I'm servicing a Gateway GM5260. It uses an Intel DP965LV motherboard and it
has Windows XP installed. It also has this habit of freezing randomly. Then
you are forced to hold in the power button to shut it off. Here is the
interesting part. When you power it back on after it freezes, it will ALWAYS
shut down about 1 second after the power button is pressed. If you restart
it second time, usually it will power up fine. Occasionally, it will take a
third try to keep the power on. If the computer goes through a normal shut
down, the power up process always works the first time. I've swapped the
RAM, video card, and power supply, and it made no difference. The only
hardware issue I can find is that in the system bios, there is a value in
the hardware monitor called, +1.5V and it hovers around 1.298V. I have
inspected the caps and they don't look or test bad. The CPU and motherboard
temps are normal. Has anyone experienced this type of problem before?

Thanks for your replies.
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David Farber
Los Osos, CA