Same Problem here, and I can trick the system into starting up by holding down the power button and switching the a/c power cord power on and off very fast pulses while the led is off. The power-ready LED must be off while pulsing. IF the LED stays lit, you have to pause until it goes off. Anyways, keep pulsing power while holding down the power button and the damn thing will come on.
I can already tell this isn't going to be an easy one. Let's try a few more things.
I'm having the same problem, but think maybe we are all possibly missing the obvious. What if it's the stupid On/Off switch on the front of the Gateway PC? My Power Supply and MB are good, but I can't figure out how to get my case opened enough to check into that push button switch. I can't even figure out which wires go to it.
So for now, it DEAD. Seems like a new case with Power Supply would solve the problem, but I'm just guessing and don't even know if this lame PC is worth it.
Any thoughts
Same situation here: New Power Supply and Motherboard arrived, $70 total plus shipping, and it's working like a charm.
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Before now the computer wouldn't come on completely.
When you push the power button the hard drives would run and the only thing that the CPU fan did was turn in pulses on/off quickly.
The power supply light would flash.
I was told by a FixYa tech to that it could be either the power supply or the motherboard. So i started with the least expensive one. When that didn't work i then purchased a motherboard.
Nothing turns on on the computer when i push the power button. Even the power supply light goes out when i push the power button.
I installed the board and power supply myself.
My power supply doesn't have a rocker switch on it.
I tried it also with the old motherboard and still no progress.
I've installed motherboards on many name brand computers including Dell, HP and have even built computers from the ground up and didn't have this much of a problem. This is my first Gateway and possibly my last.
Thanks for all your help.
I powered down my computer, turned it off, then unplugged it so I could clean my computer table. when i plugged everything back in and pushed the power button, NOTHING! I have power to the computer but it will not turn on. A green indicator light on the back of the power supply is blinking. The same green light is also blinking on the mother board.
I have the same problem. I went out and bought a new power supply
thinking my stock one was dead. Well nothing changed. I know it's
working though because the green light to the motherboard is on. I
really don't want to replace the entire motherboard.
I'm the guest that posted on Sep 20, 2008. I brought it into two
different computer repair shops today and they both told me that it
wasnt the power supply and through a process of elimination it had to
be the motherboard/mainboard. That green light that we had flashing in
the back of the power supply, it was saying "I cannot initiate the ATX
power rails."
The answer is: No, you don't need to replace the PSU. but you should replace the CPU/Mainboard.
Same problem here. Had power supply tested and it checked good. Standby power indicator LED on motherboard indicates power is getting that far.
Power is out. No POST.Â
Did the paperclip trick and the fan on the PSU fired up. Still no power.
Went to Best Buy and bought a 500W PSU. Did the paperclip trick. Worked fine. Plugged it in. LED light on MOBO turned on but that's it.
Did the battery change. Nothing. I didn't do the jumper trick on the battery partly because I don't know what to do?
Did the RAM switching. Nothing. Is it safe to say it's the motherboard or is there something else too check.
How do I verify the CPU is the culprit by borrowing a friend's computer.Â
Thanks zzedly, detailed check list.
What were the symptoms before now?
Does anything in the computer turn on when you push the power button (fans, lights, etc)?
Did you install the parts yourself?
Check the main power supply (rocker) switch on the top, back of the computer. If this is off, the front button will not power up the computer.
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