# My minibook m3-8100y is not booting **URL:** \ **Category:** MiniPC\ **Created:** [May 7, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667 "2024-05-07T12:08:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chuwi\_user101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@chuwi\_user101](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/chuwi_user101)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/1 "2024-05-07T12:08:27Z")
hello, i own a minibook m3-8100y 16gb ram/512gb dsik space. it has stopped working,by not booting at all, the keybaord light truns on as well as the internal fan but the screen will not turn on, i had a previous problem wherein when i trun it off, it will turn on again not until i press the power button for 1 minute, it will completely shutdown, then the keyboard is no longer working, then the system time is not getting stored so it relies on the internet time, and now, it wont boot at all. can still recover my files by removing the hdd? btw, qhat exactly does it have? is it sata ssd or emmc? it a 512gb storage ---
**Author:** ![chuwi\_user101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@chuwi\_user101](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/chuwi_user101)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/2 "2024-05-09T10:35:11Z")
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**Author:** ![ChuwiESnotactive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.chuwi.com/chuwiesnotactive/32/8190_2.png) [@ChuwiESnotactive](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/ChuwiESnotactive)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/3 "2024-05-09T17:20:20Z")
Would you please tell me your serial number? i need to check the hard drive capacity. ---
**Author:** ![chuwi\_user101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@chuwi\_user101](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/chuwi_user101)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/4 "2024-05-09T22:57:32Z")
where to find the serial number? is it with ALK MiniB Q512G20010325? ---
**Author:** ![chuwi\_user101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@chuwi\_user101](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/chuwi_user101)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/5 "2024-05-10T09:49:04Z")
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**Author:** ![ChuwiESnotactive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.chuwi.com/chuwiesnotactive/32/8190_2.png) [@ChuwiESnotactive](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/ChuwiESnotactive)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/6 "2024-05-10T18:30:04Z")
> [@chuwi\_user101](#): > > Q512G20010325 From the information we have here, the drive is EMMC, and capacity is 128GB, ---
**Author:** ![chuwi\_user101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@chuwi\_user101](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/chuwi_user101)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/7 "2024-05-11T00:15:26Z")
butmy minibook hdd is 512gb and there is only one partition. ---
**Author:** ![ChuwiESnotactive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.chuwi.com/chuwiesnotactive/32/8190_2.png) [@ChuwiESnotactive](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/ChuwiESnotactive)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/8 "2024-05-11T00:30:23Z")
I checked your Serial number and its the information we have. Is possible that as it is an old product is not updated carefully… The best thing you could do is open the laptop and check manually the type of hard drive. ---
**Author:** ![chuwi\_user101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@chuwi\_user101](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/chuwi_user101)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/9 "2024-06-04T03:20:36Z")
i just removed the netac m.2 2242 N5N512G SATA 6gb/s from my chuwi mini book, does it have b key? is this different from b-key or b+ key? ---
**Author:** ![ChuwiESnotactive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.chuwi.com/chuwiesnotactive/32/8190_2.png) [@ChuwiESnotactive](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/ChuwiESnotactive)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/10 "2024-06-04T08:07:20Z")
I asked tech it is B+M -key and in theory would support 1TB. ---
**Author:** ![chuwi\_user101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@chuwi\_user101](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/chuwi_user101)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/11 "2024-07-30T00:52:50Z")
hi, my chuwi has been rapaired by a local pc technician, but they said the keybaord and the speaker needs to be replaced, do you still have these parts? it is comaptible with your recent product [chuwi\_user101](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/chuwi_user101)? is it? is this ok: [Laptop Palmrest For Chuwi MiniBook 8 CWI526 CWI519 Gray With Backlit Japanese JA JP Keyboard Upper Case New - Linda parts](https://www.cdrtd.com/products/laptop-palmrest-for-chuwi-minibook-8-cwi526-cwi519-gray-with-backlit-japanese-ja-jp-keyboard-upper-case-new.html) ? ---
**Author:** ![chuwi\_user101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@chuwi\_user101](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/chuwi_user101)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/12 "2024-07-30T23:21:07Z")
up… ---
**Author:** ![ChuwiESnotactive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.chuwi.com/chuwiesnotactive/32/8190_2.png) [@ChuwiESnotactive](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/ChuwiESnotactive)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/13 "2024-07-31T07:57:36Z")
I asked warehouse and we do not have any more stock for those ones ☹ ---
**Author:** ![chuwi\_user101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@chuwi\_user101](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/chuwi_user101)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/14 "2024-08-05T03:30:17Z")
if it is not availabl, is this ok to purchase from this website?: [Laptop Palmrest For Chuwi MiniBook 8 CWI526 CWI519 Gray With Backlit Japanese JA JP Keyboard Upper Case New - Linda parts](https://www.cdrtd.com/products/laptop-palmrest-for-chuwi-minibook-8-cwi526-cwi519-gray-with-backlit-japanese-ja-jp-keyboard-upper-case-new.html) ---
**Author:** ![chuwi\_user101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@chuwi\_user101](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/chuwi_user101)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/15 "2024-08-05T23:29:40Z")
up… ---
**Author:** ![ChuwiESnotactive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.chuwi.com/chuwiesnotactive/32/8190_2.png) [@ChuwiESnotactive](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/ChuwiESnotactive)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/16 "2024-08-06T02:58:25Z")
It seems the same one, but the keyboard is Japanese.Maybe can you try asking in forums to see if someone still have the laptop not using it and buy the parts? ---
**Author:** ![chuwi\_user101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@chuwi\_user101](https://forum.chuwi.com/u/chuwi_user101)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.chuwi.com/t/my-minibook-m3-8100y-is-not-booting/44667/17 "2024-08-06T22:15:03Z")
it seems they also have US keyboard