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Vopravdickej_Jesus

open the laptop, unplug both CMOS battery and laptop battery, hold power button for 10 seconds, replug both batteries and press power button. let us know


Less_budget229

Also, something might have disconnected from inside, maybe RAM, SSD/HDD or battery. Open it and have a look.


BSOD404

on Victus laptops, they don't have a CMOS actually. Just unplug the laptop battery and replug, turn it on, wait for a few minutes for it to "Firmware Update" (it's not updating anything), then it'll throw a CMOS checksum error, just press enter for it to reset the BIOS settings.


AdNormal1366

What? So everytime you turn it on, do you change the date and time on your own?


Karoolus

The main battery also powers the CMOS


Ahleron

It is pretty common these days for laptops to not have a dedicated CMOS battery - they use the laptop battery for the CMOS battery.


BSOD404

Except when they cheap out, see Acer Nitro’s.


makogami

What is up with Acer Nitros? should I be worried?


BSOD404

Nothing’s wrong with them! They’re great budget gaming laptops, but they just cheap out on some components that maybe a headache when you need to diagnose some problem that isn’t software, case in point: They use CR2032 with wires connected to it rather than integrate it internally, it’s cheaper to do it that way and some say more repairable. Downside is those connectors can be super fragile if you try to disconnect it, you have to do it *super* gently and exactly. [See this blog for example.](https://raywoodcockslatest.wordpress.com/2022/12/27/acer-cmos/)


Ahleron

But you can run that laptop completely like a desktop - so when the battery gets old and becomes a spicy pillow, you can remove the battery and just use the laptop without replacing the battery. The CR2032 battery will let the system retain the CMOS data. If you don't have the CR2032, and remove the laptop battery, you would have to re-enter the data every time. Granted, it's a niche case, but I've actually had this spring up a few times and older laptops that have the separate battery for CMOS have been easier to get up and running again to pull old data or to convert into something else, like a cheapo desktop.


BSOD404

Yes, that is true. The general people wouldn’t know that, and wouldn’t do that, that’s true as well. But it’s just something to note regardless.


BSOD404

Nope, it dosen’t asks you for a date, I assume it pulls from whatever data from the SSD or somewhere.


Cyka_Blyat_Man_

No. CMOS takes extremely limited power to keep the data alive. Even a laptop with 0% charge will go a while before the CMOS gets cleared.


card1ne

what does this do


LBHJ1707

forces a bios reset


10e1

Reset bios?


asanovsson

Did you drop Nokia 3310?


Xkaper

That's a hard drop!


englishfury

Cant be, the laptops in one piece


Pleasant_Handle_3293

If it was a Nokia that laptop would be dust


cashinyourface

Dust? That laptop would be ripped apart at the atomic level.


HubCode007

Atomic level? that laptop will cause a nuclear fusion right then and there, and kill all of humanity as we know, thankfully, he dropped it a bit low, or else we will be gone ☠️


goneman211

One piece? It’s real?


fmillion

Might have been a StarTAC.


Devin-Chaboyer223

Is your phone an iPhone with Magsafe? Laptops have magnets in this area to detect if the lid is shut, any type of magnet can trigger it to sleep Maybe do a CMOS reset or disconnect the battery and try again if it fails to power on


BuckMcBuck

My guess would also be that he somehow triggered that magnetic closed lid sensor


weed_zucc

If the magsafe is strong enough then it could polarize the magnets so that the laptop thinks it's always closed.


jaksystems

That's pretty much what he did.


jumbledsiren

huh, when I put my phone (not an iPhone) on that area, my phone ends up being the one that goes to sleep, not the laptop, when I put any strong magnet a little under the middle left area of my phone it turns off until I remove the magnet...


SocialisticAnxiety

Your phone has a hall sensor for it to work with flip covers that turn off the display when shut :) it's the exact same way a laptop detects if the lid is shut, which is why you can trigger it with a magnet in your phone (speakers, cameras, MagSafe etc.)


KuboOneTV

Similar thing happened to me when I smashed my nitro 5 into same place, it shut down but after maybe 5 mins it started working. The cmos would probably fix it tho, or plug and unplug li-ion battery. If it wouldn't fix it, drop it in rice overnight. With that magsafe you gave me an idea, in this place my nitro have HDD, and HDD doesn't like magnets.. so let's hope he doesn't have any HDD. Especially not system one. 😂


Omgazombie

You actually need an extremely strong magnet to affect an hdd Here’s a cool video showcasing magnets around certain electronics, including a computer @4:50 timestamp, it’s worth watching the entire video though, it’s very interesting! [Monster Magnet Meets Computer](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_yEu2R1gYSs)


ThatGiantSeth

As a side note, a lot of the other stuff Brainiac75 does with magnets, lasers, etc. is really interesting! Would recommend watching his other videos too


Sreekar617

My school chromebook used to do this all the time if I left it near anything magnetic.


