Laptop randomly shuts down

OhYeah84 said:
There's your issue. Clearly it's built for the Arctic where heat isn't an issue.
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Got bored and opened up the POS...

It turns out it indeed has a battery! I assumed it doesn't because none of the sites I checked mentions it. Further when I unscrewed the back the battery was unplugged. So charging it now to see if the battery is any good.

That red LED never lit, so I'm sure I wasn't the one who dislodged the battery cable.

Also, about that upgrade of the RAM, it would be nice if I can find a DIMM slot! :D

At least I can add an SSD

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The_Ogre said:
Also, about that upgrade of the RAM, it would be nice if I can find a DIMM slot! :D
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I don't think it has any dimm slots so not upgradeable.
www.quora.com

Can I upgrade the 2GB RAM on a mini laptop (iLife ZED Air Pro) to 8GB RAM?

Answer (1 of 2): According to the official FAQ on iLife website, all ZED laptops do not support more RAM, because it’s mounted (soldered) into the PCB, and cannot be modified, more info here: ZedAir Pro, slimmest laptop in its category | ILIFE Digital Technology Hope my answer helped.
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Best to throw a lightweight linux distro on there, a web browser will still chow most of the ram though...


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Zed Air Plus , Versatile 15.6 inch laptop | LIFE Digital

Meet the ILife zed air plus, a 15.6-inch laptop for anywhere and everywhere. Featuring powerful Intel® technology, great reliability, a thin and light design.
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The_Ogre said:
Got bored and opened up the POS...

It turns out it indeed has a battery! I assumed it doesn't because none of the sites I checked mentions it. Further when I unscrewed the back the battery was unplugged. So charging it now to see if the battery is any good.

That red LED never lit, so I'm sure I wasn't the one who dislodged the battery cable.

Also, about that upgrade of the RAM, it would be nice if I can find a DIMM slot! :D

At least I can add an SSD

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Did you buy it new? If so, take it back, don't say a thing about opening it up and ask them WTF is going on with it.
 
The_Ogre said:
Got bored and opened up the POS...

It turns out it indeed has a battery! I assumed it doesn't because none of the sites I checked mentions it. Further when I unscrewed the back the battery was unplugged. So charging it now to see if the battery is any good.

That red LED never lit, so I'm sure I wasn't the one who dislodged the battery cable.

Also, about that upgrade of the RAM, it would be nice if I can find a DIMM slot! :D

At least I can add an SSD

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Nope. RAM not upgradeable. It's basically a phone with a keyboard and a bigger screen. Same whitebox s**t as the Mecer, Connex crap. The added storage expansion option is a plus though.
 
The_Ogre said:
Got bored and opened up the POS...

It turns out it indeed has a battery! I assumed it doesn't because none of the sites I checked mentions it. Further when I unscrewed the back the battery was unplugged. So charging it now to see if the battery is any good.

That red LED never lit, so I'm sure I wasn't the one who dislodged the battery cable.

Also, about that upgrade of the RAM, it would be nice if I can find a DIMM slot! :D

At least I can add an SSD

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May be battery is completely dead, some laptops won't turn on if a dead battery is plugged in but will if it is unplugged.
 
The_Ogre said:
Got bored and opened up the POS...

It turns out it indeed has a battery! I assumed it doesn't because none of the sites I checked mentions it. Further when I unscrewed the back the battery was unplugged. So charging it now to see if the battery is any good.

That red LED never lit, so I'm sure I wasn't the one who dislodged the battery cable.

Also, about that upgrade of the RAM, it would be nice if I can find a DIMM slot! :D

At least I can add an SSD

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Looks like this one has made a trip or two to the repair shop already. All that tape isn't normal. As is the loose battery. I'd check the battery for any physical defects (swollen) before putting back together.
 
ponder said:
Best to throw a lightweight linux distro on there, a web browser will still chow most of the ram though...
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I had one. I tried.
BIOS is locked down and will only allow a windows 10 install.
I gave it away.
Wasn't a bad little unit though (mine had 64gb onboard storage, no HDD.)
 
AstroTurf said:
May be battery is completely dead, some laptops won't turn on if a dead battery is plugged in but will if it is unplugged.
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This. Bad batteries do havoc to hardware.

My wife got an old laptop from her father. She asked me to "fix" it because the keyboard didn't work. Took out the dead battery and the keyboard works without an issue.
 
StrongestAvenger said:
So can you upgrade the 64GB EMMC Storage to Sata SSD ?
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Mine you could yes. iLife Zedair with 64 Gb EMMC, and a standard ssd compartment underneath. I could have added any size drive I wanted, but the nature of those little things is really just a bit of email and internet in a cheap lightweight package. It actually managed 720p youtube with it's little celeron without a problem.
 
Some of these cheap laptops does not have a SATA slot meaning that you are stuck with the 64GB eMMC.

IIRC my wife's Asus netbook has the same CPU. Its not bad for browsing and word processing. Hers came with a HDD, swoped it for SSD and she is very happy with it. Unfortunately the 4GB RAM is not upgrade-able.
 
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