Re: Asus GL703GM short
Got MATS working, there's a UEFI image out there which works great, just be aware you'll always get 32 or so errors on the VRAM test.
Found the chip I'd messed up and reflowed it again, back to my random little glitches and the card is once again working in windows.
Decided to look at the battery situation again. I notice the charge is going in cycles, 8v, 0v, 1v, 0v, repeat. Is that normal? The battery did also have a blown fuse, gave it a tiny blob of low melt solder, still won't charge. I even tried to jump start the process in case the charge was too low by feeding it the 8v directly to the cells. It held the charge but the computer still won't charge it and reports 0%.
I think the battery may be locked but I'm not too sure really. It's annoying as the wear is only 40% and I'm sure it only blew the fuse due to the short created bybthe original liquid spill. I'm not really keen to throw another 70 quid at this, any ideas?
Outside of gaming, it's still a solid laptop for work stuff and has lots of grunt and screen real estate. If the GPU is indeed just screwed I'm keen to use it as my work machine. Just need to figure out that battery issue.
Got MATS working, there's a UEFI image out there which works great, just be aware you'll always get 32 or so errors on the VRAM test.
Found the chip I'd messed up and reflowed it again, back to my random little glitches and the card is once again working in windows.
Decided to look at the battery situation again. I notice the charge is going in cycles, 8v, 0v, 1v, 0v, repeat. Is that normal? The battery did also have a blown fuse, gave it a tiny blob of low melt solder, still won't charge. I even tried to jump start the process in case the charge was too low by feeding it the 8v directly to the cells. It held the charge but the computer still won't charge it and reports 0%.
I think the battery may be locked but I'm not too sure really. It's annoying as the wear is only 40% and I'm sure it only blew the fuse due to the short created bybthe original liquid spill. I'm not really keen to throw another 70 quid at this, any ideas?
Outside of gaming, it's still a solid laptop for work stuff and has lots of grunt and screen real estate. If the GPU is indeed just screwed I'm keen to use it as my work machine. Just need to figure out that battery issue.
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