OK, thanks for the info. Let's see "how it goes... "
Thanks for all of the responses. Retiredlearner, I have nothing to lose by opening the laptop and tinkering with it; it's almost dead anyway. I...
Whiskeyman, I followed your recommendation and used compressed air on the fan exhaust - same result. I did notice that the fan spins during the...
Wildfire, thanks for the suggestion - however, I tried it but it did not work. It still does the same.
My mother in law's ACER 5720-4353 laptop won't turn on. When the power button is pressed it turns green and I can hear the whirling noise a...
Hi retiredlearner (like the name) - yes, I did use heatsink paste between the CPU and the MB. I I did resolve the problem (see my last post) by...
:)Problem solved - it was the motherboard. I was able to exchange it for a same model and the installation went without a hitch. Right now it's...
Thanks for all of the recommendations. I think that the possibility that the PSU was bad doesn't fly - I connected another PSU and had the same...
By the way, the machine does not make any beeps at all.
No, I don't have another power supply but during the day today I will borrow a meter and another power supply from a friend. First I'll test the...
Thank you for all the responses: kimsland: I cannot find any other infor for the MB other than ASUS P7P55D-E. I booted without the video card...
kimsland, I'll give you the exact info on the board tomorrow. lj50, the machine does not boot to bios - it does not boot at all. Without the...
MrBill, no I don't have a meter to test the PSU but I have a friend who has one. I'll pick it up tomorrow and check it out. kmsland, according...
MrBill, thanks. I should have noted in my post that I tried removing memory sticks and I still have the same problem. Also, after I wrote the...
I've spent this weekend building a new PC and I've run into a problem that is driving me crazy. :mad: Before I explain, this is the hardware that...
Bill, thanks. Yes, I am aware that we are looking for the CMOS battery; not the laptop's power battery. From my research on the Internet it...
Bill, thanks for the response. I received a direct response from the people at www.badflash.com and he suggested that I reset the CMOS/RTC...
Thanks everyone. I will first contact Gateway but I don't have too many expectations from them. This laptop is one of those that Gateway sold to...
The version that I upgraded to was 71.12. My laptop model, M465G, is listed under the laptops that this update applies to. What I don't remember...
Sven, yes, the bios was flashed within Windows. Ranger, I'll check the Gateway site for an .iso version of the bios. But I am still curious to...
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