Greetings. I bought an Asus N56VV(I7-3630QM, 8GB RAM, GT750M) on Friday, but I was only able to check it out today.
Naturally, I went into BIOS(UEFI?) to check the parameters and see what's good and nice in there. I came across something called "Asus Animated BIOS logo" or something similar. I'm normally a form over function guy, but here I went for more aesthetics and paid the price for it. I turned on the animation thing, saved changes to BIOS and restarted. Lo and behold, it starts to a black screen, and nothing happens, not even the ASUS splash screen that normally comes on during POST, that screen where you can press F2 to get into BIOS. From what I understand, it's "bricked", in some way or another.
I regret this stupid decision, but I think it's even more stupid to have something in the BIOS that can upset the system so easily even though it seems as harmless as changing boot priority.
The computer is basically the same as a N56VZ/VM/DP, just with different components. I'm pretty sure BIOS is either the same or very similar, so I've tried troubleshooting for the mentioned models also.
Anyway, things I've tried:
-taking out the battery, pressing and holding the power button to drain any residual electrical current. Did no less than three 15 second holds, no change.
-frantically pressing F2 after turning on the computer, holding F2 before turning it on. Also tried this with pretty much every F key and Esc/Del.
-taking out the HDD and booting without it, no change.
-connecting an external monitor.
-blindly trying to reset BIOS settings, no change.
I've come to a conclusion that it's either something that could be fixed by removing the motherboard battery to reset the BIOS. Or the motherboard somehow died.
Neither of which I can or want to fix myself. It's a brand new laptop, so I've got warranty. But it's Sunday and the service center won't work until Monday. I've searched for a solution, and I've found several, none of which worked for me. But it's hard to find someone with the exact same problem, so perhaps that's why.
I've now calmed down, but initially I was very upset, somewhere between angry and sad. It would make me very happy to find a solution that doesn't require me to bring it it for warranty repairs - it's a brand new laptop and I would rather avoid having it completely disassembled and re-assembled. Besides, it would take precious time, I'd be left without a laptop for a few days at least, for sure.
BIOS version is 2.15.xxx - didn't get the last numbers, unfortunately, because I didn't expect to not be able to get back into it.
Naturally, I went into BIOS(UEFI?) to check the parameters and see what's good and nice in there. I came across something called "Asus Animated BIOS logo" or something similar. I'm normally a form over function guy, but here I went for more aesthetics and paid the price for it. I turned on the animation thing, saved changes to BIOS and restarted. Lo and behold, it starts to a black screen, and nothing happens, not even the ASUS splash screen that normally comes on during POST, that screen where you can press F2 to get into BIOS. From what I understand, it's "bricked", in some way or another.
I regret this stupid decision, but I think it's even more stupid to have something in the BIOS that can upset the system so easily even though it seems as harmless as changing boot priority.
The computer is basically the same as a N56VZ/VM/DP, just with different components. I'm pretty sure BIOS is either the same or very similar, so I've tried troubleshooting for the mentioned models also.
Anyway, things I've tried:
-taking out the battery, pressing and holding the power button to drain any residual electrical current. Did no less than three 15 second holds, no change.
-frantically pressing F2 after turning on the computer, holding F2 before turning it on. Also tried this with pretty much every F key and Esc/Del.
-taking out the HDD and booting without it, no change.
-connecting an external monitor.
-blindly trying to reset BIOS settings, no change.
I've come to a conclusion that it's either something that could be fixed by removing the motherboard battery to reset the BIOS. Or the motherboard somehow died.
Neither of which I can or want to fix myself. It's a brand new laptop, so I've got warranty. But it's Sunday and the service center won't work until Monday. I've searched for a solution, and I've found several, none of which worked for me. But it's hard to find someone with the exact same problem, so perhaps that's why.
I've now calmed down, but initially I was very upset, somewhere between angry and sad. It would make me very happy to find a solution that doesn't require me to bring it it for warranty repairs - it's a brand new laptop and I would rather avoid having it completely disassembled and re-assembled. Besides, it would take precious time, I'd be left without a laptop for a few days at least, for sure.
BIOS version is 2.15.xxx - didn't get the last numbers, unfortunately, because I didn't expect to not be able to get back into it.