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    7811FX sits on Gateway screen too long

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Syngensmyth, Jun 12, 2009.

  1. Syngensmyth

    Syngensmyth In All Seriousness

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    7811FX sits on Gateway screen too long

    and

    F2 does not access BIOS setup

    any ideas?
     
    Syngensmyth, Jun 12, 2009
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    Did this problem appear randomly or what changes did you make prior to this happening? Does it eventually get past the Gateway screen? Can you display the POST?
     
    AGlobalThreatsK, Jun 12, 2009
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    Use F10 at boot the get to setup from there, probably need to load the setup defaults.
     
    TANWare, Jun 12, 2009
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    F2 finally worked. It's running fine but that darn Gateway screen stays on for ever. This is a new development. I do have Wubi Ubuntu on but that shouldn't come into play after the Gateway screen, I would think.
     
    Syngensmyth, Jun 13, 2009
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    Disable quiet boot in BIOS to see POST
     
    AGlobalThreatsK, Jun 14, 2009
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    I noticed my gateway splash screen stays up longer when I have a lot of devices (5-8) connected
     
    cyclist14, Jun 14, 2009
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    I'll give it a shot.
     
    Syngensmyth, Jun 15, 2009
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    Just got around to turning off "quiet boot" and it did the trick. Thanks Global.
     
    Syngensmyth, Jun 22, 2009
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