NEED HELP! Gateway GT5228 won't even boot to BIOS
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From: Bikini Browser on 29 Jan 2010 10:34 Hello Everyone... I have a gateway tower. The computer was running but when I restart it, it won't boot. I played with the power and the front switch a few times and I was able to get it to boot finally, but now, it won't boot at all. It never even boots to the BIOS. I unplugged everything except the Monitor and keyboard it still won't boot. It's not beeping. The fan comes on, and there is a LED that blinks a few times but then nothing else happens. The monitor says NO SIGNAL. Does anyone have any ideas what can keep it from booting/rebooting. In the past, I had to unplug it and leave it alone for 5 or 10 minutes before it would boot up, but as I said, not it won't boot at all. And one more symptom... When you plug it in, it turns on by itself, without having to press the on button in the front of the computer. I'm looking for ideas on where to begin to troubleshoot this issue.. All ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance... --------------------------------------- Bikini Browser of San Juan Puerto Rico Small Business Office Automation Small Business Document Imaging Solutions Networking Solutions using Linksys & Cisco Products (787) 637-9100 www.daleallen.com
From: Bruce Chambers on 29 Jan 2010 11:21 Bikini Browser wrote: > Hello Everyone... > > I have a gateway tower. The computer was running but when I restart it, it > won't boot. I played with the power and the front switch a few times and I > was able to get it to boot finally, but now, it won't boot at all. > > It never even boots to the BIOS. I unplugged everything except the Monitor > and keyboard it still won't boot. > > It's not beeping. The fan comes on, and there is a LED that blinks a few > times but then nothing else happens. The monitor says NO SIGNAL. > > Does anyone have any ideas what can keep it from booting/rebooting. In the > past, I had to unplug it and leave it alone for 5 or 10 minutes before it > would boot up, but as I said, not it won't boot at all. > > And one more symptom... When you plug it in, it turns on by itself, without > having to press the on button in the front of the computer. > > I'm looking for ideas on where to begin to troubleshoot this issue.. All > ideas would be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance... > You've a hardware failure: either the power supply or the motherboard. Based on the symptoms you've mentioned (fan working, LED lighting, not needing the power switch), I'd be inclined to suspect the motherboard as the primary culprit. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
From: SC Tom on 29 Jan 2010 11:26 "Bikini Browser" <delete.bikini.this.browser(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23yPsHiPoKHA.1548(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Hello Everyone... > > I have a gateway tower. The computer was running but when I restart it, > it won't boot. I played with the power and the front switch a few times > and I was able to get it to boot finally, but now, it won't boot at all. > > It never even boots to the BIOS. I unplugged everything except the > Monitor and keyboard it still won't boot. > > It's not beeping. The fan comes on, and there is a LED that blinks a few > times but then nothing else happens. The monitor says NO SIGNAL. > > Does anyone have any ideas what can keep it from booting/rebooting. In > the past, I had to unplug it and leave it alone for 5 or 10 minutes before > it would boot up, but as I said, not it won't boot at all. > > And one more symptom... When you plug it in, it turns on by itself, > without having to press the on button in the front of the computer. > > I'm looking for ideas on where to begin to troubleshoot this issue.. All > ideas would be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance... > > --------------------------------------- > Bikini Browser of San Juan Puerto Rico > Small Business Office Automation > Small Business Document Imaging Solutions > Networking Solutions using Linksys & Cisco Products > > (787) 637-9100 > www.daleallen.com > Sounds like it could be a power supply problem. The reason it turns on by itself when plugged in is that the option set in BIOS is to boot on power restoration. -- SC Tom
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