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Have a gateway 3520, won't power up




By truthfulim on May 25, 2008

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I charge the battery or not but will not power up.
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Jun 17, 2008

- the battery holds a charge, the power light comes on and so does the drive light, can hear the CD spin up. No display, no sound. I have tested the harddrive it is fine. the heat sync fan will not stay on. I do not have a voltmeter to check power to the board. I am selling it on ebay for parts since I can not find the heat sync except on a waiting list. I think it is least case the heat sync, worst case the board. Thank you.

I do tech support, I am not half bad at (repaired more than a few) desktop computers but have only a little bit of laptop skils.

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Mar 19, 2009

-   Did you ever get a fix, i have the same problem in that the computer shows power, no fan, no screen, and the light blinks like it is in sleep mode. running Vista home. thanks -   bransonCR

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posted on Jun 16, 2008
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mazdi

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Check your battery charger,check your batt,check the out put of your charger to know and to ensure that your charger is working.if its working good,your batt is already busted or a board problem.
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Nov 28, 2008

- let someonne check the output of your adaptor.if its over coltage,its time for you to buy a new one.
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Solution #2

posted on May 27, 2008
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FreeTech

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you could have a bad power port...how do you know that the batt is charged?

if its not the power port then it could be a bad switch...or main board

what happens when you press the power button?

can you hear your cd drive fan or anything start up?

how advanced are you?

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Solution #3

posted on Aug 18, 2008
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take off your battery and put it back again, it should start charging

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posted on Aug 18, 2008
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take off your battery and put it back again, it should start charging

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