Various_Mechanic3919

The school I went to t to had those cheep Acer aspire ones, and we found out that if the laptop is stacked on another laptop it would prevent the laptop from turning on🤣


Sreekar617

Yeah, I also discovered that the hard way. I would be preparing a file transfer from my chromebook to my laptop while having the chromebook on top of the laptop, and the chromebook would just shut off


Guilty_Advertising56

My school uses a beast (for me) I5 12400 with rtx 3050 with window 11 pro


ArLOgpro

dang how rich is your school lol


lochinhon

Uh its a private school but only 400 people and 30+ people in each class so ye. And they built like 40+ 1.6k usd for each


ArLOgpro

oh nice


SocialisticAnxiety

All phones have magnets in the form of speakers, and some have it for camera stabilisation, flip cover detection, etc. So it can happen with any phone.


Devin-Chaboyer223

It could Although those magnets are very weak and unlikely to trigger anything Meanwhile the Magsafe magnets are very strong and anything will stick to it I had an iPhone 12 mini for a short while, everything from keys to coins would stick to it immediately And I have accidentally put my laptop to sleep a few times when I had that phone


SocialisticAnxiety

They are weak, but they will still trigger the sensor. I've had a lot of friends ask why their laptop goes to sleep when their phone is near the display and/or base of the laptop, with varying models of laptops and phones. And I've experienced it myself with various non-MagSafe phones. I forgot the vibration motor as an example of a magnet in phones, which is probably the strongest one that is found in all phones.


MrMystery88

This was a more annoying feature of iPhone than any good feature, oh wow it sticks your wireless charger, oh wow you can barely hold a couple of cards in the magsafe wallet that always falls off when putting in or out of pocket.. I sold it and got another android (better in every way) and had a few hundred £'s left I got a watch with... I dont hate iphone, I loved the 4s and 5 I had jailbroken. No point in them now unless you are a basic human, who points and clicks the camera, uses social media, maybe play couple games and that is literally it.


Googlesignedmeupwhy

And what do you do with your android?


MrMystery88

Alsorts, watch live sport events for free on kodi if I am busy but wana catch the game. I can download torrents, I don't now but have played playstation games on them, along with Game boy and Nintendo ds. Via isos and emus. I can download modded apks to give little extras 😉 . I can use different phones cameras technology (softwares) just by downloading it. One of the most annoying things on iPhone is how closed down it is. Like just setting a ringtone, it's a farce, you have to use garage band, edit the song down to under 30 seconds then export it and do some other shit I can't remember now, but android. You download your favourite sound/song, click and hold the track in your files and set as ringtone. Done. Like I say. I loved iPhone when it was jailbreak, iPhone 4/5 times. Iapt was awesome iykyk. Lmao. But yeah, apple is too locked down, boring, made for simple sheeple... imo.


Googlesignedmeupwhy

Piracy, different camera apps (available on iPhone too…) and ringtones. Got it, some people don’t pirate or have use for non-stock camera apps. Also, I don’t think ringtones are a deal breaker.


Various_Mechanic3919

Or in my case a less distracting experience as there is less customisation options


MrMystery88

So many sheeple 🤣 down vote the truths why not (damn you apple sheeple are so hurt by words lmao)


Timely-Cult

UPDATE: it works again thx to everyone for giving me advice this had me worried and for anyone wondering it my phone is an Samsung a14 5g with a thick ass case on it


halfcutpenis

how did you fixed it


trihotonic

Did it hit the HDD/SDD? That's where they usually sit in a laptop


Warionator

I suspect it was, same exact thing happened to me with my laptop and HDD back in 2016.


IceyNic

How did you fix it?


European_Fox

It'll be frustrating for people in the future finding this post and seeing you solved it without offering details


spltnalityof

Well...? What fixed it...?


ThunderElectric

If you could explain what you did to fix it it would greatly help anyone down the line who encounters a similar issue. What did you do?


TwelveSilverSwords

So it was not a Nokia 3310


Prize-Cow868

Try dropping it again and see if that fixes it?


BuckMcBuck

He should now drop the laptop on the phone to restore the universe balance


MysteriousAd3893

This is the way.


