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    Problems with my W370ET

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by razor0601, Oct 1, 2018.

  1. razor0601

    razor0601 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, I have some problems with my W370ET. Since 2-3 months my clevo starts up very slow. I press the Powerbutton and only the LED's on the right side are blinking and the Display stays dark. Sometimes after a few seconds it Boots normally up. Or in Most cases it boots up after 5-15 minutes. So I decided to replace the BIOS battery.
    Now after I replaced it nothing happened. When I press the Powerbutton the Display stays black and the clevo shuts down after 1-2 seconds.
    Can someone help me?
     
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  2. Prostar Computer

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    Pull any storage drives and test on one memory module at a time, if you have more than one. Failing hard drives & SSDs can cause really long delays in POST, and bad RAM can cause no POST at all.
     
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    Thank you for your post. I tried it all but nothing helped.
     
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    You can try resetting everything by also pulling the CMOS battery, but it's beginning to sound like a faulty main board.
     
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    That happened after I pulled the BIOS Battery(CMOS)
    Is it the GPU Chip that dies?
     
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    It could be anything on the board.
     
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    Yeah, it's anyone's guess. You might be able to find the board online if your seller can't service it, if it turns out to be faulty.
     
    Prostar Computer, Oct 2, 2018
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    Ok, I try to find a new Mainboard
     
    razor0601, Oct 3, 2018
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