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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Win11 vertical taskbar is finally here!

 tart11 was developed by Startdock and is specifically designed to customize the taskbar and start menu of Windows 11.


In Windows 10 and previous versions, users can freely adjust the position of the taskbar, but Windows 11 limits the taskbar to the bottom of the screen.


The launch of Start11 v2.5 Beta breaks this limitation, allowing users to move the taskbar to the left or right side of the screen, bringing a familiar operating experience to users who upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11.


Users only need to upgrade to Start11 v2.5 Beta, open the control panel, click the taskbar, select the taskbar position as the left or right side of the screen, and save the settings.

Monday, October 7, 2024

Microsoft PC Manager V3.12 is online: a great tool for PC

 First of all, the disk analysis function has been added to make the storage space usage clear at a glance. Have you ever been troubled by not being able to find the large files that take up space? Now, through disk analysis, you can easily check the usage of various files in the C drive, including user files, application files, system files, etc., so that you can know the computer storage well. In addition, the newly added disk status before and after comparison function can also let you see the change trend of disk space and adjust the storage strategy in time.


The uninstall application function is finally online! In the past, uninstalling unnecessary applications may require the control panel or third-party software, but now Microsoft PC Manager can help you do it. You can sort and search by application size, name, and installation time, quickly locate the target application and uninstall it. In addition, you can also filter "user-installed applications" and "system applications and drivers" to avoid accidentally deleting key system files, so that computer novices can also use it with peace of mind.

The ability to clean up application cache has also been significantly improved. As we use computers for longer and longer periods of time, application cache files will increase in number, taking up a lot of disk space. Now, Microsoft PC Manager can clean up these cache files more thoroughly, freeing up more disk space and making your computer run more smoothly.


In general, the launch of Microsoft PC Manager V3.12 has undoubtedly brought more convenience and efficiency to our computer management. If you haven't upgraded to this version yet, then hurry up!

Win10 Start Menu right-click not responding? Here's how to fix it!

 In response to this situation, the editor has compiled a set of simple solutions for everyone, hoping to help everyone resume normal use.


Solution:


1. First, locate the following path: C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX, and find the folders named Group1, Group2, and Group3.


2. Select all the Group1, Group2, and Group3 folders, then right-click and select "Copy" in the menu that opens.


3. Paste the Group1, Group2, and Group3 folders you just copied to the folder in the following path (overwrite the existing folder):

C:\Users\[user.account.name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX


Note: \[user.account.name\] refers to the name of the currently logged in account, for example, Administrator here


4. Next, right-click on a blank area of ​​the taskbar and select "Task Manager" in the menu that opens.


5. After opening the Task Manager, under the "Processes" tab, find and select "Windows Explorer", and then click "Restart" in the lower right corner.


After completing the above steps, your Start menu right-click function should be restored to normal. I hope the above method can help you solve the problem of Win10 Start menu right-click not responding.

Can't boot after Win10 update? Here are some tips to fix it easily!

 Method 1: Force restart


1. When the Windows logo appears on the computer, press and hold the power button or restart key to force restart the computer twice.

2. When the system is started for the third time, the words "Preparing automatic repair" will appear. Please wait patiently.

3. After a while, the advanced options interface will appear, select "Advanced Options".

4. After entering the WinRE recovery environment, select "Troubleshoot".

5. On the troubleshooting screen, select Advanced options.

6. Finally, select Uninstall updates and choose Uninstall the latest quality update.


Method 2: Uninstall feature updates


If method 1 does not solve the problem, you can try uninstalling the feature update:


1. Follow the steps in method 1 to enter the WinRE recovery environment.

2. On the Advanced Options screen, select Troubleshoot.

3. Select Advanced Options.

4. Finally, select Uninstall updates and choose Uninstall the latest feature update.


I hope the above methods can help you solve the problem of not being able to boot up caused by Win10 update patches. If you encounter any difficulties during the operation, please leave a message in the comment area and I will try my best to answer you.

Can't delete computer files? Four easy ways to solve it!

Method 1: Manually set permissions


1. Right-click the file that cannot be deleted, select "Properties", click "Security", find "Advanced" and open it.

2. Click "Edit" on the "Owner" page to enter the security settings page.

3. Change the owner to "Administrators" and finally click "OK" three times.

4. Then go back to the folder properties page, click "Edit" to enter the permissions page, and then click "Add".

5. Select "Advanced" in the pop-up window, click "Find Now" in the new window, select "Administrators" in the search results, and then click OK.

