I just upgraded the mainboard in my FW13 laptop. I transferred my old working 11th gen intel mainboard along with the existing ram and wifi card (kept the audio card in my FW13) and a new NVME drive to the mainboard case.
I’ve tried powering up the mainboard with the 60 FW power adapter, as well as a 140W USB-C PD charger, but I can’t get it to boot into a bootable USB drive.
Here is what happens when I push the start button:
- The fan starts to spin very briefly (not even half a second)
- Simultaneously, the LED of my bootable thumb drive turns on for about a second
- Eventually (~10-15 seconds later), the side LEDs blink the diagnosis and post codes. All of the post codes return green. The diagnoses codes I list below.
- The side LEDs remain "on’ (white), but nothing happens for the few minutes that I watched it.
There are three diagnosis codes that return red. They are:
- Battery connected
- CPU deassert sleep S4
- CPU reached S0 state
This is quite interesting considering that there is no display, touchpad, or audio board connected. As an aside, the LEDs blink incredibly fast. I had to record a video and then slow it down in order to discern each value.
Any suggestions on next steps for troubleshooting? I was incredibly careful while handling the mainboard so I don’t think I broke anything while making the transfer.