| Subject: Re: dead gateway solo 2500 |
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Date Posted: 20:35:19 12/11/03 Thu
In reply to:
Tom Wyrick
's message, "Re: dead gateway solo 2500" on 16:02:18 12/11/03 Thu
Tom
Hassle for me is it belongs to the owner of one of my client co's...was her first laptop!!!
Like you said...what's with the porn results anyway?
Stil hoping someone shares some knowledge
>I sure wish I had an answer for you, because I just
>ran into a Gateway Solo 2500 exhibiting the *exact
>same* behavior you're describing!
>
>I work for a PC on-site service company, and we
>normally just work on desktop PC related issues. A
>customer called, wanting us to help fix his Gateway
>Solo 2500 though - so we decided to give it a shot.
>(I've repaired several Dell Latitude laptops and IBM
>Thinkpads before, but this is the first Gateway laptop
>I've worked with.)
>
>Supposedly, this customer's Solo 2500 was working fine
>until he accidently dropped it - and now it's dead.
>(Like yours, it powers on with the green power LED in
>the front lighting up, and I can hear the hard drive
>spin up - but it never beeps, draws anything on the
>display, or seems to attempt to boot at all.)
>
>I tried removing the RAM and re-seating it, with no
>luck. I'm currently guessing maybe the processor
>board was jarred loose and just needs to be pressed
>back down into its socket firmly - but I have yet to
>figure out how to take this system apart without
>breaking anything....
>
>(A quick Internet search for Solo 2500 disassembly
>diagrams only brough me to porn sites! What's with
>that!?)
>
>- Tom
>
>
>>Gateway Solo 2500 (given to me used) which USED to
>>boot up fine....and now does nothing at all!
>>Power on, litle LCD scren shows battery bars, HDD
>>(quicly disappears), FDD (stays on)....nothing
>>happens; no sound/beeps whatsoever.
>>Could anyone shed some light on what may have
>>happened, and if there is a solution?
>>Read through this forum, and tried the following to no
>>result:
>>removed battery, FDD, HDD, PCMCIA cards one at a time,
>>then all except FDD, and still no change.
>>Thanks for your ideas/help
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