My Gateway laptop p-7805u Intel Duo P8400 @2.26GHz beeps sporadically. How do I know what the problem is? I have a temperature indicator and it beeps anywhere from GPU 45 to 49C, Core 0 59 to 80C and Core 1 60-86. Temp doesn't seem to matter.

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I don't see the Gateway GT5238E motherboard supporting an Intel Core2 Duo E8400.....

The motherboard in the Gateway GT5238E has an Intel G965/Q963 motherboard chipset.
Front Side Bus, (FSB), support is 1066MegaHertz. (1066MHz)

ARK Intel G965 Express Chipset Intel 82G965 Graphics and Memory Controller


ARK Intel Q965 Express Chipset Intel 82Q965 Graphics and Memory Controller


The Intel Core2 Duo E8400 requires an FSB support of 1333MHz,


http://ark.intel.com/products/33910/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E8400-%286M-Cache-3_00-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB%29


Gateway Motherboard GT5058j GT5238E GT5268E GT5436E 4006153R


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JMHO

Regards,
joecoolvette

Best place is the Gateway support website.
http://us.gateway.com/gw/en/US/content/drivers-downloads

Three beeps on a MacBook indicates a problem with the RAM.

Unless there is a real problem, there is rarely a benefit to updating drivers.

1) the charger from power supply inside of the laptop is defective.some component is burn or open,or short.
2) Of course you must shure that the batteries new is o.k you must go where do you buy and test it in another computer for to see is charging.

God bless you

I've had a similar problem on my Dell Studio laptop. Windows Update will force an update to the graphics card driver, and the result will be full of bugs. To fix, consult the graphics card's manufacturer website (Intel, nVidia, AMD) and download the correct driver for your graphics card. Uninstall the current driver using Device Manager (Windows Vista/7 just type in "Device Manager" to the start menu search. Expand the Display Adapters section. Right click on your graphics card and select uninstall.) You should then be prompted to restart your computer, do so. Once your computer has rebooted, install the new driver downloaded from the manufacturer's website, after it installs you should again be prompted to restart, do so. Once rebooted, problem should be solved.

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try downloading your manual from this link just enter the exact model of Notebook

http://office.manualsonline.com/search.html?q=Gateway+P-7807u&submit.x=23&submit.y=17

Hi,
This now the third time the problem has arose and you have had it in for repair twice. This indicates that the model range is suffering a generic problem as others are suffering from the same symptoms as you.
Now i don't know what your specific problem is but its usually a faulty graphics chip or card.
I think by now its time that Gateway gave in and gave you a newer model laptop because of the problems its suffering but that going to take a little determination from you, basically moan at them and refuse to give in.
Post back if you need anymore advice.


Good luck.

Maybe a little late of a response, however... Ive had the p-7805u for quite a while. I had the same problem which I noticed that was triggered specially by old games rather than demanding games like Crysis. In fact, the computer never gave me a problem on the most demanding gpu applications, but crashed within minutes in games like Warcraft III. The screen showed artifacts, crashed and then recovered giving me the "driver has recovered" message, and ultimately and almost always hard froze after a couple minutes. I was getting really frustraded, even got an rma for warranty service, but didnt send it in because i couldnt survive without a computer at the time being.
I started monitoring my gpu clocks. Almost all gpu's, being more dramatic in mobiles, lower their clocks when they are idling. I finally noticed that the computer started artifacting and crashing when the clocks lowered for idling and lower energy consumption purposes. Simple solution: download desktop drivers from www.latopvideo2go.com , any in the 19x.xx branch, and use their modified inf so that you can install it in your laptop. In the nvidia control panel go to 3d settings and under global change "Power management mode" to "prefer maximum performance". This doesnt allow the gpu to lower its clocks, solves the problem permanently =). Ive run crash free for months, and battery life is only lowered by maybe 10 minutes, which you can always prevent by changing the setting when you plan to go on battery.