6. Finally, go back to the folder's permission page, check all permissions and click OK to delete the file.


Method 2: End the process


1. First, right-click on the taskbar and select "Task Manager".

2. Then click CPU above, and then click "Open Resource Monitor" below.

3. Then click on the "Search Handle" below.

4. Finally, search for the file that cannot be deleted, right-click and select "End Process".


Method 3: Use batch file


1. Create a text document first and change the suffix to bat.

2. Right-click to edit, enter DEL /F /A /Q \\?\%1, RD /S /Q \\?\%1 in the text, and save.

3. Now you just need to open the files that cannot be deleted with this and delete them.


Method 4: Using the command line


1. Enter cmd in the address bar where you want to delete the file.

2. Enter takeown /f + file path in cmd and press Enter to run; then enter icacls + file path /grant username: F (Note: if there are spaces in the path, quotes must be used).

3. The meaning of these two commands is: obtain file ownership and file management permissions, and then you can delete the file normally.


The above four methods can solve most file deletion failure problems. If you still cannot delete the file after trying the above methods, there may be a problem with the file itself. It is recommended to use a professional file recovery tool to handle it.

Saturday, July 20, 2024

How to disable secure boot in Acer BIOS

 An ACER notebook does not have a button battery. When the notebook battery is used up or has run out of power after being stored for a long time, the system cannot be found every time it is started. The secure boot + UEFI boot is enabled by default. If it is Win8 or above, it can be started normally. Most of these notebooks should be installed with Win7. Win7 can also use UEFI boot but Secure Boot must be turned off to use it. It is forced to be enabled by default and is grayed out and cannot be turned off.

Press F2 to enter BIOS, go to Security, select Set Supervisor Password and press Enter to set a password.

Return to the BOOT option, Secure BOOT becomes optional, and Enabled is set to Disabled to close.

(Note: After changing the secure boot, you can set the password to blank, otherwise you will be prompted for the password every time you enter the BIOS)


Tuesday, May 21, 2024

HP TPN-C125, shut down automatically from time to time for maintenance!

HP TPN-C125, shut down automatically from time to time for maintenance!





I received a HP computer from my colleague, saying that it always shuts down automatically. He took it apart, cleaned the dust and replaced the silicone grease, but it still failed. The baking machine tested that the CPU and graphics card were normal and would not shut down automatically, but it turned off itself after working normally or standing there for a while.

Get the machine and bake it for a few hours. Test that everything is normal and it will not automatically cut off power. First of all, I wonder if it has something to do with sleep. If I turn off the sleep standby test, it will still automatically cut off the power. I wonder if the memory is unstable, then open the memory test tool and test it is normal; Because there is data on the hard disk, I am afraid to break the system, and I am going to test it in WIN10 PE. I just entered PE for less than 30 seconds, and the power was cut off. I tried it several times and it was the same. I wonder if the BIOS version is too old. I went to official website to download the latest online BIOS update. After the update, PE directly reported the error BIOS_ACPI_ERROR in blue screen, but the problem of power failure was still unsolved!

It seems that there is something wrong with the motherboard itself. Take a look at it!

Machine appearance drawing

惠普TPN-C125不定时自动关机维修

Fuselage model: TPN-C125

惠普TPN-C125不定时自动关机维修

Main board version number: A-C701P REV:1.0

惠普TPN-C125不定时自动关机维修

After electrifying, the major power supplies were measured, and there was no abnormality. Then, touch with your hand to see where there was any temperature abnormality, and it was found that the temperature of PL14 inductor was particularly hot, which was the CPU power supply inductor. Because the baking machine takes too long, I’m not sure whether the CPU temperature is too high. After cooling the machine, I feel the temperature change of PL14 with my hands while turning it on, which is really a very fast temperature rise.

惠普TPN-C125不定时自动关机维修

Replace all the upper and lower tubes, filter capacitors and inductors of this power supply.

惠普TPN-C125不定时自动关机维修

Start the test again, the temperature of PL14 is normal, stand by for several hours, and there is no automatic power failure, so the maintenance is over!

Lenovo R7000 flower screen repair

Lenovo R7000 flower screen repair

Lenovo R7000 Blurred screen, modify the firmware (BIOS program) to enable the computer to start automatically when the boot.

Machine model: Lenovo R7000

Fault phenomenon: screen Blurred screen

Maintenance process: the Lenovo r7000 Blurred screen, which was sent for repair by peers, is very serious. It costs money when it is started, but it can enter the system. The colleague introduces that the customer is an office workernotebookComputer, peers themselves said that the graphics card may be broken, need to Repeat welding graphics card or replace the graphics card to solve.

