Gateway GT5028 Desktop Help

dannaswolcott · 05-09-2008, 03:26 PM

I have a Gateway GT5028 Desktop Computer. When you power it on, I get no video. The power light comes on & system fan comes on. When I bought it, I had to add my own ram & hard drive. I have tried 3 different sticks of ram and no help. Is there anything I can do? Its n AMD Dual Core 3800+ 2.0ghz. I would really like to get this computer up & running. Post your thoughts. Thanks in advance.

**oscaryu1** · 05-10-2008, 03:23 AM

Bad onboard video? Try another video card.

**The_Other_One** · 05-10-2008, 03:30 AM

Has the machine ever worked? It almost sounds like a bad motherboard or power supply. I'd try another power supply if you have one handy. If the machine hasn't ever been working, make sure everything's tight. You never know if the processor had been replaced and is loose or something like that.

05-09-2008, 03:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
dannaswolcott Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: world of my own Age: 17 Posts: 342	Gateway GT5028 Desktop Help I have a Gateway GT5028 Desktop Computer. When you power it on, I get no video. The power light comes on & system fan comes on. When I bought it, I had to add my own ram & hard drive. I have tried 3 different sticks of ram and no help. Is there anything I can do? Its n AMD Dual Core 3800+ 2.0ghz. I would really like to get this computer up & running. Post your thoughts. Thanks in advance. __________________ Custom Built, Intel Pentium Dual Core 2ghz OC to 2.60ghz, 320gb HD, Win VISTA & XP, 500W PSU, 512mb Video Card DVD-RW (Aug 08)Toshiba Satellite A135-S7406 Laptop, Celeron M 1.73ghz, 2GB DDR2 Ram, 80GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW, Windows VISTA(Dec 17th 2007) Compaq Desktop Celeron D 3.20ghz, Windows XP Pro, 120gb SATA Hard Drive, 100 GB IDE Hard Drive, 200gb SATA Hard Drive, DVD-RW DL, DVD-ROM, 1.5GB DDR Memory (Bought in Spt 2006) Road Runner,Wireless N My Home Page: www.wolcottscomputersupport.net

05-10-2008, 03:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
oscaryu1 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,345	Bad onboard video? Try another video card. __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

05-10-2008, 03:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 24 Posts: 12,382	Has the machine ever worked? It almost sounds like a bad motherboard or power supply. I'd try another power supply if you have one handy. If the machine hasn't ever been working, make sure everything's tight. You never know if the processor had been replaced and is loose or something like that. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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