FmUsa
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- Jan 24, 2014
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Well after 13 months of use my tablet quit working, as it goes, one month past the warranty. So I'm SOL on that, I called Ascend and that's basically what they said.
___ SITUATION:
Left the tablet connected to the PC overnight for charging then in AM found the tablet with a dim screen. No programs were running on the PC at the time. LAN was connected to the Internet. I tried tapping the screen and rebooting, same dim screen. Brightness button was set to 50% and never changed.
___ PROBLEM:
Rebooting the Tablet theirs no start up screen, no sounds not even a possible click or flash, just a dimly lit screen. Plug in the charging cable, no battery charge indication, just the dim screen.
___ MY ATTEMPTS:
(Following was done on battery, USB cable and AC adapter for charging)
* Pin in the Reset hole, done several times both Tablet on and off. Nothing, just goes to dim screen.
* Several times, pressed and held 3 buttons for BIOS screen, dim screen. I've done this in the past to see what it does but changed nothing.
* For giggles, USB cable port to PC, no recognition of tablet.
* Did the shake test for loose parts then the "Tech-Tap" in all 10 directions. Nut'n, same issue.
* Cabled out the tablets HDMI to a monitor. Booted, nut'n. (RATS! was hoping)
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Before this happened, Ascend sent a replacement battery, was slowly loosing it's charge and would take 2 days to fully charge the battery. After this dim screen problem, I installed the new battery thinking maybe it was inefficient power to run the tablet. Nope, same issue.
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My current repair attempt is asking anyone here if they have an idea to what's wrong before I use the MDT. (Master Despair Tool, sledge hammer)
.. .. .. HELP.. .. if possible.
THANKS!
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OOPS: Missed the check box for E-mail notifications.
fvm-usa( a t )hotmail.com
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___ SITUATION:
Left the tablet connected to the PC overnight for charging then in AM found the tablet with a dim screen. No programs were running on the PC at the time. LAN was connected to the Internet. I tried tapping the screen and rebooting, same dim screen. Brightness button was set to 50% and never changed.
___ PROBLEM:
Rebooting the Tablet theirs no start up screen, no sounds not even a possible click or flash, just a dimly lit screen. Plug in the charging cable, no battery charge indication, just the dim screen.
___ MY ATTEMPTS:
(Following was done on battery, USB cable and AC adapter for charging)
* Pin in the Reset hole, done several times both Tablet on and off. Nothing, just goes to dim screen.
* Several times, pressed and held 3 buttons for BIOS screen, dim screen. I've done this in the past to see what it does but changed nothing.
* For giggles, USB cable port to PC, no recognition of tablet.
* Did the shake test for loose parts then the "Tech-Tap" in all 10 directions. Nut'n, same issue.
* Cabled out the tablets HDMI to a monitor. Booted, nut'n. (RATS! was hoping)
.
Before this happened, Ascend sent a replacement battery, was slowly loosing it's charge and would take 2 days to fully charge the battery. After this dim screen problem, I installed the new battery thinking maybe it was inefficient power to run the tablet. Nope, same issue.
.
My current repair attempt is asking anyone here if they have an idea to what's wrong before I use the MDT. (Master Despair Tool, sledge hammer)
.. .. .. HELP.. .. if possible.
THANKS!
___________________________
OOPS: Missed the check box for E-mail notifications.
fvm-usa( a t )hotmail.com
___________________________
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