2 year old ASUS X551C that belongs to my son. It was working one day, and with no known changes or damage, he brought it to me the next day like this.
When I plug it up, I see an indicator light for "Charging". When I turn it on, I see the light for "power on" working. (Those are the only 2 indicator lights) Fan also comes on, and the CD drive responds by opening when I hit the button.
There are no other indicators anything is working. No Backlight, no BIOS, no noises or anything
It has a non-removable battery, so I cannot try removing that as part of troubleshooting.
I have tried:
* Holding power button down for 2+ minutes, both plugged and unplugged.
* Plugging to a working external monitor and switching displays using function keys
* Booting while holding F2
Any advice would be appreciated. Its a pretty low end laptop, so I suspect that any fixes requiring disassembly and replacement of parts would probably not be cost effective.
When I plug it up, I see an indicator light for "Charging". When I turn it on, I see the light for "power on" working. (Those are the only 2 indicator lights) Fan also comes on, and the CD drive responds by opening when I hit the button.
There are no other indicators anything is working. No Backlight, no BIOS, no noises or anything
It has a non-removable battery, so I cannot try removing that as part of troubleshooting.
I have tried:
* Holding power button down for 2+ minutes, both plugged and unplugged.
* Plugging to a working external monitor and switching displays using function keys
* Booting while holding F2
Any advice would be appreciated. Its a pretty low end laptop, so I suspect that any fixes requiring disassembly and replacement of parts would probably not be cost effective.