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GW 600YGR Not Starting or coming close

Started by procomm , Feb 08 2006 08:30 AM

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procomm

Posted 08 February 2006 - 08:30 AM

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I've got a Gateway 600YGR laptop that when I pree the power button the fan comes on and the 3 lock lights blink for a second then nothing. Fan is running but for all practical purposes the computer is off. If I hold the power button down for about 3-4 seconds it will shut down the fan. I have reseated the HD and the memory and the battery. No luck. I don't think it even gets to the reading the HD cause the HD indicator never lights up. Battery is fully charged and I also tried it with the AC charger plugged in. All I ever get is the fan to go on. It was running on Saturday just fine, but this all started on Tuesday. Has anyone seen this problem before?

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SRX660

Posted 08 February 2006 - 09:29 AM

motto - Just get-er-done

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I've had similar problems with laptops. One was fixed with a new HD. A second one i was trying to flash the bios and it failed. Now all i get is startup and shutdown immediately. H-P says they can put in a new bios chip but it would cost almost the price of the laptop. So i have another parts machine. A third machine i saved by replacing the motherboard battery set. It took me days to disassemble and reassemble the puter just to put the batteries in.

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