[GTALUG] laptop repair in GTA/Markham?

[Alex Volkov]

If keyboard is a regular button, is it possible that the keyboard is
shorted out along with power button and that's why laptop does't start.
It's is not actually dead?



On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 13:44 Tim Tisdall via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 at 13:04, Don Tai via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> > Switching tactics, can you get to BIOS? Can you boot to something like
> Ubuntu with a USB key? The coffee and the boot issue might be coincidental.
> Remove the battery (see video) and see if you can start up with a brick.
>
> It won't even start.  The power button is a regular key on the
> keyboard and has a back light to indicate that it's on.  I press it
> and nothing at all happens.  I tried unplugging the battery and
> powering it like in the video, but nothing happens.  I think the
> device doesn't actually power on without a battery and alternates
> between the power light and the wifi light like in the video when the
> battery is disconnected.  I don't even get that.
>
> The only thing I do get is the light on the side to indicate that the
> battery is being charged when the power is plugged in.  If the battery
> is disconnected then the light is orange instead of white.
>
> In response to your other email:  There's no evidence of anything
> getting near the ribbon connector for the keyboard.  I think liquid
> may have gotten inside the keyboard and it's preventing it from
> detecting the power button key press.  Unfortunately, it seems like
> the keyboard is actually fused together with the case and it's not
> possible to open.  I wish I knew which pins to connect on the keyboard
> connector to simulate pressing the power button to test that theory.
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