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The last time it was working was when I left it running overnight (downloading TV programmes) on Manjaro. The downloads were finished by morning and everything looked fine (which is what I don't understand as there was no sign of anything wrong at that point), before shutting it down. Later that day, my daughter tried to turn it on (for her usual gaming on Win8.1). It was then it wouldn't turn on at all, no LED status lights - completely dead.
@m654321 Were you running Linux on it when it quit? I've heard of some over-clocked Asus laps bricking with Linux.TC
The other day, I was downloading videos on a G750 Asus laptop, without any issues as usual. I've had it for only 4 years. When I went to use it the following day, it refused to switch on, and the LED status lights on the front of the chassis didn't light up at all. I did the usual thing like check the power supply (it was fine). I took it to our local and very excellent computer repair shop and they checked everything but couldn't get it to work. They said they see this quite a lot with gaming laptops, often overheating and the motherboard then breaks down.Wondered if you had a similar experience. Really disapointing as these laptops are really expensive - the 17" one I had was ~ £1200 - never again - I think I'll go for a Raspberry pi instead, LOL
Quote from: Moltke on January 26, 2019, 04:51:50 PMI don't like laptops that much so I don't know if this might sound a little biased but I think desktops are better suited for gaming; better cooling system, more room for improvement like a bigger screen, add more RAM, upgrade CPU, improve cooling system. And I think they're even a cheaper solution too.Totally agree: for the same bang for your buck, the rule of thumb seems to be you pay around double for a gaming laptop compared to the PC Tower, as well as flexibility to upgrade - it would seem to be a no-brainer ...The only reason we have laptops, is that free space in our house is limited and, with young children around, sometimes you need to take your machine to a quiet room, which of course is impractical with a Desktop PC setup
I don't like laptops that much so I don't know if this might sound a little biased but I think desktops are better suited for gaming; better cooling system, more room for improvement like a bigger screen, add more RAM, upgrade CPU, improve cooling system. And I think they're even a cheaper solution too.
I don't like laptops that much so I don't know if this might sound a little biased but I think desktops are better suited for gaming; better cooling system, more room for improvement like a bigger screen, add more RAM, upgrade CPU, improve cooling system. And I think they're even a cheaper solution too. Like this one https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-ultra-desktop-amd-fx-series-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-560-1tb-hard-drive-black/6225212.p?skuId=6225212
Wow - you certainly put the B+ to good use! Is the B+ the one with a single 700 MHz processor & 512MB RAM?
@m654321 Don't know exactly what model, CPU etc. you have, but if you can do the work yourself, new MOBO replacement for this era is around $150 US.TC