Asus EEE PC 1000HE Won't Power Up with continous clicking noise or beep

[magi44ken]

Hi,

I have the Asus 1000HE netbook that recently started to shut down by itself. Probably due to over heat. Last night, it did it again but this time I heard a spark or something. Now it woudln't even power up. None of the light indicators lights when I press power button. Using only the battery, blue light turns on and then die and nothing happening.

If I plug in the power adapter, it makes a short continuous clicking sound. It sounds similar to hard drive clicking sound but not as loud. It doesn't sound a normal desktop beeping sound.

If I press and hold the power button, it wouldn't make the clicking sound at all.

If I unplug the power adapter and use the battery only, it wouldn't make any clicking sound and wouldn't power on. But I do see a blue light turns on and then it stops there.

I tried replacing the ram thinking it might damage the memory chip with that sparking.

I disassemble it with the internal speaker disconnected. I couldn't pinpoint exactly where the clicking sound is coming from. At first, I thought it comes from the center where the CPU, GPU or might from power jack but not sure. If the internal speaker is disconnected, how can it make a clicking sound?

Do you think the sparking might have damage the fuse, cpu, power jack, etc? How do I diagnose which components is damage? And is there a fuse on the motherboard? I couldn't locate it.

Thanks for any help.

 

[pacsherb]

HI,

I have the same model with a trouble very similar to yours except that mine did not make sounds. Yesterday I disassembled it and I unplugged a connector identified by 'DMIC' on the motherboard. It is located near the power switch.

Now my PC works perfectly except for the microphone.

Since you already disassembled yours, it's worth a try.

Hi,

I have the Asus 1000HE netbook that recently started to shut down by itself. Probably due to over heat. Last night, it did it again but this time I heard a spark or something. Now it woudln't even power up. None of the light indicators lights when I press power button. Using only the battery, blue light turns on and then die and nothing happening.

If I plug in the power adapter, it makes a short continuous clicking sound. It sounds similar to hard drive clicking sound but not as loud. It doesn't sound a normal desktop beeping sound.

If I press and hold the power button, it wouldn't make the clicking sound at all.

If I unplug the power adapter and use the battery only, it wouldn't make any clicking sound and wouldn't power on. But I do see a blue light turns on and then it stops there.

I tried replacing the ram thinking it might damage the memory chip with that sparking.

I disassemble it with the internal speaker disconnected. I couldn't pinpoint exactly where the clicking sound is coming from. At first, I thought it comes from the center where the CPU, GPU or might from power jack but not sure. If the internal speaker is disconnected, how can it make a clicking sound?

Do you think the sparking might have damage the fuse, cpu, power jack, etc? How do I diagnose which components is damage? And is there a fuse on the motherboard? I couldn't locate it.

Thanks for any help.

 

[magi44ken]

I have the same model with a trouble very similar to yours except that mine did not make sounds. Yesterday I disassembled it and I unplugged a connector identified by 'DMIC' on the motherboard. It is located near the power switch. Now my PC works perfectly except for the microphone.

Thanks for the suggestions. I tried it didn't work for me. I basically disconnected everything except the hard drive and RAM. I tried other RAM to see if it is damaged by the spark.

I know for a fact that the battery tries to power up with a blue light turn on but it stops there. With the battery there is no clicking sound. I'm not sure what computer needs to before it turns on.