Broken power button (keyboard). How to jump start notebook?

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  • Till
    New Member
    • Jul 2023
    • 4
    • Switzerland

    #1

    Broken power button (keyboard). How to jump start notebook?

    Hi

    Yesterday while browsing the internet with my laptop I noticed that 3 keyboard buttons were not working anymore.

    Today, the notebook doesn't boot anymore. My assumption is that the keyboard went bad because the power button is on the keyboard.

    Is there a way to jump start directly from the motherboard?

    I tried to short all the pins of the connector for the keyboard cable with no luck.

    I found the schematics here on badcaps, but I didn't find the pin out for the keyboard. But truth be told, I am just a hobbyist who tries to fix everything by myself and I don't fully understand schematics.

    The laptop in question is a Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro 15.6".

    Here is the link to the schematics https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=120749

    Would be amazing if someone could help me .

    Thank you!
  • petehall347
    Badcaps Legend
    • Jan 2015
    • 4425
    • United Kingdom

    #2
    Re: Broken power button (keyboard). How to jump start notebook?

    try a new keyboard .. or i wonder if there is an external one with a power button which there cant be .

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    • khaahk
      Badcaps Veteran
      • Dec 2013
      • 748
      • Estonia

      #3
      Re: Broken power button (keyboard). How to jump start notebook?

      Pin 26 to gnd should do it.
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      • Till
        New Member
        • Jul 2023
        • 4
        • Switzerland

        #4
        Re: Broken power button (keyboard). How to jump start notebook?

        Originally posted by khaahk
        Pin 26 to gnd should do it.

        Thanks a lot!. Do you know which pin GND is?

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        • Vesko356
          VIP Moderator
          • Aug 2018
          • 4386
          • Bulgaria 🇧🇬

          #5
          Re: Broken power button (keyboard). How to jump start notebook?

          Originally posted by Till
          Thanks a lot!. Do you know which pin GND is?
          It's the adjacent pin - #25, briefly short pin #26 to pin #25 to start the laptop.

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          • Till
            New Member
            • Jul 2023
            • 4
            • Switzerland

            #6
            Re: Broken power button (keyboard). How to jump start notebook?

            Thank you. It can't kill the notebook if you touch the wrong pins with a metal object right?

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            • Vesko356
              VIP Moderator
              • Aug 2018
              • 4386
              • Bulgaria 🇧🇬

              #7
              Re: Broken power button (keyboard). How to jump start notebook?

              Originally posted by Till
              Thank you. It can't kill the notebook if you touch the wrong pins with a metal object right?
              Don't push your luck using "metal objects" back and forth at the powered motherboard please, just solder tiny wire at pin 26, and touch the wire briefly to any ground pad to start the machine, that would be the safest approach to do the job.

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              • petehall347
                Badcaps Legend
                • Jan 2015
                • 4425
                • United Kingdom

                #8
                Re: Broken power button (keyboard). How to jump start notebook?

                bad buttons might be stuck on making it not start

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