When I turn my Gateway on from sleep mode after an all-night rest it usually takes about 20 minutes before it fully powers up. While there is noise in the tower everything is very sluggish. I have fired up both Ad-Aware and Norton Anti-Virus scan (which takes about 2 hours) but this does not seem...

Man, I ordered a 450xl laptop and have been waiting over a month for it. I checked the status on the gateway site and it still says "waiting for parts". I have never ordered from gateway before, is this typical? Is this a laptop that I should wait for? I'm thinking about canceling my order, for...

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?

Anyone know how to access the CMOS battery on a Gateway Solo 1100? Thanks, Dave G

We need to repair/replace the power connector but can't seem to get the case open after the screws are removed -- suspect there's a "trick" to it. Anyone ? Tnx Jim H.

I have a Solo 1150 laptop here that won't boot past post, error beeps follow the pattern of 1-3-1-3. Can anybody decipher this? Various searches I've done suggest this MAY be the problem: Test 8742 Keyboard Controller but frankly, I don't know if it is the problem, even what that is exactly or...

Hi! I took a discarded Solo 1150CL (Celery 550) and fixed it up with max pRAM, faster HDD, new keyboard, wireless 802.11G card, and better OS: Win2K-Pro. I haven't been abe to upflash the BIOS, however. Still- it works great and fast enough now. Whatt worries me that the fan on the Proc only...

I need to replace a faulty CD ROM drive in my laptop. I've found a place that sells them. Now - will the opening of the case (multiple screws etc) be obvious or are there some things I should be aware of? Is there any site with any kind of directions? Or do you think this will be ok for a guy...

I have a Gateway Solo 1200 that keeps overheating due to the fact that the fan is broken. This causes the laptop to constantly reboot. I know the fan is dead but I don't know how to get into the laptop to replace it. When I wrote to Gateway they told me that the only way I can have it replaced...

OK...here's the deal. When I try to boot it only gets to the memory check and then dies. It doesn't seem to be getting power from the AC adapter and is trying to boot from the battery, which will not accept a charge. The battery light shows OK, but when I try to boot it goes out and the AC light...

Does anyone here know if the Solo 1450 ever sported an AMD processor? I just bought a systemboard that looks very similar to a 1400/1450 board, but does support the AMD processor. I'm just wondering if this came from a 1450 or even 1400. I don't have a chip to test it yet. Thanks in...

Assistance required.. Is a SOLO 2100 capable of being networked wirelessly? If so, how? My 2100 does not recognize a Belkin 802.11g wireless card. Mike

Does anyone here have a working battery for the Solo 2150 they would like to sell for a reasonable price? If so, please email me. Thanks, Michael

Hi, I am going to have to replace a dead cmos battery in a friends solo 2150 laptop. I have searched the net with no luck for disassembly instructions. I haven't got to see the laptop yet, but I would like to know what I am up against. Has anyone in this forum taken apart a 2150? Is it straight...

I have a Solo 2150 that will not show up on the LCD. When I plug in an external monitor, I'm able to access the BIOS. Each time I get there, the video is set for CRT, not LCD. I change it, save changes and reboot and CRT again. Any ideas? thanks, Michael

My hard drive gave up the ghost recently and I would like to replace it. Am I limited to a 10G drive, or can I go larger? If I can, do I need to do anything special? Thanks, Marilyn

I am looking for some pretty technical info on the Gateway Solo 2500. I have not been able to find any newsgroups other than this one covering any Gateway computers. If there are others, I would appreciate it if someone can give me the addresses of a few where I can post my questions. Thanks. Roy

I picked up this notebook in exchange for some work I did for a women who is divorced. Her name is on the notebook with the place she bought it from, so I don't think it is stolen. Before her husband divorced her he put a password on the harddrive and the notebook was rendered usable. I build...

I have a Solo 2500 that is unable to display any files on the CD. Explorer shows no files, however if I check properties the correct file size of the CD is reported indicating the drive is reading the CD correctly. Unable to boot from a bootable CD when setting BIOS to boot the CD. ...

Hi, Suddenly neither the keyboard or mouse are working with the dock station. Both are fine connected directly. There's some other strange behavior of the cursor jumping back, when typing with the integral keyboard. Also if booted with mouse connected dirctly to laptop, mouse movement is...