Lenovo R7000 flower screen repair



Lenovo R7000 flower screen repair Figure 1.

Boot screen

Lenovo R7000 flower screen repair



Lenovo R7000 flower screen repair Figure 2.

Blurred screen is really serious for the interface of preparing to boot. I believe many maintenance engineers have encountered this kind of Blurred screen. The maintenance method must be to start with a simple method first and exclude the memory first. The Blurred screen caused by a (Dell Computer) memory two days ago is not much different from this.After clearing the memory, the fault still remains.Lock fault in the motherboard, remove the machine, take out the motherboard to see the CPU and graphics card.

Lenovo R7000 flower screen repair

Lenovo R7000 flower screen repair Figure 3.



Lenovo R7000 flower screen repair Figure 4.
Some years ago, the master who repaired notebook computers liked to use one of the moves is to heat SMD REWORK STATION Repeat welding first to see whether the display is normal. If the display is normal, it means that the display card Inveracious Soldering, and then go to Repeat welding on the BGA Rework Station welding plaorm. We can also try to heat SMD REWORK STATION Repeat welding, or Blurred screen, with BGA Rework Station Repeat welding still Blurred screen, and feel Blurred screen is more serious,It means the video card is broken.

This video card chip is more expensive to buy, to be honest, to help peers replace the graphics card, if there is no professional test equipment to test the graphics card chip, it is very easy to get hit.Finally, let the peer communicate with the customer, whether the office computer is OK or not, and the customer agrees that as long as it is repaired, it can work normally, and other things don’t matter.This machine has its own unique display, but because the display Blurred screen cannot be adjusted, he finally communicated with his maintenance friend, and he thought of a move. By modifying the firmware (BIOS program) to make the computer automatically use the display when it starts up, it can solve the problem of Blurred screen.

According to this maintenance plan, the BIOS was quickly flashed. After the test,no booting might not be installed because of the urgent test. I thought that there was something wrong with the BIOS program, and then the BIOS of the original machine was still no booting. After taking out the mainboard, carefully checking it, carefully installing it back, starting Blurred screen again, and then brushing the modified firmware, the display was normal.

Lenovo R7000 flower screen repair Figure 5.

Lenovo R7000 flower screen repair Figure 6.

Lenovo R7000 flower screen repair Figure 7.

Asus H110M-K mainboard Won’t Turn On repair

Asus H110M-K mainboard Won’t Turn On repair



Main board model: ASUS H110M-K main board

Symptoms: motherboard Won’t Turn On

Maintenance process

ASUS H110M-K motherboard, the fault is that it can’t be turned on. Measure VCC signal according to time sequence:

P_+VCCIO_EN_10 2V is normal;

VCCSA 0.96V is normal;

P_VCORE_EN_10 3.3V is normal;

P_VR_READY_10 is not normal without VCC;

Look up P_VRM_PGD_10.VCC is not normal.

Asus H110M-K mainboard Won't Turn On repair



Asus H110M-K motherboard Won’t Turn On repair figure 1.

P_VRM_PGD_10 does not have VCC. This signal is a PG signal sent by CPU power management chip ASP1401B, which shows that there is something wrong with CPU VCC. According to the time sequence, CPU power management chip will send PG when it receives EN and VCC. Let’s find out the conditions for generating VRMPWRGD.

1. VCC VCC 5V of 1.CPU power management chip is normal;

2.P_VCORE_EN_10 3.3V is normal;

3. Measure the VCC VCC of the driver chip of each phase VCC of CPU, and all of them are 12V normal;

4. P_VCORE_DRON_10 This is the signal used to turn on the driver chip. The measured value is 1.19V, which is obviously abnormal, and the normal value is 5 V.

Asus H110M-K mainboard Won't Turn On repair



Asus H110M-K motherboard Won’t Turn On repair figure 2.

P_VCORE_DRON_10 is a signal sent by the power management chip to the driver chip, and it will go through a 49.9-ohm resistor to four driver chips. Therefore, if the VCC is low, it is necessary to turn off the 49.9-ohm resistor between the driver chip and the power management chip one by one to see which resistor will restore VCC. If all the resistors are turned off, it may be that the power management chip is broken.Find out the fault point after a wave of analysis operation.

Asus H110M-K mainboard Won't Turn On repair



Asus H110M-K motherboard Won’t Turn On repair figure 3.

