20 Most Recent Gateway 7330GZ Notebook - Page 7 Questions & Answers

I had the same thing happen to my computer 7330 gz and all the trouble was caused by a faulty ac adaptor. Battery wasn't holding a charge either because it's 3 years old and worthless. I got a replacement adapter at best buy for 100 buck and it's universal. Fixed it up just fine and now I'm sharing my solution with you!

the key combo is F2 + Fn key (the fn key is located on the bottom row all the to the left) a little blue light lights up that looks like this ((o)) that lets you know it's on. press the combo again to turn of wifi communications.

The system board on the laptop needs replacement.


Hope this helps :)

If you go to where the start button connects to the computer mother board and disconnect it. YOu can put a screwdriver across the two spikes coming from the board and it should start. That wil confirm that it is not a board problem.Next get a small battery test light ,or ohm meter and  hook to the two wires from the switch. Press the switch.If it lights that everything is ok. If not you are down to the wires or the switch. Disconnect the wires for the bvack of the switch and test the switch with the light again w/o the wires. Works now=bad wires or connection. Does not work=bad switch.

You will need to download the drivers for the wireless card from Gateway's support site. Try the wireless drivers, under network, at the link below. If these aren't the right one's, then back up a page and have the site automatically find you machine. After finding it there will be a list of drivers, the wireless drivers can be found under networking.

http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/search.asp?param=7330GZ&st=kw

I face the same problem but what i do is put a fan near to the laptop on the upper left side because it is too hot and so it freez, i face this problems several time, i hope it might help

Yes a bad battery could cause this, or a bad battery control circuit. If it works with the battery out then it's one of these two issues. If it's the control circuit, there's not much you can do, I'm afraid, but the only way to be sure is to get a new battery (or borrow one for the same model).

find a registry cleaner, and clean the old file and temp file as well

hi the solution was solved?

Hi, You can adjust the sensitivity of the touchpad by going to Control Panel > Mouse > Device Settings > Settings > Touch Sensitivity.

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Chris (ziraffa)

Are you sure E: is the cd/dvd burner?

Can you put a cd with music or a dvd movie in there and get it to play it?

Your problem could be a faulty backlighting panel or the power connector for the backlight needs reseating.
There are two connectors on the LCD that are connected to the motherboard, one for the video signal and the other for the backlight power supply, reseat this connector and hopefully your problem will be fixed.

Those cables are custom made for each manufacturer and model. The only place to get a replacement (other than buy a junker on ebay) is from the manufacturer. The plastic pieces are another matter. They are standard connectors and you can buy them from Digikey or Mouser. Soldering them in place is not for a novice. You need a proper soldering iron, desoldering tool, very fine solder and a lot of patience and skill.

try to insatll new OS.

also check the flex cable that connect keypad to LCD.

yes this is possible but not recommended

my problem hp 530 notebook lcd light problem ..inverter flex no problem systemboard problem yes

Ya, my 7330GZ has been having this problem. I did end up taking the screen apart.

Removing the little black nubs around the screen allow you to remove the screws, then you just use a flat headed screw driver to unclip around the edges (some can be stubborn, especially along the bottom).

The screen is glued to the casing along the top and bottom, so you have to gently separate the two.

After you have it opened up the screen has 3-4 screws along the left and right side (the right side is a pain to unscrew since the wireless antenna casing runs right along it).

Once you remove those screws you can take the screen out and get access to the ribbon cable running along the back.

I have the same laptop and have had to take it apart completely a couple times. Luckily to get at the power button is fairly easy. On the bottom of the laptop there are 4 screws towards the back, take out the middle two (they'll be long ones). Now flip over the laptop, open the lid and using a flat headed screw driver you want to pry the plate with the power button, etc. along the top of the keyboard off (it just clips in, those two screws were holding it down). Under that plate will be a small chip that has a ribbon cable going to the motherboard. My ribbon cable recently got broken so I'm working on figuring out a method for powering it on now.

not sure there are vista drivers available but you didn't give the model number (there are two 7330) anyway follow the link and input your model number....if your operating system is not listed there might not be vista drivers available

http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/ddaStep.asp?Tab=All

Backlights are not generally expensive but I wouldn't suggest you repair it yourself unless you've opened up pc's before....you'll need a service repair manual to do it yourself as, at the very least, you'll have to remove the screen bezel (usually 4 screws) and then detach the screen from the hinges (again usually 4 screws).
I would suggest getting a couple of quotes from repair centres.
As far as backlight goes it either works or doesn't (like a light bulb) sporadic use usually means a bad connection rather than a blown light but it would still need to be opened up to check the connections...again needing a service manual and a technical person