Your symptoms match what you see when that happens. This process will roll your system settings, programs, and drivers back to a previous date. The computer has not powered off, so I have not had the problem. Even though I'm out of warranty, I think Gateway should be addressing what appears to be a manufacturing fault. I understand that you are unable to boot your Windows 7 system and it sticks at the welcome screen. I have deducted that it is not a screen issue for I have hooked it up to an external monitor to no avail. The laptop may have a hidden recovery partion which you can access from boot up.
My gateway nv53 laptop can turn on, show the on+charging led lights, and everything. There are 64 bit downloads for them, too. Step 8: When memtest comes up, let it run overnight. Read in other forums that it could be the battery or a really thin ribbon cable that goes to the screen. Once I fixed it by rebooting up to 15 times before it worked holding down power button, forcing shutdown Another time i got it to work by fully opening screen as much as possible with extra pressure and holding it like that while i pressed power button could be coincidence.
If anyone knows the correct way of bypassing and or shorting this switch please let me know. Just thinking out loud here. ImgBurn unfortunately includes OpenCandy, which might try to sneak some other software into this install. This last one I couldn't get it to work after over 50 attempts. Pressing F12 during boot does not bring up the boot order menu. If so can you identify where exactly the graphics card is because I can't seem to find anything on the internet that shows me the location of the graphics card. I saw some search engine threads suggesting F10 3.
Although there is no way she'd want anything to do with Linux on her laptop, but if I can boot into it and get it up and working, well, her ideas about Linux might well change. Ask us here at , and try to help others with their problems as well! Regards, Harkanwar Hello Chandra, Thank you for your update on the issue. Pressing and holding the power button would restart it but it would go right back into hibernation. If all those E-models are reporting the same result, that suggests either it isn't supported or a bios update is required. I hotwired the powerbutton from the motherboard, but still nothing, it just acts as if I used the normal power button.
I've got a flashdrive and will try and follow your instructions, but. Puppy is very light on resources, so you will quickly notice it is much speedier than you are used to. Get Unetbootin here: I don't see the latest versons of some distros listed yet. Posted on Apr 27, 2011 At startup, before Windows starts to boot. Unplug, remove battery, hold power button for 30 seconds and then put the battery back and restart. Left it plugged in as I did the previous night with the battery installed heard the fan shut off during the night - it was in my room. The factory reset process may take a while, and losing power in the middle can cause serious problems.
Try to research your issue before posting, don't be vague. Power led is on, battery led is on, P and volume buttons work, fan spins, but screen is black. I left computer on for several hours and would not let it go into sleep mode by moving my finger on the mouse pad every 30 minutes. I put it away for now, but decided to pull it back out and fix it so I can use both laptops in college. Does this mean I cannot access the recovery partition? If you have a desktop computer, you may need to press Del and not F2.
This process will roll your system settings, programs, and drivers back to a previous date. If so, follow the instructions from Windows 7. To create this article, 9 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. That way, you're stresising the system more, and also have a newer linux kernel, drivers, available utilities, etc. Everything I read suggests he doesn't even see the post screen. In any event, it's unlikely you're seeing a sudden, catastrophic failure.
Backup your data if possible. So, hopefully, that's your only issue and you don't have anything more serious going on like a drive failure. It will allow you to try to restore your system to a time when it was working properly. Power your computer on, please hold the F1 key. It's more likely you've got a minor issue preventing you from booting into the original Windows install instead. You can take this document as reference. Pulled memory, hard drive, wireless adapter,.
Step 4: Go to your Downloads folder. Can, please, anybody help me? Internet access may or may not be available depending on your machine, so it is recommended you print these instructions before beginning. Only beep I get is when I remove the power adapter jack with the battery in. Reseating everything does not work, and the computer turns on occasionally and runs perfectly fine while it is on. Do you want to continue? Be careful, as one of those programs may have been what was causing the problem! Want to pay it forward? Ive got the same problem. But it takes some computer smarts to pull it off.
If fail to enter Boot Menu, you can reboot and try again. Restore Windows 7 Windows 7 users can restore the system by following these instructions. You may also want to scan with Malwarebytes when you're done to make sure you didn't miss anything. I often download a larger. The trouble is, it's nigh on impossible to contact them unless you pay. I rarely close or adjust screen couple times a year I also almost never shutdown just sleep always.