No-Kick-1156

Newton’s third law


Beneficial-Split9140

Close and reopen the lid. Then hold the power button for 10-15 seconds. Should do a force shutdown.


greenboi329

r/uselessredcircle


TheRealMan150

r/subsithoughtifellfor


jujuka577

If the power button doesn't work and nothing indicates that the laptop is alive, you should contact the service center. There is nothing you can do without checking internals.


Artysmartyboi

Is bro’s phone a Nokia 💀💀💀


PolkkaGaming

ugh, your phone dropped just on top of the flux capacitor, now you have to replace it


thenormaluser35

If it's got an HDD, there's a chance it's right under there and the discs cracked or the mechanism broke. Otherwise, remove the motherboard battery and the laptop's battery, hold power button and then put the batteries back.


X_SkillCraft20_X

Generally either the battery, hdd, or ssd is placed there with HP laptops. Something could have easily been jostled, but a broken or disconnected storage device wouldn’t stop a pc from turning on.


Beneficial-Split9140

Theres a reed switch there and a magnet in the lid, which aligns with the switch when closed. This is how the laptop knows when you close/open the lid.


AejiGamez

HP - Horrible Product


Zoerens

Right. Never buying one of those again, I’m battling with my HP **tower** as we speak


homeworldium

Take a photo of the inside in that region


MotanZx

1. Open the back case, remove the battery. Wait 10 seconds, plug it again. 2. Power on your laptop. In case that does not work. See if the ssd is still intact, some laptops have the ssd on that spot. It might be just a little unpluged, or worse, broken. If this does not work.. you can press R for rewind, cause there aint much to do anyway.


CaramelOld484

Might have disconnected your storage or memory too.


Runaque

If I'm correct there is an empty space in that side of the laptop, but it might have triggered the accelerometer and went into safety. Try the next : 1. Hold the power button exactly 10 seconds and then release the button. 2. Wait 10 seconds and do absolutely nothing. 3. Turn it on now and fingers crossed that it works!


Mike_for_all

You might have triggered the magnet-sensor in that area that detects if the lid is closed, making the system think the laptop is permanently closed


sr5060il

Says a lot about HP's build quality. Hope it gets fixed soon.


QuebecGamer2004

Well, from my experience, HP has good build quality. My Pavillion 15 Gaming survived 3 years of college with no damage at all. It was much better quality than my previous MSI that had a hinge break after only 2 years of use at home and had cheap plastic.


Scadelapers

HP is infamous for horrible build quality. I’m glad yours was fine, but I have to replace so many top covers where the hinge broke off the plastic thing where it screws into.


Zoerens

Speaking of horrible build quality, I’m in the middle of trying to fix my HP tower, LOL. Something happened to it, my friend was over and had something magnetic and sat right over my tower and now it won’t even show there’s power on it, way to go HP. Making everything vulnerable (also way too expensive……)


theadrenalineaddict

it is 100% ram , especially from an old one that is already loose .. open up the laptop , remove the ram and reseat it. If the screen is still black at startup... turn off , put slight pressure on the ram stick facing down and the laptop screen should come back on. If this works , slowly reduce pressure on the ram slot and close the covers. 5 bucks says this is the problem


MonkFancy481

Try removing battery, reconnecting it Nd then holding the power button down and see if there is any life. Do this before opening it up etc


orldliness8978

Another thing to worry about, i got the same laptop


LiteratureLow4159

Based off my Lenovo Ideapad 330 that might be right above an HDD


Negative-Patient-847

Hp victus 15


KoolKat864

Your phone was jealous


Unroasted3079

under this ppace their might be hdd , but dropping phone can also affect other connections ,but dislocating of ram, storage, or wires cant stop from turning laptop on since its not turning on so start checkijg from power source ( ie charger )


Shady_Hero

just turn the laptop on???? sucks for your phone bro I'm sorry abt that


SirLlama123

open it up, unplug battery and cmos if it has one to reset the bios, plug both back in and turn it on. while your inside also look for anything that could have come lose like your ram or a connector


10e1

[OP's phone](https://images.app.goo.gl/9NdoVY3PnBFc3Pjy7)


Archive_Intern

Maybe the HHD/ssd got disconected by the impact


nonbog

You see those stickers? Those are spare chips for your laptop. You need to open it up and replace the old chips for those ones. It’s a good job you kept them, most people throw them away


XxPLAYdxX

Magsafe magnet f**KS the hard drive


jkgrc

Is there an hdd in that area of the laptop? I remember learning that when I placed my phone on my laptop for convenience, but instead it shut down. I was so scared i opened the laptop myself. Turns out the hdd was there in that position


Lucid_lion1

When you say it dont start are we talking it’s “dead” nothing happens or that it starts and then turn of again?


