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    Asus X705mb - not turning on

    Hi everyone,

    I have an Asus x705mb at my hands, that powers on but doesn't start. I read the beginner's guide as i'm not really experienced in repairing motherboards and i can't find the board's schematic but i tried to get vcore voltage, which i'm not sure where to measure, i'll add a picture about this.

    The notebook was hit hard in the middle of the keyboard, the housing shows heavy damage, but the board itself looks totally fine.
    The memory used is working, i tested that in another board.
    The CPU produces heat over time, and the fan is running when required.
    Charging works as intended.

    My first guess was the bios, so i started with searching for and writing a working dump on the chip. I attached both the original dump and the one that i tried. Unfortunately it didn't help. But caused a minor difference: with the original bios it restarts like every 10 seconds, with the new it doesn't do that.
    Other than that, sata seems to have no power, usb port have, but bios crisis recovery never seem to start.

    What i'd like to ask of you:
    - Is the original bios ok or can anyone help me fix it?
    - Schematics if anyone has
    - Ideas, to continue

    The board is important only, because the hard drive that was in the computer has bitlocker on it and we don't have the recovery key.

    I'm not a professional, and not working in this area at all, but measuring, soldering and coding is isn't a problem and my curiosity about this is just endless.

    Thanks in advance for any help!
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    Last edited by SMDFlea; 01-22-2022, 04:39 AM.

    #2
    Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

    Originally posted by lofaszjancsi View Post
    Hi everyone,

    What i'd like to ask of you:
    - Is the original bios ok or can anyone help me fix it?
    Thanks in advance for any help!
    Please post your bios in the "Bios Requests ONLY!" sub forum https://www.badcaps.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=40
    All donations to badcaps are welcome, click on this link to donate. Thanks to all supporters

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      #3
      Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

      Sorry SMDFlea, i forgot about that rule.

      Here's the link to the bios thread:
      https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...28#post1101528

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        #4
        Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

        I can't edit my first post, but another addition that might be interesting is, that the board powers on as soon as the charger is plugged in and cannot be turned off, it automatically turns on again. (after pressing the power button for a few seconds it seems to turn off but as soon as I release it, it starts again) if there's only the battery attached it can be turned off, it doesn't start on its own.

        Also some specs:
        CPU - Intel N4000
        GPU - Nvidia MX110
        Last edited by lofaszjancsi; 01-22-2022, 09:04 AM.

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          #5
          Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

          I feel a bit like talking to myself, but does anyone know what JDEBUG is good for and how it works?

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            #6
            Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

            Based on the pinout of IT8225E found in this thread i measured a few pins that looked interesting in the pdf and in this thread

            The values (when powered on):
            Code:
            WRST       - 3.05V
            PM_RSMRST     - 3.32V
            PWR_SW      - 3.01V
            PS_ON       - 3.32V
            PM_PWRBTN     - 0.0V (keyboard not connected, no pwr button if that matters)
            AC_IN_OC     - 0V (starts at 0.07V then goes to 0.0V)
            LID_SW      - 3.01V
            PM_SUSB      - 0V
            SUSB_EC      - 3.31V
            SUSC_EC      - 0V
            5VSUS_ON     - 0.0V (starts at 0.02V then goes to 0.0V)
            1.2V_ON      - 0V
            VSUS_ON      - 0V (starts at 1.3V then goes to 0.0V)
            3VADSW_ON     - 0V
            DPWROK_EC     - 3.31V
            PM_PWROK     - 3.31V
            PM_SYSPWROK    - 3.31V
            PM_SLP_SUS    - 3.31V
            3VSUS_PWRGD    - 3.23V
            ALL_SYSTEM_PWRGD - 3.28V
            MP_MAXPOWER    - 1.15V
            The pdf seems to contain a few values measured by the owner of that pdf, my values differ here and there.
            Which values are wrong and what could be the reason?
            Last edited by lofaszjancsi; 01-25-2022, 02:46 AM.

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              #7
              Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

              Most pins are GPIO, assignment can be different between platforms. No way to know correct pinout without having schematics or boardview of the board, or at the very least a very similar one.
              OpenBoardView — https://github.com/OpenBoardView/OpenBoardView

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                #8
                Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

                Thanks for sharing that info. Then i'll try to test every part that i can see, i don't know what else i could do.

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                  #9
                  Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

                  I removed the heatsinks and checked what hardware i have, and it seems that this X705MB has 920MX somehow, i cannot find any other X705-GC030T with that video card.
                  the exact type of the motherboard is: 60NB0IH0-MB1010

                  Is it possible that the bioses that i wrote on the chip expect an MX110 (that all GC030T has based on google) and it cannot start?

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                    #10
                    Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

                    Check all power rails at the coils

                    I had a similar board which had the same symptoms after a Bios Update from Windows Update. One rail was missing but I never solved the issue

                    Probably bad KBC flash in my case

                    That was my thread
                    https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=99527

                    Does your unit also blink?

