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    W5A Laptop Problems

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Mephisto, May 26, 2007.

  1. Mephisto

    Mephisto Newbie

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    Hi Guys, just arrived to this forum, and it seems to be the right place to put in my doubts. :)
    Some months ago, a little screw drop inside my W5A laptop burning an IC. Since that day my laptop never starts again.
    Some weeks ago I decided to repair by myself this laptop then I wrote to ASUS technical support to know what was the correct replacement to this burned component on mainboard.
    I have succesfully replaced and installed by myself this component, and now laptop is alive again, but something is wrong with battery, because it never get charged and red led indicator always stay on.
    I have revisited several times the mainboard again looking for something wrong on cuircuits, with no luck.
    Have some of you guys knows what the hell is happening? some cuircuit protection IC is blocking battery charging? I suppose this thing because battery before the accident was fine.

    Another thing is that I can't find the card reader driver for win XP. :p

    I really appreciate any help.

    Thanks in advance.
     
    Mephisto, May 26, 2007
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  2. ejl

    ejl fudge

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    well, considering that you have the w5a, it is a very good possibility that your battery might just be dead. does windows detect the battery at all?
     
    ejl, May 26, 2007
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  3. Mephisto

    Mephisto Newbie

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    yep, windows detect the battery but it always stays at 0% charging level.

    The first time that laptop starts after repairing, battery was at full level and I have used it a couple of minutes at normal operation with no issues.

    weird thing
     
    Mephisto, May 26, 2007
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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Well there are some possibilities:

    1. The battery is dead due to staying at a full charge during the months when the notebook was not operating. Batteries lose capacity faster when they are kept at 100% for a long time. (rather than the recommended 40%)

    2. When the IC circuit was burnt, as a side effect of the abnormal regime the battery was affected and is therefore dead.

    3. Not only the IC circuit was burnt, but also some battery-related functions were affected on the mainboard.

    I guess the only thing to do is either to try out the battery in another laptop (cost-free) or get a new battery and try it out in your laptop (with the risk of paying for it pointlessly since the fault might be with the mainboard).

    About the driver: go to support.asus.com, search for your model number and then for the card reader driver.
     
    E.B.E., May 27, 2007
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