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Gateway 3018 screen is black
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I have a Gateway 3018 and the other day the screen went off. Now it will not come back on. When I press the power button the power light comes on and the busy icon will flash once. The fan will come on after a few minutes. I can also open the cd-rom tray. I am not sure if is a booting issue or what. Please help!
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I would try a different display to see if it is a display problem.
I don't mind helping but please mark your thread as solved once the problem is sorted. If you figure it out tell us how you did it, don't just abandon your thread!
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Try taking out he HDD and making sure the adapter is really well connected to both mobo and HDD. I'm starting to wonder if this is a flaw in gateway architecture.
Last edited by thepastimer; May 4th, 2009 at 3:39 am.
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You could do with seeing what the problem is, I would connect an external monitor and see if there is any error messages.
Have I misunderstood? Does the machine sound as if it is booting up without displaying anything or is the machine not turning on at all?
Have I misunderstood? Does the machine sound as if it is booting up without displaying anything or is the machine not turning on at all?
I don't mind helping but please mark your thread as solved once the problem is sorted. If you figure it out tell us how you did it, don't just abandon your thread!
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