Hey, I bought a Beelink Mini S N5095 and now it shows no picture when I turn it on again. Is there something wrong?
Hey, I bought a Beelink Mini S N5095 and now it shows no picture when I turn it on again. Is there something wrong?
I have this weird trouble that I can't fix no matter what: Everything works great on Windows11 or Linux, but when I try to restart things before they cool down for 5-10 minutes, it lights up the blue power LED and spins the fan, then goes black. If I don't turn it off first, it stays like this forever. When I can't switch it off normally anymore, just pressing power makes it shut down and start again with a black screen. Then I have to unplug it and wait until it cools down before it starts up normally. Here is what I tried: - Changed the thermal paste on my processor (it wasn't old) - Cleaned the RAM contacts - Ran MemTest for 2.5 hours on the RAM - Took out the glue residue from the backup battery that was stuck to the motherboard and told me online this could cause problems - Checked the voltage of the backup battery (it looked okay) - Removed the backup battery completely from the mini-cabinet and scrubbed it with isopropyl alcohol and a lot of brushing - Checked the BIOS settings and set them all back to "Default" - Reset the BIOS using the CMOS reset button while I held down the button for 10 seconds without turning off power - Tried a different monitor - Changed the HDMI cable - Tried to boot using ethernet on an RJ45 port without any keyboard or mouse attached What else could I do that I haven't tried yet but think is possible: - Try reinstalling the BIOS? - Reflow the processor? - Check the motherboard capacitors (this will be hard because the board has cooled down by the time I remove it). But I would really appreciate some advice if you can help me.
As usual, there seems to be something wrong because of how hot the CPU or GPU gets. So I decided to try something different. I put an extra fan in that blows cool air into the box and blocked off the vents so the air has to pass through them instead. After doing this, my Core Temp app showed a big drop in temperature: from 60 degrees up to around 43 degrees. But the only thing that changed was how fast it restarted when I tried to watch video; it just took longer to turn back on. Nothing worked anymore. It keeps acting exactly the same way: the fan spins, and those blue lights light up, but the screen stays dark. That's when you have to unplug it. Now that it is cooler, it almost starts right away with a normal button press instead of needing to be unplugged first. I only need about 10 seconds if I take the power out.
I don’t believe it’s a software or driver issue. I also installed some Linux distros to see if it changed the behavior. I installed Lubuntu, Linux Mint, MX Linux and the behavior is the same. Everything points to a hardware (or BIOS?) issue, especially because when the CPU cools down, the boot is normal. My suspicions continue to be BGA solder on the CPU/GPU, capacitors (or some other component) with values altered by the temperature or some temperature sensor (on the CPU?) providing incorrect readings at boot. I’ve been monitoring it during operation and the readings are normal. Is there anyone who’s an expert in hardware who can give their opinion?