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Hello! I have an MSI laptop that’s been working perfectly for the last 5 or so years. Today it just died and won’t turn on. I was working on it, then looked at my phone, and suddenly hear the fan stopped working and the laptop is off. There were no sounds, no beeping or cracking. No messages about low battery charge. When I try to turn it on, there is zero reaction from it. I tried switching the sockets, tried turning it on with the battery (power cord attached and not), without the battery (power cord attached and not). Opened the lid cleaned out the dust. No effect. I will try a different cord but it will be available only in several hours. Is there anything else I can do?
@windydesert Hi Alice, Unfortunately this sudden death can be due to many possible causes. Did anything unusual happen before it died. Over heating, trouble plugging in charger to laptop, lock ups, dropping laptop, liquid spills, flickering screen, etc., etc.? This is a long shot but have you tried the BIOS reset routine? Remove power supply/charger, remove battery, unplug or remove the CMOS coin battery and then press and hold power button for 20 or 30 seconds. This will reset the BIOS to default and hopefully remove any possible corruption. Any lights when power supply plugged in, even for a moment? Here is a video of a complete “tear down” of the laptop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijpVerkf… also IFIXIT as well for some p0arts: MSI GP60 2PE Leopard Repair Take a look around where the power supply/charger connector is on the board. Any signs of wear or damage? Any signs of burning around any components? Unplug one component at a time to try to eliminate a short. After each removal/disconnect plug in charger and look for any lights. Be careful discharge any static from your body by touching some metal object. Hold components carefully by the edge. The display screen is a good one to start with, then WiFi, hard drive, RAM one at a time rotating sockets each time, etc. It is a start. Good luck. Let us know how it goes. Do everything slowly and carefully. Keep a brief, written record of what ever you do. If unsure, ASK!
