Welcome, @KAZiBA, I'm disappointed that your entry to the forums is in such circumstances, but hopefully you'll get it all straightened out, and then stick around and help others out too! 🙂 I'll second @dstrakele's suggestion and analysis, I wouldn't expect that changing the system date would damage it, but it might. @dstrakele, I don't suppose that the CMOS battery is anywhere in a easily user-accesible location? If it is, then pulling that should reset the date?

Note that the OP chose to "Discard Changes & Exit", so NO changes should've been made to the BIOS.

Even so, I find it hard to believe changing the System Date would brick a computer.

@dstrakele

Yes, it does sound highly unusual that changing something as innocent as the date would mess up the BIOS. Maybe something else went wrong at the same time that wasn't related to any settings, however speculating is not helping in this case. I tried what the forum post you linked to suggested, and I couldn't notice any difference. Another user suggested trying 10-15 times, tried that too. Even if it was a silent process, it should have brought me back online. The keyboard doesn't even light up, and it's a backlit version so I doubt it's even registered. Hell, when the computer DID work, it didn't light up until Windows was loaded.

@Zygomorphic

Thank you for welcoming me. It's not ideal to be the new guy when the first thing you do is ask for help because you've bricked your brand new gaming portable. Either way, I'm glad you're here to help, and I'll do the same and stick around. I have read about resetting the CMOS, but when only the RAM is user accessible, what can I do. The last thing I want to do is risk my warranty. It's safe to say that ASUS has a good one - 2 years.

EDIT: I do indeed have the factory Windows 8 installed, however I've factory resetted it two times.

it's hard to believe that simple date change could cause this 😕

perhaps you could give it one more try before sending it to the service center:

1. take out the battery; unplug it from the power source;
2. press the power button for 20 seconds;
3. leave it alone for 24 hours;
4. after that. plug in the power source only (leave out the battery);
5. try the ctrl+home combo again and again.

i guess that's how one of our friends revived his laptop. well, this is the last try. i am not even sure if it works for you.

@rewben

My G46 has a non-removable battery (why on Earth would a gaming portable come with a non-removable battery), so your suggestion sadly cannot be performed in my case. I'd open it and access the components if it didn't mean voiding my warranty in the process, though.

I suppose the only solution in my case is to RMA it. I've heard horror stories about ASUS Support, but anyone can have bad luck. I have a TF Prime as well that was serviced due to screen bleeding.