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    Z71V won't power on or charge, but he brick shows a green light

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by pmoon, Aug 28, 2009.

  1. pmoon

    pmoon Notebook Guru

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    I have a Z71V laptop that has stopped working. The laptop won't power on or charge the battery. The laptop is plugged in, and the green light on the power brick is on, but the laptop won't do anything at all. What might be the problem?
     
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    TevashSzat Notebook Deity

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    The battery
     
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    pmoon Notebook Guru

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    Should the laptop power on without the battery installed?
     
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    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Yes, it should -- as long as the AC is plugged in. The battery does not have to be inserted in order to boot/run.

    If you can't boot or get any kind of response *at all* when you press the power button, with both the AC in and the battery removed, you could very well have a motherboard failure around the power jack area.

    The Z71 isn't going to be worth trying to fix, given its age - skip paying the cost for diagnostics/repairs and spend for a new budget segment notebook instead. You can pull out the old HDD and transfer all your data over from an external 2.5" enclosure.
     
    ClearSkies, Aug 28, 2009
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