Guest Kevin W. Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 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 Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 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. Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 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 Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 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
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