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Last answer on Nov 20, 2009 10:37:46 am GMT sarah, on Nov 24, 2008 10:04:02 am GMT 
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Hello,

Hoping someone can help:

My ASUS A6403KM notebook does not power up. When I turn the power on the lights come on for quick second and then automatically shuts down. Ive tried taking the battery out and then turning on same thing happens. Ive also tried taking battery out and mains and pressing power button 3 times (as per ASUS support center advice) and replugging in mains power and still same problem. ASUS service centre suggested montherboard needs complete removal (he is 99% sure did not open the laptop or anything! - very pricy this option). Im hoping someone can offer some alternative advice on what they believe the cause is or how I can reticify the problem.

Thanks

Sarah

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Mary, on Dec 2, 2008 5:39:52 am GMT
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Hi sarah,
I am having the same problem...
Was anyone able to help you?

Mary

   
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sarah, on Dec 2, 2008 8:49:34 am GMT
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Im getting the motherboard replaced.

   
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MySpaGuy, on Jan 29, 2009 1:10:09 pm GMT
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I have a 5520 ACer Travelmate and am having the same problem. Any suggestions other than replacing the motherboard?

   
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PEIPAUL, on Feb 1, 2009 12:59:19 am GMT
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I had the same thing occur with my Acer 5520 Notebook. The green charge light was on but when I pushed the power switch nothing happened. I did some research on the internet and this is what I did that solved the problem:

I removed the battery and unplugged the power supply. I then held down the power button for 45 seconds. I then reinstalled the battery and the power supply and pushed the power button and voila it worked. I did have to try it a couple of times before it woorked but all is well now.

   
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harvey, on Feb 27, 2009 11:51:27 am GMT

Thanks,
you were right. The standard 20 seconds listed on the ACER website didn't do it. Thanks for taking the time to post.
Jon

   
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Fisknils, on May 11, 2009 6:16:48 pm BST
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OMG! It worked! :D
My Asus X51R has been refusing to boot for about 3 months now due to "CMOS Battery Low", "CMOS Corrupt" and "CMOS Date/Time Not Set", and I have been unable to do anything due to both the F1 (continue) and F2 (Setup) asked for a BIOS password that I never set.

None of the default BIOS passwords I tried worked, and I had quite honestly given up hope.

But after following your instructions (holding the power button without any power source connected for 45 seconds), it now boots up perfectly.

The F1/F2 alternatives still appeared the first time I booted it, but without password requirements.

You're a lifesaver :)

   
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Irishten, on Jul 7, 2009 3:40:41 am BST
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Thank you SOOO much for posting that fix!! I was so afraid it was going to be an expensive problem. Your solution fixed it perfectly! Thank you!!!

   
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bastol, on Jul 11, 2009 11:17:59 pm BST

OH MY GOD I LOVE U SO MUCH IT WORKED MY COMPUTER IS NOW FULLY FONCTIONNAL TY,TY,TY,TY,TY,T,TY,TY,TY,TY.

   
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m, on Jul 29, 2009 8:28:28 am BST

Omg!?@! thank you! so much . you saved me my sanity. i thought my laptop had died again and your trick worked.. thanks you so much :) :) :) this made my day

   
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dinwah, on Aug 4, 2009 9:15:39 am BST

Hello, tried your advive and the unplug and hold for 45 then plug in reboot worked a traet thankyou!!! my laptop is an asus

   
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Forevermore-xo, on Aug 22, 2009 7:51:39 am BST

Wow that totally worked! i was really scared something was wrong with my motherboard
and decided to search the net and i saw your post and tried it for myself.

Thank you ! This solves all my problem, but why does this happen?

i notice alot of Asus laptop's tend to shut down randomly without any notification or explanation and i checked in the ASUS manual under the "common problems" and the first sub heading was about this topic if the asus wont turn on. the advice/solution they gave was to get it repairs because it might be due to HDD & etc.

   
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Rybok, on Aug 31, 2009 11:56:49 am BST

TY,TY,TY,TY,TY!!! MY LAPTOP FINALLY STARTED!!!! THANX SOOO MUUCH! :P

   
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Rybok, on Aug 31, 2009 12:02:56 pm BST

OMGOMGOMG!!!!!!! It even solved my problem with USB not working!!!!! :D:D:D:D THANX MAN!!! I OWE YOU BIG TIMES!!!!!!! THAANX SOO FREAKING MUCH!! :D:D I was "THIS" close of buying a new computer since asus didn't know how to solve this problem, then i tryed it my own way, and my comp didn't start out and so on :D:D THANX!

