Hi, I have a Solo 9300, bought in December 2000. I have looked back through the NG archives and gather that the batteries are generally good for only a couple of years. I have two batteries, main and drive bay, and the main battery is at 0%. The extra battery seems to still be working.

I reloaded Win98 First Edition on Mom's GW G6-266. The secondary 40GB WD data drive is connected to a Promise Ultra 100 controller card, which works fine....except under My Computer/Device Manager/ Performance, it says: "Drive D is using MS-DOS compatibility mode file system". Under Device...

You have noticed, I hope, that no "blamed" the jerks that ORIGINATE the viruses, or the jerks that KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY spread the viruses. "Bruno R" wrote in message ... Rocky, I didn't blame anyone!! ...

Well, something has happened and I have no idea what. Without installing any software or changing any configs I find out that I can not close any folder after opening it. I can't close by the upper right hand "X" or close them by right clicking the folder in the toolbar and clicking on "Close". ...

I am expecting a 710XL Home Office system next week. The system has two 250GB hard drives for a total of 500GB. It is not clear to me from the website if they are shipped as one RAID 0 configuration. The description says RAID 0 performance (?). My understanding of RAID 0 is that the data is...

I have got a blue screen twice in the last couple days saying dumping memory to disk. Does this mean my memory or disk drive is bad. Thanks for the help

Any one have any experience with this system? I like the idea of cleaning up the desk top, getting rid of all those cables, and the 19in monitor but the Gateway rep informed me the video (GF 5200 with 64MB) is integrated on the motherboard. Don't know if this is a good thing since my 700X has a...

What is that port for? I installed dsl service and I thought I could use that port, but my dsl install said no so I installed another nic and things are working just fine. Curious why I couldn't use the port. I got a message that "a nic set for a static address needed to be reconfigured...

I was wondering if anyone else had run into this problem and/or had any suggestions on the best way to resolve it. I have the following system: -Gateway G6-266 PC (PD440FX mobo, Pentium II-266MHz) -128MB RAM -Promise Ultra66 IDE Controller -6.4 GB Quantum Fireball ST6 Harddrive running off...

I have the above card. I have the disk that came with it. I am trying to load a game and am being told that the video subsets cannot be loaded. I downloaded the most current driver from saphire, try ti install it, and am told that the drivers may not have been tested with Windows ME? HELP!!! -- Pam

Hi, just thought I would mention (because it took me a while to find this out) that you can order parts from the US for delivery to the UK. I am interested in this because (subject to having the chassis of my Solo 9300 checked) I need a new main battery. US costs are :

My Gateway Performance 500 randomly crashes, requiring me to power-off the system. I have re-installed Windows XP Home SP1 thinking it was software related, but the crashes continue. When the computer crashes it emits a high-pitched beep until it is powered off. It has crashed in...

Hello, I have been having some incredible problems with my Gateway 9550. I bought back in Feb. 2002, so I am still in my 3 yr. warranty. So my story goes like this, I use this computer everyday as I am a web designer. At first I had various minor problems that where fixed easily by sending new...

Just a quick question, I just upgrade from 6.02 to 6.3, however I can't seem to get the program to select a scanner source or aquire image. It didn't work before or after I upgraded. I'm using the umax 6400 firewire scanner, all the other programs installed on my system works great with the...

How do you disable the feature, I'm getting messages poping up every two minutes. Thanks Carl

A friend has this laptop and has very erratic connection to his wireless router. But when we put an external wireless PC card in the connection never drops. Granted, nearly everytime I actually investigate it I can never duplicate the erratic connection with the builtin wireless, but I can find no...

I recently purchased a series 510 desktop computer and it seems very noisy to me. I'm almost sure it's coming from one or both of the fans. Everything appears to be working normally, just loudly! Is that normal for this computer? Thanks! BDL

I have a Gateway LP mini tower here, attractive looking and in first rate physical condition. Replacing the power supply is no problem for me, but has anyone found a more modern high-end Pentium 3 or Pentium 4 I/O shield to fit properly in the case? The opening appears to be a little small for...

Reloaded W95 on an old PII Gateway and found that MS no longer provides downloads for IE 5.5. IE 6 doesn't run with Win 95. Can a Gateway Windows ME Restore CD be used to put a new OS on this old PII Gateway computer? It's too old to run XP. Flack

I recently purchased an LCD HDTV for my wife's birthday. I have had it for two days and I notice a 'cracking' sound intermittently coming from the screen/tv. This is noticeable after the set has been on for only about 10 minutes. It even continues after the set has been turned off (but still...