Unable to power up computer

[Guest]

My Gateway computer went into Power Saver Mode, as designed, but now it will
not power back up. When I turn on the power, the on/off button on the tower
stays yellow, the monitor has "In Power Saver Mode" message, and nothing else
happens. Fans do not run, the hard drive does not start whirring, the monitor
screen stays black. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

 

[Slippery_one]

My Gateway computer went into Power Saver Mode, as designed, but now
it will
not power back up. When I turn on the power, the on/off button on
the tower
stays yellow, the monitor has "In Power Saver Mode" message, and
nothing else
happens. Fans do not run, the hard drive does not start whirring,
the monitor
screen stays black. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

Does it reboot properly when you reset the system? I assume you have
to reset the system to make it work of course. Make sure that POST
(Power On Self Test) is on in the bios and any other settings that
allow you to see the POST results on boot up before windows starts.
Some MBs can disable POST testing or aggressive memory testing.

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately, it does not reboot.

Does it reboot properly when you reset the system? I assume you have
to reset the system to make it work of course. Make sure that POST
(Power On Self Test) is on in the bios and any other settings that
allow you to see the POST results on boot up before windows starts.
Some MBs can disable POST testing or aggressive memory testing.

 

[Slippery_one]

Any beeps? Turn everything off (unplug monitor and case, wait for the
capacitors to discharge about 30 seconds) then power up the monitor
first then the tower. Any beeps? Any Bios activity on the monitor?
Check the monitor with another computer to eliminate it as the
problem.

Sometimes it's good to start from known states. Processor resets with
the reset button don't always work.

 

[w_tom]

Start by resetting a possible lockout of the power supply
controller. IOW pull the AC plug from wall. Power down does
not accomplish same thing. You must remove cord from AC power.

If problem still exists, then you must get two simple tools
- a screw driver and a 3.5 digital multimeter. Both are
equally complicated but the meter costs more. Find it in
Sears, Home Depot, Lowes, or Radio Shack - because it is that
inexpensive and that ubiquitous. Discover which of three
components is defective - power supply, power supply
controller, and power switch. It takes a long time to read
the procedure and but minutes to perform it:
"Computer doesnt start at all" in alt.comp.hardware on 10
Jan 2004 at
http://tinyurl.com/2t69q and
"I think my power supply is dead" in alt.comp.hardware on 5
Feb 2004 at
http://www.tinyurl.com/2musa

Nothing complex in that procedure. But without numbers from
that procedure, then assistance here can only be wild
speculation. Only other alternative is to replace this and
replace that until something works. If your car mechanic did
that, they you would accuse him of a scam.