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Gateway Solo 9550 will not power on at all.


I read on the internet that this means its power board is dead or the hard drive failed.

If its the power board, where do I get it fixed. Are you in located in San Diego, CA?

  • Anonymous Jan 15, 2009

    I had the same problem. I used a different power cord (not the adapter, the three-prong cord that goes from the wall outlet to the adapter) and it booted up just fine. The battery on mine is dead as well, but it may be possible to repair it (more info here as well). Let me know if you're able to repair yours or if you can get it to power on as well.

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First you would try the least expensive
make sure your ac adpater works
the plug could be bad on the end
next is the pin inside the dc jack where you plug it in, if the pin moves just a little , you may need a new dc jack sold on ebay cheap
make sure the battery is out when testing

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