need help with a gateway

JlCollins005 · 07-23-2007, 06:01 AM

kk im fixin this gateway its older its got win me on it, well i cant get it to do ne thing, at first nothing would show on the monitor, now i get it to boot to the bios and all then the next screen is black with a little blinking line, ive changed hds, changed boot options and everything.. still no go

patrickv · 07-23-2007, 06:08 AM

this maybe dumb but, am pretty sure somethings wrong with the motherboard, dunno about the ram though

JlCollins005 · 07-23-2007, 06:10 AM

well ill try swappin ram but if ne1 has suggestions im up to try em

patrickv · 07-23-2007, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JlCollins005

well ill try swappin ram but if ne1 has suggestions im up to try em

hard drives = checked
Ram = not yet
Graphic = checked

ok,try swapping Ram (with ones tht works..lol)
and if you try and it still doesn't work and you're sure the cpu is ok
then the mobo is dying

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JlCollins005 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan Age: 21 Posts: 964	need help with a gateway kk im fixin this gateway its older its got win me on it, well i cant get it to do ne thing, at first nothing would show on the monitor, now i get it to boot to the bios and all then the next screen is black with a little blinking line, ive changed hds, changed boot options and everything.. still no go __________________ My Latop Hp zv6000 AMD Athlon 3200+ 2GB Ram 60GB Hdd Cdrw/DVD rom Ati 128 Vid 15.4" Glossy Widescreen

07-23-2007, 06:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,561	this maybe dumb but, am pretty sure somethings wrong with the motherboard, dunno about the ram though __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2

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JlCollins005 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan Age: 21 Posts: 964	well ill try swappin ram but if ne1 has suggestions im up to try em __________________ My Latop Hp zv6000 AMD Athlon 3200+ 2GB Ram 60GB Hdd Cdrw/DVD rom Ati 128 Vid 15.4" Glossy Widescreen

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