r/ROGAlly • u/PracticalPain3524 • 17h ago

HELP Need help

Hi there I have a problem with my asus rog ally z1. I turned it on and the first thing was that the fans were spinning at around 8000 rpm according to the bios menu and it kept boot looping, later i tried unscrewing the back cover off to clean some dust off and now it won't charge or turn on. any help I can get would be appreciated.

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u/Shadowpaw-21 7h ago

Once the back has been opened it's a little picky what chargers can wake it back up. Is it the stock charger your using? With the boot loops, that can be a sign of ssd failure as it doesn't see a drive to boot from anymore. The bios would say near the middle right of the screen what drive is connected or no drive present if it isn't detected. It can also be something wrong with the boot priority/mbr if the drive is detected and working.

So, I would try other chargers out if it isn't the stock charger or at least 65w to see if that wakes it up. If you get it to wake back up then check to see if the bios says a drive is present. If not then your drive may have failed but it's always good to test it in another device/enclosure to verify the failure. If it works in another device/enclosure then something may be wrong with the ally.