Laptop will not switch on

Quite easily Sergio

The plastic Power On button you see, presses against a carbon button Power On switch, below it.

I suggest removing the Switch Cover, and then you can access the Power On switch's carbon button, and press it down to turn the laptop on.

You can also, then see about repairing the Power On button assembly, or replace the Switch Cover.

1) Remove ALL power. Remove the AC adapter {Charger}, and Battery.

2) Laptop closed, laid on it's top; Bottom side up.
Turn it so you are looking down in the Battery Compartment, where the Battery was......

Down in the Battery Compartment are 4 Philips head screws to remove. You need the smaller No.1 Philips screwdriver, or the equivalent Jewelers screwdriver.

Here is the Base Enclosure, (Bottom Cover), not installed on the laptop,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/39MA7BATA10-Gateway-MA3-MT6451-Bottom-Case-Cover-39MA7BATA10-Genuine-/321101430142?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ac322fd7e

There are 4 views. The page automatically opens, with a Bottom view, and the Battery Compartment at the top.

SET, your mouse cursor in the middle of the photo. This allows the Zoom In feature.
Go to the top where the Battery Compartment is, and view the 4 holes going along the Top.

This shows you where the 4 screws to be removed are.

Same design, different Gateway notebook,

http://www.insidemylaptop.com/remove-keyboard-from-gateway-mt6704-model-ma7/

Go to the third photo down. Has two screws circled in Red.
I just want you to look at the Battery Compartment. (Not the red circled screws)

Look under the whitish - www.InsideMyLaptop.com -
You can see the first two screws pretty visibly. Almost make out the 3rd one, no to the 4th screw.

Once these 4 screws are removed, turn the laptop over.
Open the laptop.

Now you are going to remove the Switch Cover.

In the above link scroll down to the 5th photo, and 6th photo.

This video also shows you,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjOVOLOW1Hc

From 0:45 to 0:47
Please use care when removing, it is plastic.
The video has been sped up.

This is a look at the Switch Cover removed,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/8015907R-Gateway-CENTER-COVER-MT6700-MT6451-MT6821-MT6828-MT6452-MT6705-GRADE-A-/321068043361?pt=US_Laptop_Housings_Touchpads&hash=item4ac1258c61

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Regards,
joecoolvette

Only you have the password. You could do a system recovery.

There is a cable located near the RAM, it looks somewhat like a flask

here look at the video, it will explain it better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US306Sxt090

So reformat a computer that can't access the hard drive, interesting trick. I believe the OP said the machine hangs in limbo with Power Lights on, I assumed the Lights are on, but no one is home, sort of like some of these solutions. Why am I not paid millions of dollars for being the smartest man alive?

Remove the ac adapter and the battery from the laptop and then press and hold the power button for 45 seconds. Now, reconnect everything and then try to turn it on.

I also had this problem. I turned it off and it would not turn on. I found the solution. First, extend the laptop screen as far back as it will go. Don't just stop the screen at a ninety degree angle. My laptop screen pulls back to about 135 degrees. Now press the power button. It should start up.

Why do I think this works? Well...I used to own an older model thinkpad that had a short "male" connector on the screen, that when the screen was folded down would enter into a "female" connector on the base of the unit and trigger sleep mode on the unit. This is how the system could automatically hibernate when the screen was closed. The little male connector broke off, and I couldn't get the system to wake up, because the connection to tell the laptop that I had the screen up or down no longer worked. I couldn't even power it up. I had to take an ink pen and push the connector through the female end to indicate to the motherboard that I'd opened the screen before it would even turn on.

It appears that the same type of mechanism is built into the long BAR under the screen of the NV52 and somehow it can't determine when the screen is open or closed. If it detects that the screen has not been opened, it won't power up. This safeguard prevents the laptop from being turned on mistakenly while closed up in your laptop bag. Extending the screen back resets the mechanism and it should turn on. Sorry for the long explanation...

The cooling fan spinning is a good sign. Your laptop might still be functional.

First, try taking the battery out. Then press the power button 10 times and on the 10th time hold it down for 10 seconds. This will purge any remaining power in the laptop.

Put the battery back in its place and attempt to turn the laptop on. Observe the behavior.

If the problem still exists, your video card might be malfunctioning or the inverter (monitor's power source) might have gone bad.

Try hooking up the laptop to an external monitor, if an image is displayed, it's most likely the inverter.

You can take the laptop to a repair shop to get it fixed.

it is an internal problem,your SMPS (Switch Mode Power Supply unit) is gone bad,only by changing SMPS..your computer will turn on for sure,, thank you, Plz rate me...

Hi there.
There is probably dust trapped in the air vents and around the CPU fan, the best way to clear it is to turn the machine off, get a can of compressed air and give short blast through the air vents.
The CPU fan is usually located under the laptop and give a couple of blasts through that too.
Once your happy that all the dust is removed you can turn the laptop on again and it should stay on for much longer.
The cooling pad won't make any difference if the issue is dust.

Good luck and thanks for choosing FixYa!!

try this turn over the laptop and there should be a reset hole gently insert a non metallick item like a tooth pick works well in the hole and press it and try to press the power button and see what happnes if not you will have to have the button serviced see if you have a warantee good luck !!!!!