stuck in hibernation

G

Guest

my gateway solo 1450 laptop is stuck in hibernate. i have disconnected the
battery, electricity, hit the reset button on the bottom, took out the
hard-drive, held the start button for apprx 1 min, just let it sit for 24hrs,
the battery led on front shows orange-charging, but the power led is
off-which is showing off or hibernate mode. Only thing that changes is when i
hit the reset button the battery led goes off and comes back on. the only
thing i did before it stuck was i installed the power management software
from gateway cd to better manage my power setups. i also let it sit on
battery power till it drained to 3 %. i do that twice a year. any help out
there?
 
G

Guest

When you first turn on the computer, Nothing happens?

Nothing appears on screen. No noise like it is trying to read hard drive? No
hard drive indication light flickering?

Have you checked with Gateway tech Support??
http://support.gateway.com/
 
G

Guest

hello....nothing happens no lights no fan nothing just the orange led
showing battery charging....been plugged into outlet for 24 hrs no charge
pull battery out and it indicates no charge...but it should work if plugged
into outlet with battery low??
 
A

Art

Remove the battery and run from electricity. While the machine is "up",
pull out the electrical plug from the laptop. Plug it back in and try
restarting to see what happens.

Art
 
G

Guest

if you're referring to "up" as to being on the computer is off and will not
come up at all just showing by battery led that it is in hibernation
 
A

Alias

regfla said:
my gateway solo 1450 laptop is stuck in hibernate. i have disconnected the
battery, electricity, hit the reset button on the bottom, took out the
hard-drive, held the start button for apprx 1 min, just let it sit for 24hrs,
the battery led on front shows orange-charging, but the power led is
off-which is showing off or hibernate mode. Only thing that changes is when i
hit the reset button the battery led goes off and comes back on. the only
thing i did before it stuck was i installed the power management software
from gateway cd to better manage my power setups. i also let it sit on
battery power till it drained to 3 %. i do that twice a year. any help out
there?
Click to expand...

Could be a lot of things, probably hardware. Take it to the shop.

Alias
 
A

Art

Here is what I found on the Gateway web site.

" Important


If your notebook does not turn off immediately, complete the
following steps until the notebook turns off:

* Press and hold the power button for about five seconds, then
release it
* Insert a straightened paper clip into the reset hole on the
bottom of your notebook
* Remove AC power and the battery for more than 10 seconds

As a part of the regular startup process, a program to
check the disk status runs automatically. When the checks are finished,
Windows starts.
 
G

Guest

so far your help has been to call service center/ website or take into
warranty repair...how about anything i can do to get my computer out of
hibernate and running
 
R

R. McCarty

Remove the battery - Plug into AC. Hold the Power button down for
as long as 10 Seconds.
 
A

Alias

regfla said:
yes read my first paragraph!
Click to expand...

It could be your hard drive, RAM, video card or power supply or ... the
fact that it happened when you put it into hibernation may not have
anything to do with it. Take it to a competent shop that can physically
look at it and physically troubleshoot it. Unless, you want to open the
thing up and do it yourself?

Alias
 
G

Guest

tried that...same result also tried holding power down while hitting reset
button on bottom with/without battery same luck....by the way i hit yes this
worked by mistake at the bottom of this reply
 
G

Guest

someone else gave the same advice.

try resetting CMOS.
you can't do any repair if you can't at least get to computer BIOS.

otherwise it's given up the ghost.

kind of snaughty. i'd say.
 

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