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DaveC426913
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- Power button is physically pooched. Can I "short" it to activate power?
Asus Vivobook S14 flip. The power button is wrecked.
Unable to turn it on AT ALL.
We can get into how and why it got wrecked later, but suffice to say a kitchen knife was involved:
These buttons do want to NOT come off, not like other lappies, where they can snap in and out. And they sure don't go back on.
So, in the absence of a longer-term solution that might involve a replacement, is there any way I can activate the power button, like with a paperclip or wire or something?
It looks like an eletrical connection occurs right there in the key. The central rectangle (red arrow) but is metal and the outer bit (green arrow) is also metal. That centre bit (red arrow) makes a tactile "click" when I press on it with a fingernail.
The "knob" in the keyboard "well" (blue arrow) doesn't seem to do much, except I assume act as a conductor.
What I can't figure out is where the current might flow. It's as if the key should make a connection from the central knob (red) to the outer metal "gasket" (grgeen) on the button itself. but I can't find anything that that gasket then connects to in the "well".
If I could find something, maybe I could short it with a wire.
I know there are ways to open the laptop and force a reboot, or set the BIOS and stuff to get around this, but I'm looing for a minimum solution that wil lget me through today. Because the poop in really gong to hit the fan into about two hours.
Help!
Unable to turn it on AT ALL.
We can get into how and why it got wrecked later, but suffice to say a kitchen knife was involved:
These buttons do want to NOT come off, not like other lappies, where they can snap in and out. And they sure don't go back on.
So, in the absence of a longer-term solution that might involve a replacement, is there any way I can activate the power button, like with a paperclip or wire or something?
It looks like an eletrical connection occurs right there in the key. The central rectangle (red arrow) but is metal and the outer bit (green arrow) is also metal. That centre bit (red arrow) makes a tactile "click" when I press on it with a fingernail.
The "knob" in the keyboard "well" (blue arrow) doesn't seem to do much, except I assume act as a conductor.
What I can't figure out is where the current might flow. It's as if the key should make a connection from the central knob (red) to the outer metal "gasket" (grgeen) on the button itself. but I can't find anything that that gasket then connects to in the "well".
If I could find something, maybe I could short it with a wire.
I know there are ways to open the laptop and force a reboot, or set the BIOS and stuff to get around this, but I'm looing for a minimum solution that wil lget me through today. Because the poop in really gong to hit the fan into about two hours.
Help!
