What is GPD Win 4 2023?
The GPD Win 4 is a handheld gaming PC made by GPD (GamePad Digital), designed to run full Windows like a mini laptop—but in the form factor of a PlayStation-style handheld.
This particular unit has 64GB RAM and 4T SSD!! It’s a beast…when it runs but now, it is not booting.
Customer Reported Issues: Device went through windows update. Then did subsequent reboot, now hasn’t booted since. Sometimes will boot into BIOS.
Customer has removed SSD and formatted but the issue remains.
Prior to the failure, the WiFi would drop out under load and the device would routinely overheat.
Observed Issues: Unable to boot properly.
Troubleshooting/Remedy steps: Upon examining the device, we noticed that the fan is running at high speed and it cannot boot up properly. After opening it up, we found no signs of liquid damage inside. A thorough check of the hardware revealed no burnt or damaged components. However, we discovered that the device does not have an operating system installed. Therefore, we need to reinstall the operating system. After reinstall of the OS there was still an issue booting. The issue is with the BIOS and will need to be reprogrammed.
At first, all things pointed to a hardware fault so we spent some time to open the device up and inspect it with our thermal camera. Impressively compact Windows machine indeed.
Thermal camera confirmed nothing was shorted even thou it seemed like it from the symptoms.