Jump to content

So I dropped my Eee PC recently and since then it's been having problems with booting up. 

The netbook would either:

 

1. Not boot up at all with only the power and battery lights on.

2. Turn on but restart after either the

-BIOS screen

-Windows XP bootup screen

3. Sometimes a BSOD would also show up, but this is rare and I was unable to see the error before it restarted.

4. Boot up normally without any problems.

5. Boot up into BIOS recovery with a mesage of 'Bad BIOS Checksum'

 

 

This is some information about my system:

 

ASUS Eee PC 901 

 

Intel Atom N270 @1.6GHz, 1 core and 2 threads.

(options to underclock to 1.2GHz or overclock to 1.7GHz)

 

Both drives are SSDs (listed as HDDs in BIOS, but they are definitely SSDs)

 

PS-Runcore 32G  (32GB mSATA)

SM-ASUS-PHISON (I think 4GB)

 

1GB of RAM

I've tried 2GB of RAM, but 1GB of RAM seems to be better.

 

I've tried to:

Clear the CMOS

Rewrite the BIOS

Check the internals (the RAM and mSATA SSD area)

 

Yet nothing changes and it still has those problems.

 I am aware it is obsolete, but I still want to get it in full working order again (fix all major issues).

I do not know of any boot problems that could arise that could cause a laptop to have a chance of booting or not booting after it is dropped.

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1263699-eee-pc-occasionally-has-boot-problems/
Share on other sites

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

×