   
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Rybok, on Aug 31, 2009 12:02:57 pm BST

OMGOMGOMG!!!!!!! It even solved my problem with USB not working!!!!! :D:D:D:D THANX MAN!!! I OWE YOU BIG TIMES!!!!!!! THAANX SOO FREAKING MUCH!! :D:D I was "THIS" close of buying a new computer since asus didn't know how to solve this problem, then i tryed it my own way, and my comp didn't start out and so on :D:D THANX!

   
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Chubby, on Sep 24, 2009 8:42:54 pm BST

Thanks a bunch!

I was watching the latest episode of Fringe, when halft way through my Asus just went black. Led power light turned on for 1.5 sec and the fan made a quick noise, but then went back to being dead.

Tried pulling the battery as well, but it was the Power-holdning-for-45sek-trick that made my day.

Odd thing is, when I got back into windows, I had some annoying sound theme on, making sounds when clicking folders and stuff.. I have no idea how that got there. Sounds like a virus though!

   
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Fiasco, on Oct 11, 2009 9:31:20 pm BST

OH my god i love you, it worked. i was going to do a project due tommarow and it dident start up. Thank you! worked wonders

   
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DN'A Premium, on Nov 20, 2009 7:03:17 am GMT

Thank you, thank you, thank you .... I took the battery out and held down the power button for 55 seconds ... put the power supply back in with out the battery in and she powered up!!! Yah man u r a ledgend ... Dave in Australia

   
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 constantin, on Nov 20, 2009 10:37:46 am GMT

Thank you so much
your information was very useful and it's work great
i was afraid i've to sent to fix it
have a nice day
constantin

   
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ryan, on Sep 14, 2009 7:54:13 pm BST

Hey! this in response to your ACER TRAVELMATE 5520 problem, i'm sorry i cant help, because i have exactly the same problem!... did you fix it? if so how?! please reply soon! i have a 4000 word essay on it which is due in Wednesday!!

   
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My asus new X80L model laptop sometimes doesnot power. but if i, on Jan 31, 2009 8:41:03 pm GMT
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Dear expert

My asus new X80L model laptop sometimes does not get power(on). but if i reset battery its get power/on.

I would like know what is the solution and why it does.

Onto

   
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GHOST, on Mar 1, 2009 3:36:33 pm GMT

I Had the same problem

I took out the battery completely and it works fine, turns out the battery was completely dead, I think it tries to use the power from the battery even though the power cable is plugged in.
my R1F-K018T works fine now.

   
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Paul, on Mar 19, 2009 6:35:41 pm GMT
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I had exactly the same problem, the laptop wouldn't turn on at all only the orange charge light came on. I found the problem to be one of the legs on a microchip near the DC input on the Motherboard had burned out. I chipped into the microchip to expose some of the contact, then some clever soldering fixed it. Laptop is working fine now. I would reccomend checking over the motherboard for the same problem, even if you cant fix it yourself if you just take the motherboard to a repair guy it should'nt cost much for him to replace it.

   
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KySeR64, on May 4, 2009 7:06:04 pm BST
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Thx a lot dude !!!
Works fine for me
Unplugged the battery and the supply during one minute the plug the battery and the notebook works fine :D
:::Asus 71SL:::
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Lizzie, on May 20, 2009 12:00:43 pm BST

The 45 second works!!! It's alive!!! It's aliiiiiiiivreee!!!! X

   
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marsee ., on Jun 2, 2009 4:14:06 am BST
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My ASUS laptop will not power up at all ?
and is there something i should know or how could i test to see if i need a new bettery or power cord ?

   
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shaz, on Aug 6, 2009 4:43:02 am BST

Was playing online game onenight shut down looked this up the next day held down power for 45 seconds with no power and it worked when i connected battery and tryied YAY I LOVEEEE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

   
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Cris, on Aug 27, 2009 1:28:12 pm BST
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I'd like to say the same thing guys. But my acer aspire 5520g does not power up. :(( Even after the 45 sec reset. :(
It turns on for 3-4 sec, the fan starts up too but after that it reboots, and the fan does not start any more. I'm so disappointed because if it is the motherboard , the replacement will cost more than the laptop itself. :( I was hopping so much that this solution will work. But...no luck for me:( If any other solutions appear please let me know. THX

   
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muzza, on Sep 6, 2009 10:28:55 am BST

