Monitor is black, nothing

If screen and external monitor do not work then the issue lies with the video section of your laptop. The video chip is soldered onto mo bo and there is noway you can replace it if bad. Kiss your laptop sayonara, salvage the hard rive and memory and get yourself a new laptop that works. And avoid HP - their customer service is non existent after warranty runs out. They refer you to a forum or tell you to get another unit - an HP of course!

Typically, installing a video card will have to be done by the manufacturer. Finding this type of part, especially from Gateway, will be very difficult. Installing the part will be even harder.

Getting this fixed may be more than the actual laptop is worth.

Contact Gateway for pricing.

Actually this is a hard drive fault most likely, or a faulty had drive. If you don't have a recovery disk you are going to have to start the machine and try to do a recovery to boot repair. You can usually access this with F10 or F12, not really sure on a gateway.

try to remove the battery and unplug the power adapter. press power button for 30 sec. then connect power adapter. check if the pc able to turn on

yes and no, i never have to replace the motherboard on a computer but i say you probably can upgrade it.

hit the function key hold it down and hit the keyboard key with the monitor "icon" on it. It's usually F5 key.

Hope this helps.

If you see a dim image or flicking image on the LCD screen it means you have a backlight problem.
Connect an external monitor to the laptop and power it up, if you see a clear image on an external monitor, this means your video card is OK.

Dim image and/or dark display on the laptop's LCD screen indicates a faulty LCD backlight and it could be the inverter that supplies high voltage to the CCFL lamp or it is the CCLF lamp is nearly burnt out or burnt out, most likely this is the case.
The inverter can be replaced easily but the CCLF lamp is more time consuming and requires soldering skills.
Check out www.lcdparts.net for parts, repair service and DIY info.

Try hooking the Laptop to an external monitor like from your desktop pc,,you can see the connection on the back of the laptop,,When you do this, and you can see Windows on the Desktop monitor,,then this would indicate that your Back light on your Laptop screen may have burnt out .

Hi,

Can you see a background image when get really close to the screen?

Cheers

This could be the inverter, or screen cable. Try replacing the cable first.