Asus ROG Strix GL702VM Laptop Won't POST

[ReptillusMax]

My laptop ASUS ROG STRIX GL702VM won't POST. Screen is black, with no ROG logo splash screen. LED indicator light for battery (charging) and power works, but the storage LED doesn't blink even once. I tried removing battery and CMOS battery with no luck. Is there another way to reset BIOS CMOS? 

I tried holding power button for 2 minutes again no luck. I tried removing both RAM modules and it gives flashing green LED indicator. Tried one of either RAM gives no flashing green LED, but still won't POST. I also tried swapping NVMe and HDD for boot drives and also Windows 10 bootable USB, but it doesn't look useful, since it won't even load the UEFI BIOS. The CPU fan is active, and all the USB ports output power, however the keyboard is off (Backlight is off and CapsLock does not toggle). I tried plugging external USB keyboard, but it isn't detected. 

I'm out of ideas. I called ASUS Customer Service for repair cost, he quoted $600 USD. That's insane! If anyone ever solved this problem, please let me know.

[ApolloX75]

Is it really out of warranty already? That's outrageous. Sounds like a dead motherboard, my Alienware has done that to me twice now.

 

Edit: Ugh. Motherboards are going for over a grand on eBay. I think you might have to eat the cost and get it fixed unless you want to bin it and get a new laptop.

[genexis_x]

Might just want to get a new one

[ReptillusMax]

3 hours ago, ApolloX75 said:

Is it really out of warranty already? That's outrageous. Sounds like a dead motherboard, my Alienware has done that to me twice now.

 

Edit: Ugh. Motherboards are going for over a grand on eBay. I think you might have to eat the cost and get it fixed unless you want to bin it and get a new laptop.

No warranty unfortunately. 4 months out of the 1 year warranty. Sad...

[ReptillusMax]

So, nobody managed to fix this kind of problem?

[Super Spartan]

1 hour ago, ReptillusMax said:

So, nobody managed to fix this kind of problem?

The price they quoted you for repair is insane man especially that they didn't take a look at the laptop to even know what's the real problem.

 

When did this happen? just suddenly? Can you recall if you did or changed anything prior to this happening?

[markr54632]

Literally everything except for the ram and ssd is soldered to the board. So if you have already ruled out ram the ssd wouldnt cause a no post condition. You are left with it needing a full motherboard. 600 is pretty reasonable for main board replacement.

 

I mean if you wanted to fix it yourself you could always buy a board off of ebay, but your better off either buying new or having asus repair it.

Edited January 16, 2019 by markr54632