Running w98SE after doing an up date which never completed started having errors on my E drive. Did Disk Doctor and now the darn computer won't boot. I am getting NVRAM update failed and keyboard error and then it just locks up. Also get as it is loading 2 quick beeps and then 1. Any tips. I...

I just purchased a model 614GE desktop with only 512MB of memory. Gateway wants over $300 for 1GB of additional memory upgrade. The Gateway PN is 5000915 and it is DDR2, 184 pin, DIMM, 533MHz, PC4200. There are two slots that can handle 1GB each. I have seen much lower prices elsewhere, but I can...

this problem has gotten worse and worse the past few months and now wont boot past the first couple seconds. The screen never receives a signal either (doesn't light up). Lights that generally come on our (from right to left) the CD drive, hard drive and floppy. Normally they all go off and the...

Microsoft has just come out with a bunch of Windows Updates. I installed all of them with no problems, except for KB890859. On my GW 700X with Win XP Pro, this update changed my desktop appearance to a tan-colored Windows Classic Look. There was no option to change it back to the Win XP layout. ...

I have a Solo 1450 with 128MB RAM, Celeron 1.3GHZ processor and a 400SD4 with 512MB RAM, P-4 2.0GHZ. One thing I have noticed about the machines is the 1450 boots 3 times as fast as the SD4...with 1/4 the RAM. The only part of booting the SD4 is over the 1450 is when it they are first turned...

I recently sold my Gateway Solo 2500 on eBay. Before I shipped it, it was in perfect working condition. However, the woman who purchased it emailed me after she got it and says it won't power up. At least, that's what I think she said. Her first email said, "how do I program the laptop it seems to...

I am using Gateway Performance 500 (5/4/99) upgraded to 1400 megahertz, and running Win XPHome Edition, Service Pack 2. Lately the system is getting slow when opening new page. What is the cause of this, and how to correct it?

I have an eMachines 2862 that comes with a Windows XP Home. Instead of a regular operating system backup disk, it ships with a restore disk that wipes the hard drive clean and restores the PC to its shipping day status. My wife was able to purchase XP Professional at the university she works at,...

I've been holding off on installing SP2 because of various issues and the possibility of screwing up my home wireless network. Now, I've run across this article: "The automatic download blocker that Microsoft implemented in August will expire April 12, at which time SP2 will be...

Okay, two days ago I upgraded an old Gateway Pentium 2 G6 266 MHz system with 64 Mb of RAM. I gave it a couple of older components coming from my old AMD Duron PC (which died after an MB failure): - a new videocard (Asus NVidia TNT2 M64 with 32 Megs of RAM). - a 128 Mb 133 MHz SDRAM...

Last June, my Gateway PIII-450, Win98se, started the following irritating behavior: It goes through the windows splash screen, the login doalog appears, I log in, then the disc drives whir for a moment, and a error box pops up telling me there was an error in explorer, which will be shut down. At...

I have a PIII 650 solo, 14" LCD, 6 gb hd, 64 meg. ram. It just died one day. The only activity is the green power light at the lid latch is lit when the power supply is plugged in. I don't think it even charges the battery. A place on ebay has the DC power board for this laptop for $50 or so and...

The fan on the power supply of my 500 MX is failing. Since I have never done anything like this before I thought it might be good to ask for advice on how to: get the fan off the power supply and out of the cabinet a source for a replacement. anything special I should be aware of.

I have a PIII 800mhz with the Fedora motherboard pn 2511392. What is the fast processor this motherboard will support? Thanks Don

Does anyone know if the Solo 5300 Laptop CPU can be upgraded from 750Mhz to something higher? Thanks Charlie ****************************************************** Charliec

I'm trying to figure out what happened to my GW 700XL desktop with XP Pro. I tried to update my 8-30-01 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 video drivers with the latest one from Nvidia's website. However, I got a blue screen on the re-boot. I rolled back to the original drivers, and that worked, except my...

I just noticed that on the top left of my Start menu where IE and OE are listed, for IE I get the familiar icon, but where there should be an icon for Outlook Express (the familiar envelope) I get the common little sheet of paper (that's what it looks like) instead of the regular Outlook...

Anyone know where to find disassembly instructions for this. Mine is no longer under warranty, mine wont boot up but will power on, just no video. TIA Stonerbud

Hi All, I have a Gateway Solo 9300 with a Pentium II Mobile running at 400MHz. I'd like to replace the CPU with a Pentium III running at a faster speed. I've been told that, given the chassis number I have, I can replace the CPU with a PIII running at up to 650 MHz. Can I replace just the PII...

Someone asked me to rebuild their aging gateway system, and get a new mobo, chip, memory,case and power supply for their aging gateway amd 1.2. Basically stripping everything else out of the existing case they have now. They requested the super lanboy antec case, with the true blue power supply. ...