Measure P_VCORE_DRON_10 VCC again after disconnecting this resistor.

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Asus H110M-K motherboard Won’t Turn On repair figure 4.

P_VCORE_DRON_10 VCC is back to 4.86V normal, which means that the driver chip of integrated display VCC is damaged, which leads to the lowering of P_VCORE_DRON_10 VCC. Replace the damaged driver chip NCP81166A(PU201).

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Asus H110M-K motherboard Won’t Turn On repair figure 5.

After the replacement of the measuring CPU VCC, it was not surprising that it had already happened.

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Asus H110M-K motherboard Won’t Turn On repair figure 6.

Plug-in, start-up, easy lighting, troubleshooting and maintenance are over.

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Asus H110M-K motherboard Won’t Turn On repair figure 7.

ECS B75H2-M3 no reset auto power off restart repair

Lenovo CIH81M does not trigger.



The customer brought a Lenovo brand machine and said it was not turned on.

Get the hand power, do not trigger, measure the power supply, USB to the ground.

联想CIH81M不触发



Seeing that the motherboard BIOS has been moved, I thought it was a small problem, but it was useless to discharge and brush the BIOS. There’s no way out. Remove the power supply from the side.

There are 12v, 3.3 and 5v, and that’s the problem.

联想CIH81M不触发



There was no en in the test, but there was 3.3, and there should be 5 V. He just couldn’t find it. He read another big boss’s post.

The triangle tube on the left side of PC920 is controlled by en. If it is removed, it still won’t work. I planned to change the power supply IC, went to Taobao and asked Mr. Su, and the result was 25, which scared me to decide to remove it on the spot.

How about measuring the resistance of each foot? The resistance of G turns out to be 45, which is the same as that of S, so I understand. G passes S, after replacement. Exquisite, when I entered the system, I found that six USB could not be used.

联想CIH81M不触发



Measure the safety tube 5 pin tube. One end is 5v and the other end is not, u54 u51

Take it down and connect it with tin wire. Don’t ask why you don’t replace it. Next time you burn it, it won’t be a big piece, just like the safety resistor O ohm.

联想CIH81M不触发



Re-enter the system and solve it perfectly.

Therefore, be sure to ask about the customer’s use, phenomenon and recent operation, or you will take a lot of detours.

Also, don’t believe everything the customer says, burn USB at 12 V.

Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display when powered on

Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display when powered on

Motherboard model: Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard
Fault phenomenon: the main board does not display when it is turned on
Maintenance process:

A gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard, the fault is that the motherboard does not display when it is turned on.No Short circuit at 12V,switch after direct power on.
The memory of 1.2V VCC is normal.

Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display when powered on



Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display figure 1.

The memory of 2.5V VCC is normal.

Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display when powered on



Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display figure 2.

The bridge VCC 1.0V was normal.

Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display when powered on

Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display figure 3.
Vccsa VCC was abnormal.

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Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display figure 4.

Look at the drawing for 358 control, 358 of the third pin for low level.

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Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display figure 5.
Trace the en signal from dqc2 field pipe.

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Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display figure 6.
Dqc3 field transistor B pole 1.2V is normal.

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Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display figure 7.

Measure dqc3 field tube C pole 5V, abnormal.

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Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display figure 8.

The dqc2 field tube was directly removed, but there was still no VCC. It was found that the 2.5level VCC was not generated by measuring the partial voltage resistance.Trace from Io chip,diode value is 0,Capacitor,Short circuit.

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Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display figure 9.

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Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display figure 10.

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Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display figure 11.
After removing Capacitor, the mainboard was repaired.

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Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display figure 12.

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Gigabyte ga-b250m-d3h motherboard does not display figure 13.

Gigabyte GTX970 graphics card runs 3DMRAK screen is black or frozen repair



Gigabyte GTX970 graphics card runs 3DMRAK screen is black or frozen repair

Graphics card model: Gigabyte GTX970 graphics card

Fault symptom: the graphics card runs 3DMRAK screen is black or frozen

Maintenance process:

A piece of Gigabyte GTX970 graphics card, the computer tests screen is black or frozen as soon as Master Lu runs, sometimes the screen is blank, MATS is tested, naturally there is no problem, then running MOD is also a PASS, and memory overclocking runs the same PASS.

Gigabyte GTX970 graphics card runs 3DMRAK screen is black or frozen repair



Gigabyte GTX970 graphics card runs 3DMRAK screen is black or frozen maintenance figure 1.
I thought that the core Inveracious Soldering was gone. I got on Repeat welding, and found that I could follow Master Lu. Half of the trouble of running 3DMRAK appeared again. I judged that VCC had a problem.

