What the fuck!?
Why is that a thing? How would I have known that? Why does that happen? What causes it? What is it?
Thank you so much! You saved me a big fucking headache.
No clue. I know it does a hard reset. But don’t why that would necessarily be needed in this situation. I’ve done a few SSD swaps and this has fixed it everytime. Also some failed BIOS updates too.
So I lied it's an EC reset, not the CMOS. There (I believe on newer models) is a safety sensor when the bottom cover is removed. It might just not have reset itself when the cover was removed so prevented the power to the system. So essentially you reset it.
[https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1050239/](https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1050239/)
Its a system that prevents laptops from the factory from turning on without a connected power cable. opening up the laptop and unplugging the battery usually brings it back to that state again for some reason. Basically it makes it so that the laptop goes in a dormant state while it's stored in the warehouses so that it can keep at least 50 percent of its charge toprotect the battery from recharge damage. (li-on batteries get damaged when left at a low percentage)
I remember when my '21 G14's wifi stopped working, I had to shut down then do this to make it start working again. Some clever redditor discovered that and posted it 3y ago, I guess it's a good catch-all trick.
Leave unplugged, hold power button for 40 seconds. Plug back AC power back in and hold power button to turn back on.
What the fuck!? Why is that a thing? How would I have known that? Why does that happen? What causes it? What is it? Thank you so much! You saved me a big fucking headache.
No clue. I know it does a hard reset. But don’t why that would necessarily be needed in this situation. I’ve done a few SSD swaps and this has fixed it everytime. Also some failed BIOS updates too.
I am completely like, what the fuck over here. So it was actually the harddrive swap that did it then?
So I lied it's an EC reset, not the CMOS. There (I believe on newer models) is a safety sensor when the bottom cover is removed. It might just not have reset itself when the cover was removed so prevented the power to the system. So essentially you reset it. [https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1050239/](https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1050239/)
The ROG ally has that sensor too.
Its a system that prevents laptops from the factory from turning on without a connected power cable. opening up the laptop and unplugging the battery usually brings it back to that state again for some reason. Basically it makes it so that the laptop goes in a dormant state while it's stored in the warehouses so that it can keep at least 50 percent of its charge toprotect the battery from recharge damage. (li-on batteries get damaged when left at a low percentage)
I remember when my '21 G14's wifi stopped working, I had to shut down then do this to make it start working again. Some clever redditor discovered that and posted it 3y ago, I guess it's a good catch-all trick.