x98 Air 3G fine yesterday, now dark brick

[Clark]

Hello all,

My x98 Air 3G C5J6 (dual-boot, Android 5.0 and Win10) worked great for more than a year. I have never made any changes or updates, its totally as shipped. I used it frequently for both Android and Windows 10.

I shut down Win 10 yesterday as normal, plugged in the charger lead, used the power-up button to check the charge level an hour or so later, and that worked as expected.

Today I get no response from the power-up button (short or long press) whether attached to the charger or not. Same lack of response to power + vol up together. I tried connecting the device to my Win 7 laptop via USB and no device is seen by Windows.

I hope someone here will share ideas and insights into my problem. It has been a very handy little computer as it’s my only Android-and-Win10-capable device.

Thanks,

Clark

[Ken English]

Leave the tablet to discharge for approx 1 week and then recharge. This happened to my grandsons tablet, exactly the same conditions/symptoms and has not happened since?

Ken.

 

[Clark]

Hey Ken,

Thank you so much for your response and for registering to participate in the forum. Purely by accident, I did exactly as you advise. As you’d expect, everything works again!

I’m happy to report that I too have had no issues with the device since.

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