I got a laptop from a friend (Asus x542UN) with corrupted HDD which only boots to the bios. After I opened it to remove the HDD, now it won't turn on without AC power. Also, it automatically turns on when plugged in (It actually fails the first time and then restart again itself). Only other things I did was a BIOS reset to the default values and usual windows recovery console commands to try to fix the old windows installation.
BIOS screen shows 100 battery. I plugged an HDD from another laptop and booted to Windows, it also shows100 battery (Not sure they are accurate because it's from a different laptop, many drivers are missing). I got a battery report and it shows cycle count as 6 so it's a fairly new battery.
The battery indicator blinks white when it's turned on and stop blinking while remains lit when turned off (with still plugged in). If I remove the battery it becomes orange (Which means low battery I think but there is no battery). Also, I noted the time is resetting when I turn off by unplugging from power. is that has anything to do with CMOS battery? it's under the Motherboard so not feel right to open it after what happened.
I tried removing the battery and pressing the power button thing but didn't work. I'm going to buy a new HDD and install windows soon but since it didn't have any OS when this happened I feel like I should be able to fix it without windows. Is there anyone who can give any advice other than buying a new battery?
BIOS screen shows 100 battery. I plugged an HDD from another laptop and booted to Windows, it also shows100 battery (Not sure they are accurate because it's from a different laptop, many drivers are missing). I got a battery report and it shows cycle count as 6 so it's a fairly new battery.
The battery indicator blinks white when it's turned on and stop blinking while remains lit when turned off (with still plugged in). If I remove the battery it becomes orange (Which means low battery I think but there is no battery). Also, I noted the time is resetting when I turn off by unplugging from power. is that has anything to do with CMOS battery? it's under the Motherboard so not feel right to open it after what happened.
I tried removing the battery and pressing the power button thing but didn't work. I'm going to buy a new HDD and install windows soon but since it didn't have any OS when this happened I feel like I should be able to fix it without windows. Is there anyone who can give any advice other than buying a new battery?