Gigabyte GTX970 graphics card runs 3DMRAK screen is black or frozen repair



Gigabyte GTX970 graphics card runs 3DMRAK screen is black or frozen maintenance figure 2.

Oscilloscope measures that several Inductor and PWM wave turns on normally. According to past maintenance experience, this kind of fault can also occur due to poor filtering. I found six desktop Capacitor on the back soldering, which can finish the 3DMARK. I wanted to replace six small Capacitor. After testing, I found that there were several patches Capacitor next to the core Capacitor Inductor that were not loaded. I directly installed three 330 small Capacitor, and all the tests were normal.

Gigabyte GTX970 graphics card runs 3DMRAK screen is black or frozen repair

Gigabyte GTX970 graphics card runs 3DMRAK screen is black or frozen maintenance figure 3.

Gigabyte H110M-S2 has no CPU power supply.

Motherboard model: Gigabyte H110M-S2 REV:1.0, failure phenomenon is not displayed when starting. There is no CPU power supply for measurement, and all other power supplies are normal.

技嘉H110M-S2无CPU供电

技嘉H110M-S2无CPU供电

The power supply chip is ISL95858. It is normal to measure VR_ENABLE as 3V. Measuring VDDP is 12V normal, and measuring VDDP is 3V, which seems normal, but it is not normal, which should be 5V. 5VDUAL is converted by DAQ5. It is abnormal to measure that the control pin of DAQ5 is 4.5V, and the control pin is 12V through 8.2K resistor. Normal thinking must feel that the resistance has deteriorated and become larger, but the measured resistance is normal. Troubleshooting of replacing DAQ5.

技嘉H110M-S2无CPU供电

Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS)

 

Method 1 - PowerShell (Recommended)

​Right-click on the Windows start menu and select PowerShell or Terminal (Not CMD).
Copy and paste the code below and press enter
irm https://get.activated.win | iex
You will see the activation options. Follow the on-screen instructions.
That's all.


Method 2 - Traditional

Download the file under the code button from GitHub or Bitbucket
Right-click on the downloaded zip file and extract
In the extracted folder, find the folder named All-In-One-Version
Run the file named MAS_AIO-CRC32_XXXXXXXX.cmd
You will see the activation options, follow the on-screen instructions.
That's all.

Saturday, April 6, 2024

QUICK-GUIDE FOR TROUBLESHOOTING "NO POWER" ISSUE IN LAPTOP MOTHERBOARD

 In laptop motherboard repair, "no power" is a common issues that we always encounter.

This troubleshooting guide generalizes the basic steps to quickly isolate the "no power" problem:

  • 19V must present at sense resistor or high-side mosfet (pin 5-8, drain)
  • 3VALW/5VALW must be present
  • RSMRST# and SLP_S5# must be present before or after power button is pressed
  • Main rail (3V/5V) voltage must be present before or after the power button is pressed
  • SLP Signals must be present

CHECKING 19V RAIL

Laptop motherboards incorporate a mechanism to protect itself in the presence of over-voltage or over-current. Over-voltage happens when the maximum voltage threshold acceptable by the motherboard is exceeded.  This value can often be found in the schematic or in the datasheet of the charging IC through the ACDET pin. Over-current happens when any of the filter capacitors and high-side MOSFET in the 19v rail becomes shorted or leaky, charging IC or MAINREG is shorted.

The sense resistor (PR303) is used by the Charging IC(PU301) - BQ735 to detect if current consumption is within normal operating conditions.  19V will not be present if this condition is not met.  This is the reason why sometimes you can measure 19v at the gate of  the two P-Channel MOSFETs (see PQ303 and PQ302).  The charging IC acts as a control switch that turns ON and OFF the 19V supply coming from the ADAPTER. 

Charging Circuit

If this circuit is normal, this charging IC reports its status to SIO via the ACIN pin with the presence of 3.3v.  Other charging circuit implementation requires 0v.

3VALW/3VLP

Always on voltage, specifically 3VALW must be present to provide 3.3v supply to SIO (see figure below), PCH, and pull-up voltage for SMB communications between charging IC, SIO and PCH. This supply is always present regardless of the ACPI states the laptop is operating. 

SIO Supply Pins

 The 3.3V supply comes from the LDO output of the MAINREG.  In this case, the 3.3V main regulator is an SY8208B IC or RJ4.