                    Does it react to capslock on/off?
                    Last edited by Conste; 01-28-2022, 01:30 PM.

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                      #11
                      Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

                      As it stopped working after a physical impact, then it's not likely to be BIOS. As ASUS motherboards rarely have any schematics available, I always start by a physical examination of the board under a microscope. Somethings which aren't visible to the naked eye stand out like dogs balls under a scope.

                      As the board has physical trauma, I would focus on the centre of the board, nudge each passive component with the tweezers to check for broken solder joints (mainly 0402/0603 components), Also check the bare copper test pads ASUS use on their boards. As they have no mask, they are the first things to get corroded, especially under the fans etc where dust may accumulate. Fixed a lot of ASUS boards with corroded test pads.

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                        #12
                        Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

                        Originally posted by Conste View Post
                        Check all power rails at the coils

                        I had a similar board which had the same symptoms after a Bios Update from Windows Update. One rail was missing but I never solved the issue

                        Probably bad KBC flash in my case

                        That was my thread
                        https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=99527

                        Does your unit also blink?

                        Does it react to capslock on/off?
                        There's nothing flashing, caps lock didn't seem to react at all, when I plug the charger in, it starts, power and charging light comes on, cpu warming, cooling stars after a while but that's all. I'll check the coils.
                        Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences.
                        Last edited by lofaszjancsi; 01-28-2022, 10:47 PM.

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                          #13
                          Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

                          Originally posted by reformatt View Post
                          As it stopped working after a physical impact, then it's not likely to be BIOS. As ASUS motherboards rarely have any schematics available, I always start by a physical examination of the board under a microscope. Somethings which aren't visible to the naked eye stand out like dogs balls under a scope.

                          As the board has physical trauma, I would focus on the centre of the board, nudge each passive component with the tweezers to check for broken solder joints (mainly 0402/0603 components), Also check the bare copper test pads ASUS use on their boards. As they have no mask, they are the first things to get corroded, especially under the fans etc where dust may accumulate. Fixed a lot of ASUS boards with corroded test pads.
                          In fact, i don't have a microscope, I'm using a magnifying glass and couldn't find anything damaged. I'll try to check everything you wrote, but my biggest fear is that something's missing from the board, that something fell off when it was hit and that'll be very hard to find.
                          Thanks for the help.

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                            #14
                            Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

                            Is it normal for ceramic capacitors (around the CPU ,under it) to show 0-1 ohm resistance to ground on one side and 20-40 ohms on the other?
                            Edit: also many inductors seem to show close to or 0 ohm resistance to ground
                            Last edited by lofaszjancsi; 01-29-2022, 11:19 AM.

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                              #15
                              Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

                              1 more question, with a clean bios it does not restart on it's own, with the original bios it restarts every few mins. The CPU produces heat with both. This should mean that the CPU is executing code from it right?

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                                #16
                                Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

                                Originally posted by lofaszjancsi View Post
                                Is it normal for ceramic capacitors (around the CPU ,under it) to show 0-1 ohm resistance to ground on one side and 20-40 ohms on the other?
                                Edit: also many inductors seem to show close to or 0 ohm resistance to ground
                                Normally all ceramic capacitors have one side on ground, so 0 ohms on one side is normal.
                                A low reading on the coils near the cpu is also nothing to worry about, but below 1 ohm is too low..

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                                  #17
                                  Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

                                  There's nothing below 1 ohm so I guess those parts are working, I'll continue checking whatever I can. Sorry for the dumb questions and thanks for the help

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                                    #18
                                    Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

                                    It seems I have finally found a dead MOSFET drain shorted to source and probably a bad ceramic capacitor near the MOSFET that seems to show infinite resistance.

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                                      #19
                                      Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

                                      Originally posted by lofaszjancsi View Post
                                      It seems I have finally found a dead MOSFET drain shorted to source and probably a bad ceramic capacitor near the MOSFET that seems to show infinite resistance.

                                      When measuring resistance between drain and source of a MOSFET and the value is small (ohms rather than k ohms), then the MOSFET is bad.
                                      If you measure resistance of a capacitor and it is infinite, then most likely, the capacitor is good. When capacitor fails, it goes short, when resistor fails it goes to infinite resistance. Keep that in mind.

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                                        #20
                                        Re: Asus X705mb - not turning on

                                        A question to Adenitz:

                                        Is this measurement method also possible in circuit?
                                        Is a mosfet not charge-driven? So it can have both a low and a high resistance between drain and source? When I tested the P channel mosfet today in diode mode a saw both open line and a small voltage between source and drain.
                                        Could you please explain this to me?
                                        Last edited by Conste; 01-30-2022, 02:27 PM.

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