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Resolved Question

ASUS K25J won't start after forced shutdown

by Mar 5, 2012 1:10PM PST

I was playing Battlefield 3 on my ASUS K52J and while playing, I managed to freeze the game. I was playing in windowed mode, and when I tried to minimize the game, nothing happened. It had frozen my whole computer. Nothing, not even CTRL-ALT-DEL or CTRL-SHIFT-ESC could garner a response. Having no choice left, I held down the power button for 5 seconds, forcing shutdown, and waited a moment. When I tried turning it back on, the power button light flashed once, and nothing happened. At first I thought it was just overheated, so I waited about ten minutes. But when I came back, it was just plain dead. Nothing happens when I turn it on, or do anything to it. Any ideas, suggestions?

Also, I noticed that the battery light stays on even when not plugged in. Don't know if that might be somehow related.

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Try a generic reset. Link only.
by Forum moderator Mar 5, 2012 1:37PM PST
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Sucess
by NukedRabbit Mar 5, 2012 2:11PM PST

It worked! Thanks.

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Thanks for the report.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 5, 2012 2:13PM PST

It's helped many times and a good thing to know around PCs.

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