(Solved)Is my 101tf dead??

[bctony]

I bought a refurbished TF101 last month and a used keyboard dock. I did the upgrade to 4.0 and everything worked fine for a month. Yesterday I turned it off and put on the charger. Orange light and then green. Now it wont turn on. I disconnected the dock and still nothing. The only thing I can get out of it is the green light when I connect the charger. I was thinking about taking it apart and disconnecting and then reconnecting the battery but I thought I should try and get some advise first. Help please. Tony

[sculptedstylus]

Welcome to the forum Tony! Before you opened it up, there are a few things you can try. First, just hold the power button down for 30 seconds. If that doesn't do it, hold the power button + volume down until some text appears on the upper left of the screen, then let go and allow it to boot (hard reset). Let us know if those help.

[janner43]

Good advice SS

And Tony - there are various troubleshooting guides linked from the Master Help Guide in my signature, too. Including "how to" dismantle your tf101 if it comes to that.

[momora]

Power button held for 30 seconds, and all is well in paradise.

[bburrill]

Hi. Using this thread since it appears to relate to my situation: my Transformer tablet is dead and won't recharge.
Here's the whole deal:
I have a docking station. With the tablet NOT connected to it, the station DOES charge. Light goes from orange to green. Great!
But when I attach the tablet, the light goes off (if the charger is connected to the station). And tablet does not turn on.
If I try to charge the tablet itself, the light does NOT go on, ever. I have tried things like depressing the on button for a while. Still no dice. Sometimes when I connect the charger to the tablet directly I will get a short lived icon of a battery denoting low charge and get a kind of humming (short lived). But that's it.
Wondering if the tablet's battery itself is kaput?
Any help would be appreciated.

[MikeS]

Try plugging the turned off TF into a PC or standard 5 volt USB charger overnight (the PC must remain on if you go that way) - the TF series devices have a small issue that if the battery gets really discharged they often need a slow 5 volt charge for several hours to revive the charging circuit again.

[bburrill]

MikeS - a BIG thank you.
I connected the tablet to a PC via the usb power cord. Didn't see anything on that tiny light but decided to just leave things as is. A few hours later, still no light but picked up the tablet and lo and behold it came to life. I got a message to connect to the charger. Which I did, and now can see the charging % go up. I can even log in.
I can't recall seeing this on any faq so once again a big thank you!

[momora]

I am trying this as a last measure since nothing else. Just plugged it into the PC, hopefully it recharges. I will let you know what happens. Thank you.