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Repair Flashing Amber Light Pasus PadFone Infinity

Hi,

I am not sure if you are still having this issue or not but I had a similar issue and was able to resolve it. It really is not for the faint at heart but I live in the US and they wanted my station sent to a friend or family member in Taiwan and have them send it back, or just fly out to Taiwan myself.... baaah hah hah!! Long story short for me it is self repair or buy another station. Fortunately I am in IT so I have relevant experience. Here is the process as I preformed it. I will try to get a PDF or something put together for better reference. I also have video and pictures available This process is similar to opening an IPad so you may want to swing over to YouTube and watch one of the how to's posted there..

*WARNING THIS METHOD IS NOT THE RESOLUTION IN MOST CASES!

*FIRST TRY CLEANING YOUR USB CONTACT POINTS!

*THIS MAY RESOLVE YOUR ISSUE!

*PREFORMING THIS REPAIR WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY!

USB CLEANING IS EASY!

1) A SMALL SCREW DRIVER FOR REMOVING DEBRIS.

2) SOME FINE CLOTH WITH RUBBING ALCOHOL

3) POWER SECURED TO BOTH DEVICES

!!!!!!!!!CAUTION MAKE SURE YOUR BATTERY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DISCHARGED PRIOR TO PREFORMING THESE STEPS!!!!!!!!!!!!

*I RECOMMEND WEARING A STATIC WRIST GUARD PURCHASED ON AMAZON FOR A COUPLE DOLLARS*

*WHEN PREFORMING THE PROCEDURE KEEP THE DEVICE BACK END ON TABLE THE BUTTONS FALL OUT AND ARE A PITA TO GET BACK IN*

1) With Guitar Pick or like plastic "wed-gable" device begin by finding an opportunistic give between your screen and case. Insert your wedge tool into the break and preform a small counter clockwise twisting motion with the tool. you should hear a LIGHT popping sound. (This will be the tabs releasing themselves from the device.

2) Slowly rotate your device as you continue to preform the prying action. (At each turn a would place a small wooden stopper inside the the opening to prevent the device from collapsing down and resealing itself).

3) Once you have released all tabs on the outer circumference of the device you will need to preform the same procedure around the docking location for the phone

*Note: There is an extreme number of tabs located at where the metal band is on the phone dock these tabs are released in procedure 1.

Only go down the sides and to the lower corners of the internal circumference of the phone dock

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PRY THE USB DOCK CONNECTOR OFF IT REMAINS ON THE BOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4) With the back removed first disconnect the battery cable. It is the largest cable connection you will see it is called a it is slightly less large than the Mulex 8981 power connector (Old School 4 PIN connector for CD-ROM drives)

5) Allow the board to rest for 5-10 minutes this is to make sure there is no residual power that could create a short during the next process.

6) Disconnect the cable that attaches to the speaker area is from the motherboard connection port (IN THE END, YES THIS WAS NECESSARY TO UNPLUG AS WELL.), disconnect the cable that is roughly half an inch from the mulex power port you unplugged earlier.

!!!BE CAREFUL WITH THESE WIRES AND CONNECTORS THEY ARE VERY FRAGILE!!!

7) Allow your device to "rest" for about an hour and a half. Go watch a movie or something, it's probably Saturday! :)

8) When you return reconnect the cables disconnected in step 6. DO NOT CONNECT THE POWER YOUR NOT DONE.

9) Go around your device with a fine tooth comb looking at EVERY cable connection examine them give them secure pushes NOT HARD/ROUGH. and give very gentle tugs to insure they are secure. There is a ribbon cable where the volume buttons are located push that one FIRMLY.

10) When you are done and feel all wires are secure, give the inside a once over. Its rare opportunity perhaps, but more importantly you will more than likely notice any signs of obvious devastation to the device scorch marks, loose wires, etc.

11) Once everything is good to go reconnect your power (CAREFUL NOT TO TOUCH THE BOARD WITH YOUR FINGERS OR CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL)

12) With the back end still on the table line up the upper portion and lower portion and reconnect once it fells like it is in the right position go around all corners including dock and push together firmly (until you hear clicking). It takes about 4 or 5 passes before it will be completely sealed.

13) Charge your pad then place your phone back in the pad. If it doesn't work there is one last thing you may need to do. Its kinda ghetto but it was the last thing I had to do. Take a piece of electric tape and cut a piece a quarter inch long. fold the tape over itself so that it will fit on one side of the base of the cradle place the piece on either side using the balance of some of that piece to stick to the sidewall inside the dock. then dock your phone if the first side does not work try the other (NOT BOTH)......THEN TRY BOTH. For me it is the left side only dock end facing me. I have a suspicion the exact lining can get offset during this process.

14) ONCE YOU REGAIN CONNECTION DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE ATTACHED TOOL TO YOUR PHONE. IT IS FROM ASUS AND WILL RECALIBRATE YOUR STATION SCREEN. IT WAS MADE FOR THE 2 BUT WORKS WITH INFINITY AS WELL AND ALSO RESOLVED SOME HICCUPS FOR ME AFTER THE FRANKENSTEIN SURGERY I PREFORMED...BUT ITS ALIVE! ITS ALIVE!