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    Gateway 450SX4 Laptop Can't turn on

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by frostburgmuseum, Jan 18, 2012.

  1. frostburgmuseum

    frostburgmuseum Newbie

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    The last time I used this computer, it functioned fine. It has been unused for a few months and I tried to boot it up recently but with no success. It opens with the Gateway screen then goes to black but lighted screen. I have been able to get it to show the dos screen but can do nothing with that. The black screen has a bar /dash at the top left flashing but nothing else. All of the keys when pressed sound a bell. Any ideas and if so what can I do to fix the problem? :confused:
     
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    antonpetr Notebook Guru

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    were you able to boot in windows safe mode?
     
    antonpetr, Jan 21, 2012
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    I have not been able to boot in any mode. The Gateway screen comes up and almost instantly clicks and goes to black. One time I got the Dos screen but was unable to do anything with it.
     
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    if you enter bios setup would it show your system info (cpu, gpu, ram, drives) correctly?
     
    antonpetr, Jan 21, 2012
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