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Help, gateway solo 5300 overheated and now displays lines
The laptop overheated yesterday and when I finally got to it I saw the
pattern that is in this photo , I am uhttp://tinyurl.com/rfnjz I am using it at the moment with an external monitor, so it's obviosly not the video card, I suspect most likely it is the mainboard component that connects to the drake that connects to the LCD and if that's the case then the mainboard will have to be replaced, or could it be the LCD itself? Any thoughts? Thanks |
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Help, gateway solo 5300 overheated and now displays lines
For the LCD display there is a display matrix circuit. This is usualy
an intergal part of the mother board, or is part of the display panel itself. You should get in touch with the Gateway tech support and find out what you need. Most likely they may not sell the parts to you, but will ask you to ship them the computer for them to service it, or they will send you to their authorised rep. Jerry G. ====== |
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Help, gateway solo 5300 overheated and now displays lines
No ... i had the same problem with one i repaired and it was a bad cable ..
and IF that doesnt fix it , then your lcd is bad ... ive never seen a bad vid board or motherboard cause this on the gateways ... take care .. "Jerry G." wrote in message oups.com... For the LCD display there is a display matrix circuit. This is usualy an intergal part of the mother board, or is part of the display panel itself. You should get in touch with the Gateway tech support and find out what you need. Most likely they may not sell the parts to you, but will ask you to ship them the computer for them to service it, or they will send you to their authorised rep. Jerry G. ====== |
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Help, gateway solo 5300 overheated and now displays lines
also let me add .. ebay is where i get all my parts for laptops ... you can
get a cable there and if in fact you do need the lcd , the numbers on the back of the lcd itself is what you would search for on ebay as they use many different screens in these models ... regards .. bob "bloggybob" wrote in message ... No ... i had the same problem with one i repaired and it was a bad cable ... and IF that doesnt fix it , then your lcd is bad ... ive never seen a bad vid board or motherboard cause this on the gateways ... take care .. "Jerry G." wrote in message oups.com... For the LCD display there is a display matrix circuit. This is usualy an intergal part of the mother board, or is part of the display panel itself. You should get in touch with the Gateway tech support and find out what you need. Most likely they may not sell the parts to you, but will ask you to ship them the computer for them to service it, or they will send you to their authorised rep. Jerry G. ====== |
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Help, gateway solo 5300 overheated and now displays lines
If you are talking about what is known as a "drake" the cable that
connects the LCD to the mainboard, then I just replaced one with one I bought on where else, but Ebay, I don't think it's the drake since there is a signal going to the LCD and it lights up, I'm more inclined to suspect a component on the mainboard or the LCD itself, I can always find parts on Ebay, but the problem is to know which part I need of course. Thanks |
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Help, gateway solo 5300 overheated and now displays lines
Forgot to mention that before it overheated it was going from bright
white to normal, which it still does go from bright white to the line patterns, but I don't think the issues are related, but who knows? |
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Help, gateway solo 5300 overheated and now displays lines
ahhh .. ok then i know for sure 100 percent that it is a bad lcd ... replace
the lcd and you will be smiling on that gateway again .... the circuit board on the back is failing and you cant replace it .. it is built with the lcd attached ... regards wrote in message ups.com... Forgot to mention that before it overheated it was going from bright white to normal, which it still does go from bright white to the line patterns, but I don't think the issues are related, but who knows? |
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