Gateway NE52204u Silver 15.6" Notebook 1.5 GHz AMD A4-5000, 4 GB DDR3, 500 GB HDD, DVDARW, AMD Radeon HD 8330, Windows 8, LED Backlight "four led lights motherboard" Questions

...LED HDD light is solid red (no blinking) and then after a couple of minutes or so, it goes very dim and I cannot get the monitor to turn on. Is this a HDD drive issue or is it a motherboard or ...