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

Hi Group, On my GW laptop 450 X, the display on the monitor is going. Windows XP SP2 with all updates. Words and images blur, followed by vertical stripes (same colors as whatever was on screen at the time) followed sometimes by geometrical patterns. When this happens, laptop freezes like the old...

I have a Gateway Profile system that isn't displaying video on bootup. It has a 866 MHz PIII processor and Windows ME but I am not sure on the specific model. The first time I booted the system it said there was a config error and it needed to go into the BIOS. I went into the BIOS, left the...

I have an eMachines T2862 with an LG (HL-DT-ST) GCC-4481B CD-RW/DVD-ROM drivethat plays CDs and DVDs fine, but won't burn CDs. For instance, when I use Roxio's Drag-to-Disc, the selected files are gathered to burn on the blank CD (Sony High Speed CD-R), the CD writer blinks for awhile, and the...

What's the best thing to use to clean a monitor when a wipe with a microfiber cloth isn;t enough? thanks, Carol -- C and A Bredt

I purchased a USB 3port miniHUB. It doesn't say that it supports USB 2.0. Can I safely use it to connect USB 2.0 devices to a computer with USB 2.0 ports? -- C and A Bredt

Hi, after purchasing an iPod and a 40Gb HD, I've decided to transfer my CD collection to the iPod. The internal DVD drive is a Toshiba sd-c2402 which is supposed to play CDs up to 24x, but when extracting the audio files through iTunes it reaches 3x at best. So I tried my external Jackrabbit CD...

I am looking to add onto or upgrade my current speaker system. I currently have Boston BA 735 and two non digital speaker LabTec's. I would like to pickup some digital headphone also. Something to plug into the additonal speakers. I just recently upgraded my sound card from GW SB Live to a SB...

Has anyone heard a high pitched squealing sound from a Solo 9300? I get it a lot and if I just lift the computer in the air, change the angle of the screen or just any movement seems to make it go away for a few minutes. Then it comes back when the laptop is just sitting still. Any ideas? Ed

Today when I booted my GW 700XL Win XP Pro (SP1) desktop, it first ran through checkdisk and displayed some messages about corrupt files in boot--something (?). It went through all 3 stages, and it also looked like a half-dozen .jpg images were listed. Then it booted up normally. Once in Windows,...

Hello Ed. One question please. I have decided to do a complete reinstall on this new laptop, to get rid of all the garbage I dont want on this computer, and get it just the way I want it. I have a retail win xp pro, which I understand the licensure, it can be installed on my desktop, as well as...

I have a Gateway CRT monitor, 18 inches viewable, model VX900T. It is plugged into a Dell 2400 desktop computer running XP Home SP2. Is there a recommended Screen refresh rate for this particular setup? Previously, by default it was set at 60 Hertz. But yesterday I did a format of my hard drive,...

I have a new gateway laptop. Upon starting I get an error message from Norton. I researched this error message from symantecs, and tried all the fixes. As a last resort they recommend you uninstall norton and reinstall. Question is I am looking at the restore disks and instructions and it looks...

Hi folks, I have had this Gateway M505 laptop for abt a yr now.. Been working fine so far till y'day. The display is almost totally dark, but I can see the outlines of the icons and windows from an angle.. Nothing I have tried seems to help.. I have tried fiddling with the backlight setting,...

I have a Gateway Performance 800 which has 3 memory slots with one slot holding a single module containing 128MBytes. I bought 2 x 256MB DIMM modules from my local store, but they don't seem to be working properly. The post shows numbers like "512MB, "152MB", and "36MB", but the bios shows the 2 x...

I run an HP 722C printer on a Win95a computer connected to a Linksys WRT54G wireless router. There's no print server. Today I couldn't print from my wired Win XP Pro desktop to this printer (it's been working fine for three years). Just before it happened, a thunderstorm rolled through, and the...

I am running XPHome SP1 which was upgraded to SP2 by downloading and applying the 266 meg file “Windows XP Service Pack 2 for IT Professionals and Developers”. I keep my HD clean by doing many house cleaning routines including running Doug Knox’s xp_remove_hotfix_backup.exe which removes the...

Where can i find a restore disc for my sx450 laptop? I called gateway and they told me i was out of luck since they destroy them after 90 days. Any help will be appreciated. thanks

I have been noticing an intel boot error when it can't find my drive in this GW 200ARC notebook. If the cable is re-seated,after unscrewing the hard drive door to gain access, it seems to work for a few weeks and after awhile I need to do it again. This is really a cheasy hookup - it is a film like...

Say folks.., I've got three Gateway discs and I'm not sure what then are used for. The first is Operating System Backup CD, Version 98.1. Second is Gateway Application Restoration CD, Version 1.7. Third is Gateway Systems Restoration Kit (Portables), Disc 1, Version 6.5. What does each one do...