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Laptop not starting up

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I have a laptop (Asus X555D) that won't start up properly. When I do turn it on the fan spins and the optical drive consistently revs up and down like it wants to find something there. That's it, from what I can tell the HDD is not turning on, the display gives me nothing and when I force eject the optical and pull it open; both the 'lightbulb' and 'battery' lights come on and stay on until I close it again. Any ideas?

I have tried removing the battery and it does the exact same thing.
 
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I'd try and hook up an external monitor to be positive it was the video chip. You might have to press the Function key and 5 or 6 to toggle between internal, display, external display or both.
If nothing ever shows, then yes the video chip is toast.

As far as replacing the motherboard, that might be more expensive than getting a new laptop.
Here's one
https://www.ebay.com/i/282567053894?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28
it might not be an exact match for yours but you could use it and keep yours for spare parts.
 
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