Hi, Have this still otherwise healthy Solo 2500, but some time ago, an external mouse started going wild, when connected via docking station. Later the same thing happened even with mouse connected directly to laptop port. At about the same time another crazy behavior started - when I type (as...

My Solo 2500 will no longer keep an accurate time and date. I set it and in a few days it's off (behind) by 10 days or more. The main battery in the laptop is in excellent condition and fully charged. Any idea of what the problem is? Thanks, John

I'm not sure what they call the "thing" that performs the mouse functions on a laptop, that you tap and slid. I just installed windows xp and it is working great except for one thing. I use to be able to scoll by sliding the curser over to the right and then slid down (scroll) by sliding the...

Hi all! I have a Gateway solo 2550 notebook with a Pentium III 700MHz in it. But it runs only at 550 Mhz (547?) XP tells me this, AIDA32 tells me this but also Knoppix (Linux) tells me this. 5.5 x 100 makes 550.... Anyone an idea what's causing this? I checked the CPU, and it really seems to be a...

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...

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

Is there an exploded view anywhere of the Solo 5300 which can show me how to replace the piece of plastic between the power button and the pot under it which turns the unit on and off? My power button has stopped working. I tried taking the battery out to see if there was a short stopping the...

I bought a Gateway Solo 5300 (600MHz.) with a cracked 12" screen. I went looking for specs and found that there are a zillion versions of the 5300 with a WIDE range of processor speeds, displays, peripherals, etc. Will the screen of one fit another? If I get the 14" screen with the plastic, will...

Anyone know how to clear the cmos on one of these? It won't post or do anything at all thanks

Just replaced battery for first time in Solo 9100. Does anyone know how to replace the "face plate" on the battery pack? I can't get if off the old battery. Thanks

I have a solo 9100 that is about 5 years old. I am trying to reload the hard drive and I cannot find my restore disk. Would someone please send me the files from the disk. I have the trident video with DVD and I can get drivers from the internet but not the software. Thank you Pam

I recently inherited (and trasnferred ownership of) a Gateway Solo 9100 laptop/notbook computer which had been in the closet for the last 4-5 years. I downloaded a battery checkup tool which was suggested from the support.gateway.com pages (GREAT thing they've done by storing data for every...

Has anyone been sucessfull in finding 2000pro drivers for this laptop? Gateway will not support it, and I've played hit and miss on drivers for everything but the sound card. Anyone have suggestions? TIA, Dave

Hi guys, Being a noob here, I spent a bit nosing around the forum, but didn't find the answer I was hoping for. I recently acquired 2 solo's (a 2300 and a 9300) and a 450SX. All had been deemed "not worth the trouble" by our I.T. guys and were on the scrap cart at work. The 450 is indeed dead. No...

Hello All I think I've seen this raised here before, but I can't find a resolution. The Crucial site shows that a Gateway Solo laptop 600 Pent III or higher can accept two 256 RAM modules. The Gateway site shows two 128 max. Anyone try a 256 module in a 9300 600 Pent III or above? Thx. --

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.

Hello, Anyone had any luck putting a CD/RW DVD combo drive in a Solo 9300? Anyone know what will swap in and out of there, if anything? I just have the DVD right now. Thanks Mark

Hello All. I seem to have lost the infrared port on my computer and I don't remember which one to install. The model is a Gateway Solo 9300. If anybody knows, my thanks in advance. Friendly, Kostas.

I've read of several posters saying their Gateway Solo 9300 tv output is working fine with Windows XP pro. I'm at the end of my searchings, installed many drivers claiming to add the tv out but none do. (With and without a video load plugged in, before you reply with that.) I jumped thru the...

I can just make out what is on the screen, I've tried FN plus up arrow with no luck. I also think the battery is dead it aonly boots up on AC power. Anyonehave any ideas or suggestions?