 2007
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  4. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    Asus with their batteries. My C90 started to randomly decide it has -1% battery life remaining. I should probably fix it, but I dont have to time to do a battery calibration.
     
    Patrick, Dec 10, 2007
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