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by jontoycars

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the power comes one but doeas not boot up. the harddrive light and cd drive light stays on. there is no beeping, the power light comes on also and it sounds like it is going 2 boot but it does not.

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by Former member

Press the button on your optical drive (cd/dvd drive) and see if there is a disk in there.
Make sure in the bios that the drives are in the correct order:
Boot up order:
1). First boot device. Cd/dvd drive.
2). Second boot device. Floppy drive.
3). Third boot device. Hard drive (master if IDE).

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.
If this information is useful, please mark as helpful. Thanks.

by dhrupod

though the scenerio is not clear, does your screen show anything? try get into the BIOS (by either the F buttons or delete button). Once you are in to BIOS, look for the hard drive , whether it is detected or not? though hard drive light is on, it is possible that no data is being transmitted by the disk.

If HD is found by the bios, try repairing windows (if it is a win pc). If no luck, try booting with a live CD of any linux distro, at least that will tell if your drive is infected by any sort of virus or problem.

hope these help....

by oh smeg

If you do there is a Beep Error Code that will tell you what is not present or working correctly. You'll need the Owners Manual to fault Find this and if you do not have the Manual or the PD File it is available here to read/Download

http://support.gateway.com/s/Manuals/Mobile/8510913.pdf

If you see nothing on the screen and get no noise remove the RAM and clean the Gold Contact Pins with a Soft Rubber/Eraser and refit them and try again.

You should also check the Mains Adapter for the correct Voltage and Amperage as this could be faulty and while it may be producing the correct Voltage the Current/Amperage may not be sufficient to run the NB.

Or the Battery may be dead and causing the problem. You can get the Battery Tested by any Company who rebuilds/repacks Batteries.

Just because a LED lights up doesn't mean that there is sufficient current available to run the computer it only means that there is sufficient current available to light the LED. This is more likely to be the case if the other LED's remain light as there is not sufficient power available to run the Electronics that drive the computer.

Col

[i]Edited to add[/b] Beep Codes listed here

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

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