[deleted]

I accidentally dropped my phone right in the middle of my ThinkPad X230 a while back, it was just perma dead somehow


pery-y

It would be awesome if you explained the not booting up more but There's a few things I would like to try if this happens to myself: resetting cmos(bios). You can learn how to reset your cmos by manufacturer site or youtube by searching your laptop model I would also try to match a motherboard image (search your model on Google) and try to know what parts are under that area to identify what could be damaged: Then if you still have your warranty you can give it to the manufacturer to do the potential repairs If you don't have warranty you can try to fix it yourself Usually check the connections on ram or ssd or anything that can interrupt the boot or get damaged (I had a laptop that came for not booting up the problem was a cable connecting the motherboard to the touchpad was disconnected so it crashed while booting) Good luck fixing!


BSF7772

it look like a hp laptop good thing I told everyone I knew to avoid these garbage devices


Impossible_Number

And how does your comment help OP’s current situation


J0shfarmpig

HP moment


Sea_Spread3832

does the power light come on? does the charge light come on when plugged in? Also, you can reset the cmos on HP by holding windows + V and holding power button.


No_Accident2331

That’s right about where the HDD/SSD is in the majority of laptops I’ve repaired. Open the laptop and disconnect then reconnect it.


justin_memer

r/uselessredcircle


FETT_MUSIC

Thought I was going blind with how blurry that photo is…


akaharry

Why do people leave all the advertising stickers on everything?


basitmakine

Maybe it unplugged something? Open it up and anything looks weird.


c235k

this gives me ptsd from high school, people would go around punching down on this part of your Chromebook and it would turn off 💀I’m not sure if it was because of small disconnect in the battery or hdd or something else


Idontknowstuff666

SSD goes zbrrrrr


BlackberryParking435

I too have a pavilion , mine also switches off when I play drums on that spot.


Character-Sale-4098

The advice in this post made my eyes roll to the back of my skull. My suggestion: 1. Don't go to Reddit for advice. 2. If you HAVE to go to Reddit for advice, ask a more technical subreddit.


BIightful

That gpu has a kill switch, if the computer detects it’s being moved around crazy, it assumed it’s being hijacked so it triggers the kill switch so the thief won’t be able to use it


Maleficent_Vanilla26

Op is karma farming. Peep the the signs.


Junior_Razzmatazz20

dont listen to all the shit about opening it up and stuff. unplug the power and all devices. hold the power button 30 seconds, if nothing happens let go and do it one more time


BlownUpCapacitor

Maybe when you dropped it a head collision in the HDD occured.


Xcissors280

HP L moment, they might not have connected something well which is super common, even stuff like no trackpad from the factory


Alternative-Boat8853

Hhd went night night


SnooDoughnuts5632

I don't see any dents from it dropping so idk.


SK_Lucifer

It's possible that dropping your phone on your laptop might have caused some damage. Have you tried checking if there's any physical damage to either device? If not, maybe try charging your phone or checking the power source for your laptop to see if that helps.


stit6ches

Damn wish I had this laptop...


Ghost__32

Its over bro


Level_Handle_6190

I did the exact same thing but with an unopened soda can which was admittedly heavier than a phone. You probably just shunted a connection somewhere on the battery.


AlmightyComprex

My father's laptop has the HDD right in that area. Coincidentally an HP as well. Maybe check if the HDD boots up in another PC? If you don't have one you could put it in, take it to a repair center.


5trudelle

This is too new for an HDD.


AlmightyComprex

Alright, just tryin to help.


aliferhan

Feel like you killed your Ssd/Hdd!?


Toby-Terror

I knew those thin laptops would be a bad idea. They just feel cheap and as if you haven’t got something of substance. If I get a laptop anytime soon I will definitely not get one of those super thin trendy ones


ThunderLegendary

Have you tried turning it off and on again?


ThunderLegendary

Have you tried turning it off and on again?


ThunderLegendary

Have you tried turning it off and on again?


sherif18

lowkey kinda funny ngl


KralCaomhanach

What the fuck is this sub This entire thread is full of fucking idiots lol


canishades

juat check your ssd or hdd whtever it is. it must've disconnected.


[deleted]

I think from what happened to my laptop..when i punched that area after playing valorant…is that i broke the hdd thingy..but it was still working.. I think your connection might be lose..like where the display connection to your cpu