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    Clevo W870CU can't power on

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by peterbz, Mar 25, 2010.

  1. peterbz

    peterbz Notebook Guru

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    I recently bought a W870CU and suddenly today, I tried to power on the laptop, it lit up for a second and it just stopped working. Now, the AC Adapter keeps flashing when I plug it into the laptop. Whether on AC Adapter or battery, my laptop won't turn on. Is it the power unit that's fried? How can I fix this?
     
    peterbz, Mar 25, 2010
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  2. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    contact your oem supplier as its covered by warranty.
    have you been oc'ing it by any chance as if youve fried something then it may not be covered by warranty.
     
    MrDJ, Mar 26, 2010
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  3. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    It can be as simple as some statics.
    Do a power drain:
    Unplug the power cord, battery out, press&hold the power button for 10 sec, replace the battery, - see what happens.

    As for the OC'ing. You don't have to mention it, and furthermore, if the system allows BIOS OC'ing the warranty should cover it just fine ;)
     
    Aikimox, Mar 26, 2010
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  4. le-gardrobiere

    le-gardrobiere Newbie

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    Hi !

    I know it`s not the correct thread but i would'nt open a new one ...

    I flashed my VGA GTX 280M to GTX285M

    after that the DVI & HDMI port did'nt work :(

    driver: original from sager for the gtx285m, laptopvideo2go, ...

    could anybody held me with the correct GTX285M BIOS for the W870CU or the original GTX 280M for fixing my portproblem ;)

    thanks in advance


    i cant receive board-messages > pls upload it ;)
     
    le-gardrobiere, Mar 26, 2010
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  5. LaptopNut

    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

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    The GTX 285M had a Driver issue where HDMI wouldn't work until a further Driver update so it might not be your Bios.
     
    LaptopNut, Mar 27, 2010
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  6. peterbz

    peterbz Notebook Guru

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    No I didn't overclock anything. That's why I was surprised that it would just burn like that. It's possibly because the motherboard or the power unit (whatever it's called) is fried. I just called ProStar and they said they'll cover everything as it's under warranty. I'm just kind of disappointed that a premium notebook like the Clevo W870CU will just fry like that after only 2 months of usage. I've never tried anything like this before with other notebooks.
     
    peterbz, Mar 28, 2010
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  7. Soviet Sunrise

    Soviet Sunrise Notebook Prophet

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    Let's retrace your steps. Can you tell in detail what you were doing with your notebook before the last time you turned it off?
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Mar 28, 2010
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