I have an asus aj6 laptop, it would begin to startup then suddenly stop, so a friend of mine said the small battery that powers the bios may be flat or not contacting well enough, so i dismantled the machine and finally found the battery, removed it, cleaned the contacts and replaced the batt, semi assembled the machine enough to run it and pushed the bios reset button with a small pin, surprise !, she booted up into windows

   
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Jusa, on Oct 25, 2009 5:39:21 am GMT

Cris, did you fix your Acer 5520G? Mine started to misbehave yesterday. The laptop suddenly shut down in the middle of normal web surfing. Tried to restart, it shut down almost immediately again (got to the ACER BIOS splash screen). Tried again in a few minutes and just got the Windows to boot and then it shut down again. Now it refuses to start at all, and keeps doing the loop of death.

When I press the power button, the green light comes on, the fan runs for 2 seconds and HDD & DVD drive spin and then it turns off. It does this in a loop until I disconnect the battery.

The machine is 1 year and 11 months old, is there any possibility of claiming mobo warranty? This seems to be a very common fault when reading the forums...

   
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Nanda, on Sep 7, 2009 12:16:11 am BST

Dude, LIFE SAVER.

I have an acer aspire one. After I put it in hibernate, it just wouldn't work again. None of the led lights would light up either - not even the battery one.

So I took off the battery and pressed down the on button for about 45 seconds and, just like PeiPaul said, it worked! I've had this laptop for about 2 days, I was about to shoot myself in the head for breaking it so soon!

THANK YOU

   
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Dara, on Sep 8, 2009 1:26:17 am BST

I also just wanted to post a thank you !

I had tried holding the power button for 15 sec with the battery out...didnt work.

But removing the battery AND power supply AND holding power for 50 seconds totally fixed it!

Thank you so, so much. Saved my night

   
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butzzzzz, on Sep 12, 2009 11:14:36 am BST

PIEPAUL UR A LIFE SAVER... I'VE READ UR ADVICE THAT FOR 45 SECONDS JUST PRESSING THE POWER SWITCH... BOY UR A LIFE SAVER.... HOPE U HELP MORE IN OTHER PROBLEMS... IF I CAN HELP SO, I'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP ANY ONE... I REPAIR PC FOR A FEW MONTHS ALREADY NEED MORE EXPERIENCE... BUT IM WILLING TO SHARE IDEAS TO ANY ONE WHO NEEDS HELP... AGAIN PIEPAUL THANKSSSSS A LOTTT !!!!!!

   
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chris, on Oct 1, 2009 10:20:15 am BST

I have a tos, that light on but no one at home, no boot or anything, read your hold button fix tried it ,it didn"t work
put power back on held button 45sec power off, hold button, 45.sec still no avail?? did this 3 times and
AWAY WE GO!!!!!!!!!! i just can"T believe it a million thanks from me(and from a lot of others too)

   
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johnsidicouplay, on Oct 10, 2009 1:45:19 am BST

First time it ever failed , but luckily I found this forum straight away on my pc and followed the instructions. Took the battery out, disconnected from the power adaptor and held the power button for 45 secs. Then plugged it in again, and it works. Thanks for the info.
I was having a nice evening with a few drinks and waking up in the morning with a dead asus eee would have definitely felt like a bad hang over. Many thanks and Cheers!

   
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Kez, on Nov 2, 2009 2:10:55 am GMT

Sarah, Mary,
i've had the same problem. Did you get any answers?
it is getting frustrating! and it's a new laptop!

   
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abhi, on Nov 2, 2009 10:47:52 pm GMT

I have the same problem did not work when i tried 45 sec method anyone plz plz help with a different idea ...i am desprate need to sort my laptop have my presentation stuffs in it and by wednsday...

   
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Christoffer, on Nov 10, 2009 10:54:31 am GMT
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Hello! I am also having problems with my Laptop, which is a ASUS M51S. First when I got this problem, that the laptop wouldnt start up, and the lights were there for a few quickly seconds, I was trying abit on my own. Took out the battery and power supply, and inplugged both of them again to try if it worked. Sometimes it did, but most of the time it didnt work. When I saw this topic, I followed the instructions, and after a few tries it worked. Im too afraid to not getting my laptop to start again, so last time I have putted my laptop to "rest-mode". Im sitting here trying to start up the computer now, and I can't get it to start, and I've tried many times. Is there any other ways to start it up? What can be wrong? I dont really have any money at the moment, and Im addicent to my laptop, and using it lot each day, so I do not want to went any money on new computer or repair (unless its the only way).
Please, I need help! Please, help me!

   
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