20 Most Recent Gateway Profile 4 All In One (MPN PROFILE4SE) PC Desktop Questions & Answers

Check you CPU central processing unit make sure its securely seated and has thermal paste it might be getting to hot the thermal paste will help disperse the heat Thermal compound is a sticky paste that is placed directly onto the CPU. http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-February-2012/1490 Allowing for a more direct heat transfer between the CPU and HEAT SINK and preventing air gaps from forming between the CPU and heat sink. Remove the memory modules from their slots. Take the opportunity to clean the slots on the motherboards and the memory module connectors. Use compressed air to blow dust away and clean contacts with a soft cloth. Do not use a metallic vacuum cleaner if it touches any component it may create a short and cause damage to the motherboard or other components. Do not use solvent that may attract dust and never poke things like cotton buds in to slots. lightly rub an alcohol on a cloth not to hard let the alcohol do the work on the copper gold or silver tabs and r Allow the pins to dry. They will air dry in a matter of minutes If reseating the memory did not resolve the issue try swapping the location of the memory. If you have only one stick of memory in the computer try moving it to another slot and then boot the computer. Check the memory module and memory slot contacts. They are either copper tin or gold. The colour will tell you which they are. Mixing tin and gold can result in corrosion that prevents proper contact. Look for any sign of physical damage to the memory module, memory slots or the motherboard. Reseat the memory modules. You should hear an audible click when they are in place. Do not use too much force to reseat the memory module in to the slot this can cause damage to the module, slot or motherboard. The hardware that you are trying to access is damaged or failing. There is a connection problem such as a bad cable for internal hard drives Test all power and data leads that attach to your hard drive SATA the leads from your MOTHERBOARD TO THE HARD DRIVE make sure they have a secure dust free connections and are not faulty. Make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd and floppy (If Applicable) have secure connections and are not faulty. Computers need Power and Data to travel through every working device and continue an uninterrupted cycle and have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error. Hope this helps.

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before thinking about replacing the video cardTest all power and data leads that attach to your hard drive IDE,SATA

the leads from your (motherboard to your hard drive) make sure they have secure dust free connections and are not faulty or just replace them they might be faulty

if its a 40 pin flat ribbon type it will be the first to fail

make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd 3 1/2 inch floppy have secure connections and are not faulty

even something as small as a faulty electrical fan and its lead can cause you problems

computers need all power and data to continue through every working device and to have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error

make sure your graphics card is securely seated with no dust built up or in the socket

if you remove your graphics check the socket to make sure its dust free

restart your computer then reinstall it this should activate found new hardware wizardif you need to replace the video card it will be attached to the rear of the vga lead inside your computer usually in a pga slot

Remove your computer's cables. Turn your computer around so the back faces you.

Remove the two screws on the computer holding the right side of your computer to the case. On many models of gateway computers, you only need to remove the screws with your hand. Remove the right side of the case to expose the interior.

Unscrew the metal plate of your old graphics card holding it to your computer's case. Remove the card by sliding it out of the motherboard.

Slide your new graphics card into the slot from where you removed the old one. Screw the metal plate to your computer's case. Reassemble your computer and connect its cableshope this helps

This could be a variety of things that may be preventing you from playing any games, it could be the power of your computer, memory and CPU speed, mainly Video Memory card may not be enough to play these type of games. For folks that wish to play games you have to have high end type machines in order to really enjoy there things. Standard computers or older ones just do not come with the resources to do such things. Unless you upgrade and read on the box before you purchase "System Requirements" that means a lot and can save you some wasted money. John

open the back of it up and check for leaking capacitors if you find some leaking black stuff replace them "Capacitors (888).235.4692

http://www.driverupdate.net/ download scan and run it then download your network driver there it will automatically get connection :)

format/repair ur system using Booable cd and then check

Yes. You will need to open up your case and check if the hard drive is properly connected. If it is, then you may have a dead hard drive.

Re set the screen resolution to a resolution that your screen can handle.

reinstall the recovery Cds, reset to factory deafult .. do you have them ?

Hi,

Remove the power cord and then take out the battery. Hold down the power button for 30 seconds, then plug in just the AC powercord and try turn the laptop on.

If it turns on let it boot into the operating system and then shut it down and put the battery back in.

Hopefully this will resolve the problem but if it doesn't turn on again with the battery in there is a problem with the battery.


Post back if you need more advice.


Good luck.

Yes change the inverter first it is more common problem cost arround $15 on eBay. If the screen doesn't start or if has a week light you would have to change your screen (arround $90). As it is looks the inverter prob. assuming that nobody drop the laptop by accident. replace the bulb it will be more expensive than replace the screen because it is a lot of hours to work.

detach the casing first then you can find your way in to dismantle the lcd screen.

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And look for the topic at that location. They should be able to help you there.

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Your power settings may need to be changed, it appears to be going into sleep mode or power saving mode.

If you are using Vista, Click Start> Control Panel > Power Options > "choose when to turn off display" (in the left hand pane) and check that it says at least 10 minutes. Click apply and then ok.

Alternatively, right click on your desktop, select "personalise" and click on screen saver - then select "change power settings" to bring you to the same thing.

If you have xp, right click on your desktop and select "properties" then "screensaver| > "Power" and change it to turn off the monitor after 10 minutes. Click apply then ok.

If your monitor is going to sleep, either press a key or wiggle the mouse to wake it up.

Sticky keys I hate that too

hit shift 5 times it will bring up a box
ok to keep sticky keys
cancel to turn off sticky keys

hit cancel.

Good luck!

How do you know 2 hard drives have failed, have the hard drives been fin in another computer.

most likely the OS is corrupt on the disks caused my another hardware issue, most likey Motherboard IDE/sata controller.

I just had a machine in the other day with the exact problem you describe. Don't know if this will help but they had a worm and when the anti-virus kicked in or they opened any type of online program like a broswer or email the computer would shut down.

Also hardware could be the issue. If its not the above issue could you tell us when the last time the heatsink was cleaned. What if anything your doing when it shuts down....