Same here. I managed to dismantle it twice to the bare bones. I originally had a problem with the mouse pad not responding. I fixed(loose plug) that and never failed again. Now is the boot up issue. I removed everything I could and found nothing loose or burnt. I checked for clogging, and shorted out the cmos battery but nothing worked. I put everything back on and left it for dead. Next day I turned it on and booted. But it started again. I know for sure is hardware wise between a capacitor that drains and the bios being confused. However, when I shorted out the cmos it should have cleared the bios setting but it did not. I'll keep tinkering with it .
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Well keep us informed raptoger. Lately I created a batch file such that every time I shut down the pc it will flash the bios and then turn it off. I downloaded the two bios' versions (R1.4 and R1.5) and they were flashed in turn. I noticed that the computer usually doesn't turn on after a shut down and as stated in other posts the problem is something with the bios. My idea was that if the bios is flashed every time, then on a boot the cmos settings will be restored and it will not lock up because of not "realizing" that there was a shut down.( This was mentioned in another post, that the notebook doesn't boot because it "thinks" its in a "stand by" state). Anyway it was working ok for 4-5 days and one day it didn't boot again. When I managed to turn it on I was having the "checksum error" screen thus the bios was flashed ok.
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It is interesting that even though I have brand new HP laptop I miss my little Averatec. Anyways, whenever I short out the Bios battery, I do get the message from the bios indicating that the settings are erased. This fact indicates that the bios is not the culprit but the motherboard. How can it start so flawlessly at times and the next time it becomes a brick. This makes me believe that the problem is not major but hard to pin point. I'll hold on to mine in hope that someone with electronics background could give us the fix.
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It looks like my 2300 has developed the same habit of not booting except when IT wants to. Does anybody have any new info on this problem?? I don't see any comments in the past two months or so, so maybe somebody has come up with a solution....
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I had one, realy liked it, gave it to my daugher, so far i know still working great.
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Has anyone considered that the failure to boot could be related to a low voltage of the CMOS backup battery? The 3.3volt Lithium battery soldered onto my motherboard currently reads 2.65 volts and that seems to be much lower than the minimum voltage I have seen mentioned in other forums.
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oh. i dunno. maybe replace the battery? just a thought. lol...no hard feelings.
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serenityconsulting Notebook Consultant
one thing to also think about... the 3.3v would be in a 'no-load' condition. The fact that the battery is soldered to the motherboard would mean that the battery is under a load.
I am still of the opinion that the issue isn't actually the BIOS in most cases, rather a very poor design for cooling the Nvidia 6100 GO GPU. I think the factory design leads to repeated cooking of the GPU until it finally fully fails. And of course the BIOS won't complete its self-test if there is no video. (hooking up an external monitor won't make any difference - the signal still comes from the GPU)
I have now owned several Averatec 2370's & Everex ST5340T's (same unit), and the ONLY one holding up is my current unit where I modified the OEM cooling, specifically to keep the GPU within specs. -See my post (and revision) in this forum on doing this modification. -
very interesting, jim. so, basically, my gpu is fried and i have to purchase a new motherboard if i want a working 2370, huh? that sux. you would think a company would put a fail-safe for overheating. maybe a power cut off or something. ugh. they should have recalls.
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serenityconsulting Notebook Consultant
While there is a temp sensor on the GPU, the temp sensor used by the system to run the fan is the CPU. The OEM install for the heatpipe is (barely) adequate to keep the CPU running cool enough that the fan never runs at full throttle. Meanwhile the temp soars on the GPU.
These units might have a fighting chance if the BIOS used the GPU temp for determining fan speed (although they would be more noisy and have shorter battery life).
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Hello All,
I was a happy Averatec 2370 owner until it died mysteriously on me. Only thing that comes on are the (On & WiFi) blue lights, everything else is dead. Have any of you figured out the problem with your system. It seems many people had that same problem. I opened the thing tried all sorts of things but to no avail. I also noticed that even though the fan and whole computer was dead, the processor was getting warm when i pressed the On button (I assume its still working) also the CD drive still opens when pressed. I figured its the motherboard but can't find it anywhere. any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.
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hey guys, my fz doesn't start. it shut off while playing game and never start again. i'm thinking there's a problem with electricity receiver in the laptop.
anyone has any other idea?
if my hypothesis is right, what should i replace or do about it?
thanks in advance.
2370 will not start up *DEAD* execpt for power light
Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by DrKrisHall, Oct 21, 2007.