SY8208B

PU401 requires an input voltage of around 4.15V at pin 7 to enable its LDO output 3VLP.  If this is not present, then replace this IC.

RSMRST# AND SLP_S5# MUST BE PRESENT

There are a number of reason why RSMRST# won't come out from SIO. This could be a faulty SIO, corrupted EC firmware, missing 32.768kHz, missing 3.3VALW, busted EC SPI chip, open resistors or PCB traces,  etc.  

In the circuit example, you can measure the ouput through pin 100 of the SIO. 

RSMRST#

It is also possible that the SLP_S5# is missing.  If this is the case, focus on RTC circuit and make sure the RTCVCC, INTRUDER#, RTC_RST#, SRTC_RST#, INTVRMEN have at least 2.3V-3.3V in them.  

SUSB#/SUSC#/SLP_S4#/SLP_S3#

If a power button is pressed, the signal will go through NBSWON# (other names are PWR_SW#, ON/OFFBTN#, etc.) and sent to DNBSWON# going to south bridge chip (PCH integrates both SB and NB).  If everything is normal, SLP_S4#, SLP_S3#  or (SUSC# and SUSB#) will have 3.3v. This signals will trigger SUSON (SUSP#, SUSC_EC#) and MAINON (SUSB_EC#) signals.

If SLP_S4# and SLP_S3# does not come out when the power button is pressed, you may need to reflow, reball or replace the PCH.

If SUSON or MAINON does not come out, then SIO is faulty.

QUICK GUIDE FOR FIXING "BATTERY NOT DETECTED" ISSUE IN ACER ONE 14 Z1402

 We would like to share some ideas for resolving issues in Acer One z1402 where battery cannot be detected by the system. The troubleshooting concept here may be applicable to other laptops with similar charging circuit designs.

SYMPTOMS:

  • Battery is not detected in Windows
  • Charging indicator does not lit

REPAIR NOTES:

  • BAT+ is normal and BAT_SMBCLK and BAT_SMBDAT have pullup voltage of 3.3V.  Also, no activity were noted in the oscilloscope.
  • Found an abnormal voltage reading in battery detector circuit, BAT_V = 0V
  • Pin 3 of Q58 is 0v which means BAT_V is forced to 0v. Expected voltage at this pin should 2.375V for normal operation. (see image)
  • Pin 2 has 3.3V which  should forces pin 6 and pin 5 to 0V. (see image)
  • But actual voltage at pin 5 is 5v which makes it abnormal
  • Further test indicates that D1-S1 junction is open which results in inconsistent reading of 5v in pin 5 and 0v in pin 3.
  • Replacement of Q58 fixed the problem

Battery Voltage Detector

Resolving cases like this can be easily fixed if every component will be checked for normal operation using datasheet or schematic diagram. However, analyzing the circuit and what voltage to expect as you test each pin of the IC is a difficult challenge. 

ACER V5-473 DAZRQMB18F0 W/ MISSING +5V_S5

 Let's suppose you are troubleshooting an Acer V5-473 w/ board code DAZRQMB18F0 and the voltage measurements are as follows: 

This circuit design is found in many laptops and knowing how to troubleshoot them would enhance your capability to fix many laptop problems such as no-power, auto-off and no display problem.

Voltage measurements were done after pressing the power button. Can you analyze the circuit answer the following questions?

  • Based on the above voltage measurements, which component(s) do you think is the potential faulty component? Why?
  • Let's assume that all voltage rails are normal but PR118 is open, what voltage can we measure at +5V_S5? Why?
  • Let's assume that all voltage rails are normal but the drain-source pin of PQ22 is shorted.  What voltage can you measure at +5V_S5?  What will happen?

HOW TO PUT CANON PRINTER IN SERVICE MODE (G2000, G2002, G2100, G2200, G2400, G2500, G2700, G2900)

 

TEP TO ACCESS SERVICE MODE IN CANON PRINTER

  • Turn off the printer.
  • Press and hold the Stop button.
  • Press and hold the Power button.
  • Release the Stop button (the Power button is still pressed).
  • Press and releasing the Stop button 4 times.
  • Press and hold the Stop button.
  • Release the Power and Stop buttons together.

After both buttons are released, the power indicator will blink green for some time and then the green will light constantly.

If the power indicator did not have constant green light and the printer continue to display an error, it's mean you made a mistake in entering service mode. Turn off the printer and repeat the process.

APPLICABLE PRINTER:

G2000, G2002, G2100, G2200, G2400, G2500, G2700, G2900