I have and old G6 350 that I changed the boot sequence on trying to set CD-rom as the 1st boot sequence. Well that didn't work. I changed the boot sequence back to 1. floppy disk, 2. 1st IDE device, 3. Atapi CD-rom, and 4. network. Now at startup its asking for a disk in drive A. How do i...

I cannot boot up on my gateway computer. I t has two physical drives (c and D) one has ME the other had XP. I had a dual boot setup. I eliminated the XP oon the D drive. No problems. It went smoothly. In booting up I still had to select either ME or XP In an effortf to eliminate this...

Hi, I have a new computer with an AMD 64 3400+ chip and windows XP Home sp2. when I boot up, 9 times out 10, on the windows XP screen (with the progress bar) it hangs, and then restarts itself, it then comes up with the menu and 30 sec countdown to either start in safe mode (which doesnt work) or...

I want to update my bios on my Gateway laptop but I need a bootable CD since I do not have a floppy drive. How do I create the bootable CD? My laptop does have a DVD/CD-RW.

I need to make a bootable windows 95 floppy with files on it for cd support for a backpack cd player, I luckily found those files but can not get them to install. After I get them intalled how do I intall windows 95? I got my grandson a laptop for Christmas and I got a new copy of 95 and of...

I have an old P5-120 running Win 98 that isn't used much. I have Knoppix, a bootable version of Linux, on CD. How can I get the P5 to boot from the CD? P5's got the MR Bios which I added when I upgraded to an Evergreen processor. If I go into setup, the only choices I get for boot device...

(This hasn't posted in MY reader, so here it is again) It's a Gateway, 845 board. It displays the video bios and GW post at a 'normal' speed, then hangs there for 30 seconds. THEN, the board doesn't beep for 55 seconds! A cursor is blinking during this time. Another 25 seconds after the beep,...

My E-3200 desktop with Win98 has had a problem booting up twice recently. After recognizing the CD ROM, it starts displaying lines and lines of drivers, plus MSD, MSD, MSD, MSD, etc. After shutting it down a few times, it reboots normally. Is this a registry issue? Other than doing a "scanreg...

I am having no luck finding a solution. I just built a system with a Biostar K8NHA Pro motherboard Nvidia chipset and during the bootup it only shows the Biostar logo. Is there a way to view the bootup? I would like to see what is going on. I do not see anything in the BIOS setup to disable the...

Previous machines were first bought over phone and then through GW stores but I got this one off the shelf at Comp USA. Fairly vanilla machine since I don't do anything fancy. I bought and installed the lowest cost MS office product but after downloading Open Office, as someone here previously...

I got this off a computer forum. A lady sent an email to what GW calls their "Tech Support" asking them if the results she got from doing a recalibration on her battery was "acceptable" results or if she needed to purchase a new battery. The Brilliant GW Techie replied telling her to do a...

I'm new here, I picked up an old 166mhz system and when I try to reinstall WIN98SE, (It had the old WIN98 with that works business) anyway I'm using a CD with the entire op sys not the upgrade, after it installs and starts to re-boot as put of the install, she keeps breaking to DOS with a msg "type...

I recently upgraded my wireless networking capability but I cannot get the Broadcom Wireless Card on my Gateway 200x laptop to work with WEP 128 bit encryption that I set up on my linksys router. Anyone have any ideas? I have looked at the Gateway downloads and don't see any driver upgrades for...

Hey all.....I have a gateway 7110gx notebook. The center pin of the AC power jack on the motherboard snapped off. Repair shops only want to swap board for 450 dollars. I have de-soldered the broken AC power jack from the MB, but local stores have no stock on such an item. Is there a way to...

Hey all.....I have a gateway 7110gx notebook. The center pin of the AC power jack on the motherboard snapped off. Repair shops only want to swap board for 450 dollars. I have de-soldered the broken AC power jack from the MB, but local stores have no stock on such an item. Is there a way to...

Hey all.....I have a gateway 7110gx notebook. The center pin of the AC power jack on the motherboard snapped off. Repair shops only want to swap board for 450 dollars. I have de-soldered the broken AC power jack from the MB, but local stores have no stock on such an item. Is there a way to...

hey all, im in the process of installing a 19" component rack from middle atlantic. im have a gateway media center pc (820GM) that i would like to switch chassis to a rack mount type that has room for hdd expansion and has enough cooling capabilities. i have a D915GSE btx motherboard and i would...

Anyone have one of the new Gateways with the btx motherboard? If so, how do you like it? One of the reasons I am considering getting one is the decreased noise level. How quiet are they? thanks, ed

I have a Gateway 7200S running the preinstalled BugFix application. Tonight it's telling me: WARNING: Conflict with Internet Explorer 7 Microsoft recently released Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) and will be delivering the new Internet browser as a high priority update to all Windows XP...

I am planning on building a new PC (can no longer buy a new Gateway in the UK) using the components below. I would like to ask whether it is very easy to damage the P4 processor when fitting the heatsink? Any tips from those that have fitted one? Any general comments about the spec? I will...