I was trying to replace the battered keyboard on my wife's 2 yr old X54C
Shut it down, removed battery pulled old keyboard off pretty stuck, had pulled it off a year before to get crud out of the keys.
Of course new keyboard had the wrong short ribbon, swore and put old one back on.
And.... go to turn the computer back on and NO RESPONSE. Led comes on when you plug in the charger thats it
Tried the pull battery press power button tricks and nothing!
A few months before I had powered it down and added memory, and pulled the keyboard previously never had issues. Computer was running sluggish was planning on adding a SSD with a clean win 7 install.
I can't believe it's just dead now, not worth replacing the motherboard on a 2 yr old entry level laptop UNLESS a better one can be fit in there
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Thanks for the tip, I am also puzzled as the keyboard swap was pretty simple even though the new one did not fit!!
I will try removing the CMOS battery and completely powering down the motherboard. -
Posting from the revived X54C
X54C suddenly bricked
Discussion in 'Asus' started by Chevyguy, Apr 20, 2014.