I have a Gateway Performance 1700 that just ended it's 3 year warrenty in June. The power supply is part number 6500652. It's been replaced 3 times by Gateway throughout the warrenty. The last time was in January of 2003. The fan has started making loud noises which is the same problem the...

I bought my brother a Solo last Christmas, and for some reason the DVD-RW drive will not read DVDs. I tried normal commercial movies, and burned data DVDs - nothing. I know for a fact it can read DVDs, because he wanted to do that at some point and I made sure the PC could do it. I also looked at...

I just purchased a new Gatway desktop. There seemed to be a lot of very postive things on the net about the HW and the company. I had occasion to use the tech support the first week. I was informed that I would have to pay for any installation support as that was not covered in the warranty...

Ed, just curious on this one. I know my EV700 monitor is going bad, and It'll probably die completely within the month, but I was curious as to the longevity of them. I've had the monitor since October 1998. It came with my G6-350, which has since been upgraded out the ying yang. The...

Hi all My computer has started to shut itself off. It seems to do it mostly when cold. All I know, when it does, I have to physically unplug the 120V to get it back on. The power switch does not work till after I unplug it for for a few seconds. I do have a hard time believing it is the power...

My 700x with WinXP Pro apparently has some damaged files in IE and OE. It doesn't fully display images, java, or flash. I've reinstalled Java runtime, but it didn't help. I've changed just about every IE Internet Options Security and Advanced setting. Also, OE doesn't fully display all html...

I got an older Solo 9150 with Win98SE. How can I adjust the touchpad sensitivity. In the Control Panel I only see the Mouse to adjust. Thanks

Hi. I'm looking for a Gateway system restoration cd. The part number is 7504721. The version is 7.1. The Model number is G6-333c. Thank you. Gary Brener

Every time I configure a low-cost laptop, I wind up with an expensive one! This time I tried going pretty much with their low-ball configuration. I'd be interested in comments on the CPU/memory choices. I only intend to surf at dial-up speeds, and use Microsoft Office-style apps under Windows...

My battery on my old gateway mini desktop failed. Upon trying to start up , it gives me the message the battery is dead. It has that rectangular rayovac 844 4.5 volt battery, with a piece of velcro on the side, and the two wire lead, looks like going into a small plastic end, with four leads I...

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". ...

Does Gateway use the built-in boot capability of the BIOS for booting? Or has Gateway made proprietary modifications to the BIOS for booting off of CD-ROM drives? Does Gateway have online specs for the BIOS? -- http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.

I hauled out my old P133 machine the other night. It used to contain Win98 and stuff, but as it wouldn't read any CDs I put into the 8x speed CD Rom Drive. I instantly thought the drive was gone, and in my frustration, I formatted the hard drive and thought "stuff it!". ;) Then tonight, I did...

Recieved a replacement power supply today, for a gateway 400VTX notebook, and I can start the system, hear startup sound, but screen contrast is almost ziltch. I can almost make out the Gateway logo on the screen when starting the system... I found the green keys. Pressing the fn key and...

I would like to drop in a boxed retail Intel processor. I'd prefer not to go the PowerLeap route, actually, I didn't even see an upgrade option on their site. What are my options. Model: PROFESSIONAL M1000 Intel (Fedora) motherboard Pentium III - 1-GHz (1000-MHz) Part...

on gateway 2000, how do I tell bios that I want to boot from cr-rom? only gives me A and C option currently? Running Phoenix BIOS

After 2 and 1/2 frustrating weeks trying to buy a power supply from Gateway. I have given up and would like to replace the case with a Antec Solution series case. I do not care about any lights working I just want the power button to work. Where can I find the pin out on the motherboard for...

I've noticed that Zone Alarm on my Win98 desktops and Win XP Pro systems shows that at one time or another, Windows Explorer has asked permission to access the internet. Is there any reason why this should happem? I checked for the Bagle worm, and none of the associated registry keys for this...

Just reformatted our hard drive. I had Microsoft Money 2000, and backed up my money file to a floppy disk, and was wondering if anyone can tell me the steps to putting it back into my Microsoft Money. I reloaded the program back on the hard drive but can not get that file back into it. I would...

My girlfriend's PC has started playing up. It's a Gateway G5-166 so pretty old - 7-8 years perhaps. It basically works but frequently when booting up the machine will get well into the POST, certainly after the memory check is complete, and then suddenly the whole machine just turns itself off....