Gateway MT6707 Notebook PC - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

try external drive.if this work,your dvd drive is bad

Check the CD/DVD drives status in Device Manager.

1. Click the Start button. In the Start Search dialog box, type dev, then click Device Manager.
2. Locate the lDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. Click on the entry to expand the list and make sure there is not a down arrow in front of a device. If a device has a down arrow in front of it, right-click on the device, then click Enable.
3. Make sure there is not an exclamation mark (yellow splat) on the device. If a device has an exclamation mark, right-click on the device, uninstall and reinstall the driver.
4. Locate the CD/DVD-ROM drives. Click on the entry to expand the list and make sure there is not a down arrow in front of a drive. If a drive has a down arrow in front of it, right-click on the device, then click Enable.
5. Make sure there is not an exclamation mark (yellow splat) on the device. If a device has an exclamation mark, right-click on the device, uninstall and reinstall the driver.
6. Optical drive not detected
7. Check BIOS setup to verify if drive is detected outside of Windows.
   1. Press the F2 key repeatedly as the computer starts.
   2. Locate the page where drives are displayed. This varies between different motherboards. Please reference your User's Guide for specific model information.
   Desktop computers: Refer to the Drive Configuration page (or similarly named page), or the Standard CMOS features page to identify all Optical drives that have been detected. BIOS Setup will present a table which matches drive ports (drive connectors on the motherboard) to drives detected at a given port. Example pages are linked. Reference the Product pages for the specific model. Notebook computers: Refer to the Main page of the BIOS to identify optical drives that have been detected. BIOS setup matches a Drive Port name to a drive detected at that port. Drive Port names (left side) vary per the following examples: > IDE Primary/Master: [HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T20N-] Left-Bay PATA: PHILLIPS CD-RW/DVD-ROM-(PM) Optical Drive: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7560A -(PM) DVD and CD drive names (right side) will include "CD" or "DVD" in the name.
   3. Inspect and reseat cables. Use proper Electrostatic Discharge procedures.
      1. Turn off computer and unplug power cord.
      2. Disconnect everything except the monitor and keyboard.
      3. Place computer on a stable work area with case cover facing up.
      4. Remove cover.
      5. Find internal drives.
      6. Inspect and reseat any cables to drives not detected. Click here for additional information about drives, motherboard connectors, and drive cables.
         • Check for broken connectors on drive, motherboard, and drive cables.
         • Check for bent or broken pins on drive, motherboard, and drive cables.
         • Check cable orientation.
         • If available, try a different cable. If drive works with new cable, the original cable is probably defective.

The Solutions that will mostly work :

1) Go to sleep mode - wake up ! - tada !! the headphone jack will work again .. I know it sounds crazy.. i had the same problem.. (ie speakers onboard worked while headphones jack didnt work) usually restarting solves any problem, but this time even a restart did not worked while putting the laptop on standby(sleep) mode and waking it up worked !!

2) If the above does not work, uninstall the sound drivers from device manager - restart the computer - then let windows detect appropriate drivers by itself. Sometimes the Sigmatel drivers(which are provided by manufacturer) do not work well compared to windows vista's HD sound drivers. May solve the issue... Do not worry doing this, in the worst scenario you can always download and reinstall the dell drivers from dell support page.

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Check the Mute button, make sure it is not selected.If it still does not work then install the latest audio driver.You can download the audio and device drivers for your model Gatewaylaptop from this WEB site. Make sure you select your model laptop and thecorrect Windows drivers. Click on this link to download the drivers: -http://driver-pro.com/related/english/hardware-drivers/?a=12221&gclid=COmm19XHtpwCFSMSagodPRuwnQ&hit=1

Please get your sound driver here : www.gateway.com
www.opendrivers.com/.../notebook-gateway-free-driver-download.html
www.computing.net > ... > General Hardware > Sound Cards
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Try boot up in safe mode (hit F8 while booting up) and use the system restore to take it back to the day before you erase the files.

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You need to launch the Last know good configuration to get this fixed.

Follow the steps below,

Step 1: Shut down your PC completely.
Step 2: Turn on the Power button.
Step 3: As soon as you turn it on start hitting the F8 key on your keyboard until you get to a black screen called "Windows Advanced option". (If you don't get to that that screen but you end up reaching the blue screen than that means you have delayed in hitting the F8 key. start again from step 1.)
Step 4: As soon as you reach "Windows Advanced option" use your down arrow keys to choose an option called "Last know good configuration".
Step 5: Select that and HIT ENTER.
Step 6: your PC will boot to the windows.

youll have to re-formatt and re-install OS.You might have an add-on security product if it is a back/white bar this must be disabled,, de-installed first

You can restore the computer back to factory default,to do so, follow the below steps:
Turn Off the computer, now as soon as you hit the power button, keep on holding "Alt" key & keep on tapping "F10" key, i.e Alt+f10, it will open the recovery console, select full factory restore and follow onscreen instruction. NOTE: This will erase all the datas on the computer.

If the above mentioned steps are not working then you need an RCD to do so. Contact the Gateway support.

decrease the contrast of ur laptop screen it will solve it

Hello

This is a power problem.

First remove try charging your laptop with another power cord to see if it works

If it doesnt,remove the battery from the laptop and plug the laptop directly into power if the laptop comes on,then the battery is faulty and you should get a new one

But if it doesnt then the charging port is no longer working and you should get a repairer to help you change the charging port

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Hi

Thank you for your query

No this doesnt have anything to do with your battery.

As you can appreicate the your screen needs alot of power so when plugged in there is a continuous source of power so its very bright, however as your battery has only a limited charge, the screen will go dark to conserve

There are 2 ways of changing this

1) Press the fn key + the key with a sun symbol on there this is usually the up arrow key or the right arrow key, but will will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer

2) Click Start> Control Panel>Power options
Inside here you will be able to set what type of power profile you want running on Plug and battery

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Hi

This is because your laptop will only support a maximum of 2gb

I recommend that you take one stick out and see if that works


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you should check up the ram of the computer and the processor if they are both good ;)

It sounds like the 'High Contrast' Accesabiliy option in windows has been truned on. This is a setting that a person who has visual imparement might use to be able to see the screen and text better.
To turn this off :

• Click Start->Control Panel
• Double Click the 'Accessibility Options 'icon
• Click on the 'display' tab
• Remove the check mark from 'Use High Contrast'
• Click OK

Your screen will return to it's not color/size settings.

There are PCMCIA wireless cards available from several manufacturers.
My favourite manufacturer is Netgear.

Have you tried taking the battery out and running strictly on the AC cord? If so, and it still has a problem, then it's not just the battery.

if the hard drive has a locked password on it, you cannot remove it unless you have the password. you might try using some SMART disk utilities, but in my experience, it has no worked. Some hard drives have a list of reset passwords, but I have never had success in getting these to work.

try downloading Hiren's boot cd. (gogle search it) it has many utilities for hard drives on it. iyt may have something to help.

alternatively, buy a broken identical model on ebay and swap the PC board. make sure to have the same hardware revision level and model.

Your not giving enough information to diagnose your problems.