Gateway GT4010 will not start most of the time the fan just runs.

Probably your RAMs are defective. Try replacing them.

First check your power supply section and check your power fan that is running properly. if ok then the suspected area is your processor section. please check it if its collar fan nor running properly then clean up or change that. and the other advice is please check your processor pin which are too tiny. be careful about these.

The fan turning off will be the cause of the PC shutting down.
This could be caused by a faulty fan or bad connection to motherboard.
1. try reseating the fans power plug on the motherboard
2. if that doesn't help, try replacing with new fan.
3. if that doesn't work then most likely motherboard problem

probably due to not enough power getting in the computer. check that your power supply cables are firmly connected.

It's your hard drive going bad! I had the same problem in my company. Could not figure it out but when i flopped the hard drives they started working agian.

your problem sounds like its the power supply, a bad power supply will some times power the fans but the voltage isnt right to power the pc. you can get a tester for around $15 at a place like radio shack

Have you test the power supply for voltage, Is it good, if it is then the problem of course is not power supply. Some power supplies have a light on them. Also does the power supply fan work, If not almost always sure sign power supply is gone. Old power supplies are still available Every time I junk a computer P4 or older I save to power supply, What wattage?

I would say there a minor corruption in your hard drive. How old is this computer?? May time to reformat it.

check the power plug first and see if it is properly plug in and turning on the power button, if does not work, get a new power plug and try as i've said again and if does not work the power system has problem and should be changed.

Uzowuanya
e-mail:[email protected]

Remove and refit memory sticks, as you mention no beeps, so the memory may need re seating. From there it could be a processor or bios fault not starting up thr first 64KB of memory to boot windows