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MSI GT70 will not turn on?

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November 1, 2013 12:48:12 PM

This morning I downloaded a game from Steam and about ten minutes into the game, my laptop completely shut off and now will not turn on. I have never dropped it or spilled anything on it and I had it set to go into sleep mode after 5 minutes without touching it. There is no sign of life when I try to turn it on. The power supply work fine with my external monitor so I know it isn't that. I've also tried every variation of unplugging the power cable and battery and holding down the power button but nothing has worked so far. I don't think the laptop has overheated because I have it sitting on a cooling pad and I rarely ever move the laptop. Any ideas on how I can fix this? It is under warranty but I'd rather not have to send it in and wait a month to get it back.

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a c 252 D Laptop
November 1, 2013 1:19:23 PM

Hi, what do you mean by "The power supply work fine with my external monitor so I know it isn't that."
Do you see the light for the power on the laptop ?
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November 1, 2013 1:21:49 PM

The power supply is the same type used to turn on my secondary monitor, so when in plug the laptop's supply into the monitor the monitor turns on no problem. There is no lights on the power supply or the laptop (until the laptop is actually turned on of course).
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a c 252 D Laptop
November 1, 2013 1:30:16 PM

So when you turn on the laptop, you have all the lights but nothing on the screen, even on an external monitor.
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November 1, 2013 1:31:28 PM

That's the problem, my laptop won't turn on at all :/  nothing makes any noise or gives any signs of life, like its completely dead.
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a c 252 D Laptop
November 1, 2013 1:45:35 PM

OK, the adapter is good, the battery is good but it will not turn on the laptop, it's some component on the motherboard. Sorry but you have to send it back.
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February 2, 2014 6:02:43 AM

jtyler18 said:
This morning I downloaded a game from Steam and about ten minutes into the game, my laptop completely shut off and now will not turn on. I have never dropped it or spilled anything on it and I had it set to go into sleep mode after 5 minutes without touching it. There is no sign of life when I try to turn it on. The power supply work fine with my external monitor so I know it isn't that. I've also tried every variation of unplugging the power cable and battery and holding down the power button but nothing has worked so far. I don't think the laptop has overheated because I have it sitting on a cooling pad and I rarely ever move the laptop. Any ideas on how I can fix this? It is under warranty but I'd rather not have to send it in and wait a month to get it back.


I'm just wondering if you found a solution to your problem --- exact same thing happened to me ....
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March 6, 2014 7:36:20 PM

Had the exact same thing happen to me (was 15 minutes into a steam game and everything).
Shut off and won't respond at all now. Thankfully MSI has a generous warranty but nevertheless this is unacceptable to be this common an issue. I really want to like MSI but they need to seriously up their reliablilty. BTW, any quick fixes out there?
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March 8, 2014 4:03:55 AM

Hey, I had the same exact problem yesterday. What did you guys do about it? How did you fix it?
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July 8, 2014 4:12:34 PM

Think the motherboard just died. Happened to my gt60 that just died one month out of warranty. Moral of the story is dont buy msi products. Have two asus laptops for over 7 and 5 yrs and they still working solids.
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July 16, 2014 6:25:01 PM

Did you solve the problem? I exactly get same problem... My 6 years old HP (Heating Pro :)  ) still works fine but my 1.5 year old gaming pc MSI GT70 won't turn on :S :@ and out of guarantee :( 
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October 5, 2014 7:29:27 AM

I don't have a solution... really.

This exact same thing happened to my MS-16F3 (which is the barebones version of the GT60) and it's of course a few months out of warranty. Was playing Watch Dogs, walked awayor a sec, came back, computer's completely shut off. Doesn't respond to power... it's completely dead. Took RAM out and replaced to test, one by one. Took entire laptop apart and noticed the motherboard powers on with nothing attached at all. After playing around with a multimeter and multiple random tests, I believe that it's either the GPU or the motherboard at fault... which sucks because those are the two most expensive parts to replace.

I am running this laptop right now without the GPU in it. The fan is constantly at full blast and it thinks it is running the NVIDIA chip, even without it inserted. I'm beginning to think it's the mobo itself and that my GPU should be fine, because now my laptop won't charge the battery unless the power adapter is plugged in with the OEM charger plug a certain way (there is a black dot on the metal part that has to face upwards), but I can't exactly test without an additional laptop... and I don't have the money to throw it at a mobo right now.

UPDATE: Fixed the stupid charging problem with a piece of foil shoved into the power plug... the center pin wasn't exactly making contact with the laptop.
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October 15, 2014 10:45:27 AM

Hi,


I have the same problem today with my GS70 Stealth, also in a Steam Game. Funny, seems to be a kind of overheating problem in some games or other applications. Does anyone has a response so far from MSI or got his notebook back from MSi repairing service?
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