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ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 not posting

Noteric
Level 7

I switched to the optimized mode to use only the dedicated gpu but now my laptop will not post at all. The keyboard and power light turn on but it doesn’t even show the ROG logo on startup. The disk light flashes like it’s reading something but nothing happens. I’ve tried hard resetting it and changing the ram around but nothing helps. Is there something I’m missing?

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ElectroStingz
Level 14

Hello,

Was anything going on before you did this, was there an issue with the dGPU not working in games so you decided to try the option to see what would happen?

That’s exactly what was happening. The gpu says error code 43 in device manager and I cannot properly install drivers for it. I’ve managed to get into windows now but the gpu is still not working. 

ElectroStingz
Level 14

There are a few possibilities, if it is overheating excessively it will shutdown to the point it stays inactive to prevent complete failure. Has it been running ok previously, like not hot or anything? You would need to get the thermal paste checked / replaced if it is in this state then see if it works after.

Other issues are not so good, the power circuit on the motherboard might be gone or failing.

The GPU itself could be faulty too.

But those two you would have started to see signs well before it got to failure.

In the BIOS load the setup defaults in case something is causing a problem but other than that you will need to look into the above.