XP Sleep Mode (Shut Down)

[Guest Kevin W.]

I have a Gateway GT5252 that is running Windows XP. Weeks ago it went into

sleep mode and never came out. The monitor says "No Signal", the wireless

keyboard and mouse do not work, and the CD drive will not open. Is there

anything I can do to get this darn thing working? I don't need anything off

the hard drive, so if I could only do some "major" re-start to sense

everything I'll start all over. The system is only a year and a half old, so

I can not imagine it's junk already?

 

Thanks Everyone

[Guest TERRY]

RE: XP Sleep Mode (Shut Down)

 

Hi K.I,m not an expert but this has worked for me.My father in law gave me a

pc.It had 268 viruses in it.I removed the cover on the side,unplugged the

hard drive,started the cp.The can has it,s own start program.Then i plugged

the drive back in.Once i got it started i clicked start,run typed in msconfig

run.This brings up a menu with tabs on the top.click on startup tab.Disable

all apply and close.The pc prompts you to restart.Restart.Then i started in

safe mode which prevents worms from moveing around.Did a scan and removed all

the viruses.I then proceeded to Reinstall windows.The pc i salvaged is the

one i,m replying to you.Its a sweet pc.Tv out 2667 mhz.G-FORCE graphics

card.But when he gave it to me it wouldn,t even light up.Be careful if you

try this.Do not touch the mother board or any circuits.Or if you don,t want

to get brave you could always buy another hard drive and try that.Hope this

helps.TERRY.

 

"Kevin W." wrote:

> I have a Gateway GT5252 that is running Windows XP. Weeks ago it went into

> sleep mode and never came out. The monitor says "No Signal", the wireless

> keyboard and mouse do not work, and the CD drive will not open. Is there

> anything I can do to get this darn thing working? I don't need anything off

> the hard drive, so if I could only do some "major" re-start to sense

> everything I'll start all over. The system is only a year and a half old, so

> I can not imagine it's junk already?

>

> Thanks Everyone

[Guest Kevin W.]

RE: XP Sleep Mode (Shut Down)

 

Thanks for the reply Terry. I just attempted to unplug all my internal

components for approx. 10 minutes then plugged them all back in. Still the

same result, the computer has power and the power button light stays "blue".

The fan runs non-stop, the monitor says "No Input Signal" then the button

turns "yellow" (like sleep mode). None of my USB ports are working (I have a

wireless keyboard & mouse that uses a receiver), so I can not even try to hit

any keys to see how things are set up (like the F1 button). And, my CD drive

will not open at all. I just can not believe that all this happened from

being in "sleep/hibernation" for only about 4 hours one day, it was working

fine before that.

 

"TERRY" wrote:

> Hi K.I,m not an expert but this has worked for me.My father in law gave me a

> pc.It had 268 viruses in it.I removed the cover on the side,unplugged the

> hard drive,started the cp.The can has it,s own start program.Then i plugged

> the drive back in.Once i got it started i clicked start,run typed in msconfig

> run.This brings up a menu with tabs on the top.click on startup tab.Disable

> all apply and close.The pc prompts you to restart.Restart.Then i started in

> safe mode which prevents worms from moveing around.Did a scan and removed all

> the viruses.I then proceeded to Reinstall windows.The pc i salvaged is the

> one i,m replying to you.Its a sweet pc.Tv out 2667 mhz.G-FORCE graphics

> card.But when he gave it to me it wouldn,t even light up.Be careful if you

> try this.Do not touch the mother board or any circuits.Or if you don,t want

> to get brave you could always buy another hard drive and try that.Hope this

> helps.TERRY.

>

> "Kevin W." wrote:

>

> > I have a Gateway GT5252 that is running Windows XP. Weeks ago it went into

> > sleep mode and never came out. The monitor says "No Signal", the wireless

> > keyboard and mouse do not work, and the CD drive will not open. Is there

> > anything I can do to get this darn thing working? I don't need anything off

> > the hard drive, so if I could only do some "major" re-start to sense

> > everything I'll start all over. The system is only a year and a half old, so

> > I can not imagine it's junk already?

> >

> > Thanks Everyone

[Guest TERRY]

RE: XP Sleep Mode (Shut Down)

 

Hi K .when you unplug the hard drive.Start the pc with it unplugged.The pc

has its own start program.It will attempt to start the pc.Then it will say it

can,t find hard drive.Then shut it off and plug it in again and try

it.Sometimes it fools the pc into starting.Another thing you might try is

when you fire it up keep tapping the delete button.Sometimes you can get the

boot menu.When i did mine unplugged it waited until it started running the

start program from the pc then i plugged the hard drive in while it was

running.It worked,because it wouldn,t even lite the button before.At any rate

good luck.Tech is great when it works but sucky when it doesn,t.TERRY.

 

"Kevin W." wrote:

> Thanks for the reply Terry. I just attempted to unplug all my internal

> components for approx. 10 minutes then plugged them all back in. Still the

> same result, the computer has power and the power button light stays "blue".

> The fan runs non-stop, the monitor says "No Input Signal" then the button

> turns "yellow" (like sleep mode). None of my USB ports are working (I have a

> wireless keyboard & mouse that uses a receiver), so I can not even try to hit

> any keys to see how things are set up (like the F1 button). And, my CD drive

> will not open at all. I just can not believe that all this happened from

> being in "sleep/hibernation" for only about 4 hours one day, it was working

> fine before that.

>

> "TERRY" wrote:

>

> > Hi K.I,m not an expert but this has worked for me.My father in law gave me a

> > pc.It had 268 viruses in it.I removed the cover on the side,unplugged the

> > hard drive,started the cp.The can has it,s own start program.Then i plugged

> > the drive back in.Once i got it started i clicked start,run typed in msconfig

> > run.This brings up a menu with tabs on the top.click on startup tab.Disable

> > all apply and close.The pc prompts you to restart.Restart.Then i started in

> > safe mode which prevents worms from moveing around.Did a scan and removed all

> > the viruses.I then proceeded to Reinstall windows.The pc i salvaged is the

> > one i,m replying to you.Its a sweet pc.Tv out 2667 mhz.G-FORCE graphics

> > card.But when he gave it to me it wouldn,t even light up.Be careful if you

> > try this.Do not touch the mother board or any circuits.Or if you don,t want

> > to get brave you could always buy another hard drive and try that.Hope this

> > helps.TERRY.

> >

> > "Kevin W." wrote:

> >

> > > I have a Gateway GT5252 that is running Windows XP. Weeks ago it went into

> > > sleep mode and never came out. The monitor says "No Signal", the wireless

> > > keyboard and mouse do not work, and the CD drive will not open. Is there

> > > anything I can do to get this darn thing working? I don't need anything off

> > > the hard drive, so if I could only do some "major" re-start to sense

> > > everything I'll start all over. The system is only a year and a half old, so

> > > I can not imagine it's junk already?

> > >

> > > Thanks Everyone