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A few months ago I bought an Asus Eee PC 1005PE (it’s actually the 1005PEB Best Buy version, but basically the same thing). It had been working fine for months until today when I decided to open up the memory and replace the 1GB with a new 2GB module. After doing so the netbook would turn on, but the it would never boot the bios, and the screen stayed blank and black.

I researched all over the internet trying to find a solution, but nothing seemed to be working. A lot of sites say to hit the ‘reset’ button on the older models, however near as I can tell there is no reset button on the 1005PE models, and there is no mention of it in the manual.

So after an hour of searching and trying things that did not work, I went back to to the basics and low and behold I was able to get it to boot up again! Here is what I did:

1. Power off the laptop, unplug it from the power adapter and remove the battery.
2. Remove the cover where the memory is located, and remove the memory module.
3. Now firmly place the memory back in it’s slot. It’s important to note that these Netbooks seem to be very finicky about the seating of the memory and I had to do this several time before getting it ‘right’ and the Netbook would turn on. Do not put the cover back on the memory slot just yet, because you may be repeating these steps several times before getting it to work, and replacing the cover is annoying.
4. Hold the power button down for 30 seconds. Remember, the batter and power adapter should still be removed.
5. Now plug in the power adapter, and hit the power button once to turn on the Netbook.
6. At this point, if it worked, your Netbook has been fixed. Turn it back off, replace the batter, and the cover to the memory slot. IF IT DID NOT WORK, start over with step 3. As I said before, the Netbook is real sensitive and finicky with how the memory is seated, and it may take several attempts to get it right.

If after trying these steps several time, you still can’t get it to work, try the above steps again but using the original memory from your Netbook. It could be possible that the new memory is bad or not compatible with your Netbook. If you still can’t get your Netbook to turn on with the old memory then unfortunately you may need to get it serviced.

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