I have a Gateway MX8711 laptop and it has started to have problems. Upon turning on the machine the light comes on to show it has power, I hear the fan start up but the screen never comes on. I turned it off then tried again and it booted up, but now that does not work either, does anyone know what is going on?
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Jump to PostTake the battery out and remove AC power for @ 15 minutes. Plug the laptop back in, and then try to boot it. If that doesn't work, take the memory out and try to boot again. You should get a beep code. If not, you have a motherboard or processor …
Jump to PostBeerad007 - you should have heard a beep code booting the pc without any ram in it. If you didn't that means there is a problem before the system gets to the ram check. In most cases, that means a bad motherboard, but could be a bad cpu. Neither diagnostic …
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