Thank you very much. I have disconnected the keyboard ribbon cable and separated pin from it pin 27 and 28 and reconnected only the two power button pins. My aerobook is useable again just without the keyboard. I will just use an external one. I had this same wont turn on problem a few months after i bought this laptop and had it shipped to shenzhen China for warranty repairs. It had cost me more than 100 dollars via DHL. When i got it back i asked for a service report for what was done. They would not give information. Now i know that they just replaced the keyboard and now that the warranty has expired i have to buy from chuwi a keyboard that will only last several months. Such poor quality. Total waste of time and money.
Glad to know that you solved the problem, and thanks for sharing and thus confirming that the keyboard in the Aerobook (and probably other keyboards in the Chuwi lines of laptops as well) has manufacturing quality issues, and a keyboard replacement will not solve the problem for long. Those who still want to get a keyboard replacement after warranty expiry should take note.
Hello,
I agree that this problem seems to be repetitive. I had sent my aerobook for repair to China early last year. And right now, I’m experiencing the problem again. My problem is, the warranty is already out so I’ll have to pay for the repair. I hope it’s not too expensive. I do like this laptop and it and I would like to be able to use it more.
Regards,
Joseph
I have been researching and realised that it is a hardware issue for me (keyboard). Likely due to the poor quality connection that had been mentioned be others. How I finally resolved it for myself is to choose a key that I have no use for and glue it down with superglue (see photo). Simple but functional solution. A suggestion that if you are trying this, to pry out that key and glue the plastics underneath down first, otherwise it can be springy. Then glue down the key itself.
Hope it helps some of you.
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First I’ve had issues with the trackpad (that I was never able to fix, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t), about one year ago I’ve had the battery issue. I’ve had my Aerobook waiting for more than one month on the Spanish repair center waiting for the battery, but it did got repaired.
After repair, from time to time, I would get some unexpected power down, but I’ve always thought that it was something related with the power circuit. From time to time I would also found it turned on inside my backpack (and hot as hell!), when I was sure that I’ve shut it down.
Today it shutdown unexpectedly and it won’t boot at all. Eventually I was able to turn it on, but it would shut down some seconds later.
I’ve found this thread and after locking the key between ‘Alt’ and ‘Ctrl’ (as suggested by @SCST) with duct tape, I was able to boot and login successfully.
@SCST can the key lock be a long term solution? Can’t this cause additional stress on the power lines of the keyboard flex cable?
I’ve bought a Corebook X for my sister 6 months ago. I wouldn’t dot it again after facing this new issue.
I just hope that it be a model without all these quality issues…
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Hello,
This is the same behaviour I am having right now. This started about 14 days ago.
Suddenly the computer won’t turn on. I am able to turn it on some seconds and then shuts down
Thought that it is the battery but now I don’t think so.
Also from Spain (I’ll continue in english for the rest of the people in this forum) and also repaired in Toledo because of the battery issue.
I think @manonegra222 had better contact with the technical department in the past.
I contacted aftersale-service@chuwi.com 10 days ago without response.
I really like this computer for light load work but man, too many issues came with it.
Maybe a moderator can check this thread.
Let’s hope!
Lol, Tried this and worked. In the very moment I release the button, it shuts down.
Seems we have a way!
Well, This is my SPAM day.
I performed a very ugly Fix in combination with others above.
- I cut the 27 and 28 pins apart and connected the rest leaving these hanging
- Once the charger is connected, I shorted the 27 and 28 pins with a thin tweezer on the motherboard connector for a second and it powered on.
- Checked all the keys on a web and all were working
Seems that the only short comes from the power button and once removed everything is working as expected. It is not possible to remove the keyboard to see what happens with this button but seems its difference with the other keys makes it vulnerable… Also its location at the border of the computer makes possible that some moisture came in.
I did this ugly repair with a veeeeeery thin soldering iron and caution.
Soldered a small cable in the 27th pin and another whenever you can get GND. finally you get these both cables outside and this is my new power button.
I will feel like stealing a car every time I power it up put it is not stupid if it works.
Probably i will hot glue some switch to make it a little better but I will still wait for a support response.
Hope this helps.
Finally here go some thoughts.
- Had a problem with the battery
- The plastic chassis is so bad that almost every screw holder is broken and also the hinges fixings are soooo weak.
- Now the problem with the keyboard.
- Very bad support
- Once you open the device you can see that it is not very well built and engineered.
- In the past, they told that if you install windows on the ssd instead of the flash, it would void waranty
I normally don’t have issues getting any techy thing that you have to tinker around with it, but this has been simply too much. In only two years failed twice and now it is out of warranty. If this was my working machine I would be pissed off and would have to buy another laptop for sure.
I will hold this computer for a year more or so (or until the next failure) and throw it to the garbage. I really like the size, the weight, the outside design and keyboard layout and I feel sad about it but I don’t feel like getting anything from CHUWI again.
Goog luck everyone!
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Just an update, our local service center was able to replace the keyboard – the entire assembly. It’s an expensive repair but so far, it seems to be the easiest fix for it.
Seems my CoreBook X (2021, i5-8259U) has just developed the same issue, after being used for about 6 months. The model is different but the keyboard flex cable is the same.
I was working on it, not doing anything particular, not even typing. It suddenly powered itself off, then on again, then off after 3 seconds, and kept doing so until I disconnected the battery. It took a while for me to realize this was actually the culprit.
It’s just the power button, all the other keys are working. Seems it’s connected separately. I didn’t check the trick with holding another key since I only looked at the forum after working around the issue so that the laptop can still be used, temporarily.
I isolated pins 27 and 28 on the keyboard flex cable, plugged in the battery, briefly shorted pins 27 and 28 on the connector, and then connected the flex cable. This way I can use it for the time being but I have no easy way to power it back on if it turns itself off. So I have to think of another solution.
I’m traveling abroad now, so I don’t have another laptop, nor any tools, or a multimeter. It’s quite an annoyance to run into this issue.
Thank you! your solution works.
Here is my fix, without glue, using a piece of a clip. Could be useful for other users
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For the record, this is my temporary workaround:
Power on first, isolate pins 27 & 28, plug in the keyboard connector, don’t power off (sleep is fine – can be resumed with Fn).
For what it’s worth, the cause seems to be not near the button is but somewhere else:
Basically, the part just has to be replaced. I contacted Chuwi, let’s see how this goes.
So apparently Chuwi think I should pay US$51 to have their manufacturing quality issue fixed. This is assuming I replace the faulty part on my own, which I offered to do.
This should be a free repair according to Chuwi’s own warranty policy, and the consumer protection laws in the EU. I’ve been prepared to pay something, since I’m not in the EU at the moment, so I’d prefer they just send me the replacement part.
But it’s shameless for them to try to make extra money from the fact that they sold me a low-quality product I now have a problem with.
Even the shipping quote from them looks like 300% of what it should be.
After asking their only point of contact, service@chuwi.com, where to send the whole laptop for repair (the usual way), I received no further responses. Seems they only answer when they smell money. Utterly pathetic.
Anything to say @ChuwiService?
Thank you 
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It’s Work for my laptop too:blush:
I found a new method of fixing this issue.
Please refer my blog site below using automatic translation.
Specifically, the added circuit keeps the voltage of pin 27 at around 3V after startup, preventing shutdown.
thank you for adding more info