Where can I find the ribbon cable to the Power Button?

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Asus G74SX-BBK8

A gaming laptop released in the Asus G74 Republic of Gamers series in late 2011.

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Where can I find the ribbon cable to the Power Button?

A client has brought me his Asus ROG G74SX laptop and the power only comes up for a couple of seconds when pressed. ALL the LEDs light up briefly, nothing happens on the monitor, no POST, etc.

As I was inspecting the interior, I noticed the "Sumitomo-g AWM 2896 80C VW-1 -F-" (this is printed on the cable) 10 pin ribbon cable (I count ten contacts on the clips, so I assume its a 10 pin cable) is horribly crimped and might be suspect in the issue. I cannot find a replacement anywhere nor can I find a parts list or a Service manual to the laptop, just the user manual which you already have a link to from here. Its the cable that runs from the powerbutton finger board to J5601 on the motherboard.

I keep getting stonewalled from ASUS and various suppliers because they want the Serial Number (S/N) and the sticker has worn off the laptop and the client has none of the packaging, manuals, etc.

Can anyone assist? Thank you.

Sean M.

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crwdns2931729:0crwdne2931729:0: Yan 6, 2018

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Hi,

How long does the cable have to be?

Here is a link to various pin numbers, same spec'd cables.

For example if you got the 12 pin cable as long as it was the correct length (or just a bit longer) you could peel 2 wires from it to make a 10 wire cable.

Just a thought

Hi ,

Here is one supplier

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I did not know you can do that! I will consider that as a last resort but I was hoping for an exact replacement because I would like the tabs at either end that helps with getting them into place and securing them snugly. I measured the original cable at about 6 inches.

Thanks again for the response.

I also finally found the part number thanks to a business in the UK, unfortunately they are out of them. The part number is:

"14G124150103"

Thanks again for the insight!

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I did not know you can do that! I will consider that as a last resort but I was hoping for an exact replacement because I would like the tabs at either end that helps with getting them into place and securing them snugly. I measured the original cable at about 6 inches.

Thanks again for the response.

I also finally found the part number thanks to a business in the UK, unfortunately they are out of them. The part number is:

"14G124150103"

Thanks again for the insight! — Sean Mohrhoff