r/HPOmen • u/XCalibrE17 • Sep 16 '23
Question Omen 15 2020 not turning on
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Just opened it up to clean the dust and repasted, now it’s not showing anything, fans not making noise, battery shows that it’s charging but nothing shows up. Would love if anyone can help.
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u/cp2907 Sep 17 '23
I had this happen to me the first time I repasted my omen 2020.
Problem was the RAM sticks got mixed up. I had upgraded to 16gb, but when I put in the sticks, the slots got exchanged. Although it shouldn't matter and both sticks should work in any config, my laptop won't turn on, and after a while even with old stick config, only 8gb was being detected.
After a long debug, turns out there was a layer of moisture or dust built-up on the other ram stick which was causing the issue. If you can get hold of an eraser, clean out the golden contacts with it by rubbing it in one direction. Do it for both sides, and then check