Gateway Laptop Problem After Battery Calibration

Toenail · 04-12-2003, 08:56 AM

my laptop worked great.. everything is well, and i thought id go ahead and do a battery calibration on it just for giggles... it finished and i hit the escape key... and windows was booting up.. i hit F2 do goto the bios menu.. when i did that the pc turned off... now its dead! yes DEAD! does nothing.. no lights, no music.. just anger! any suggestions as to what could have happened... i tried booting up with the battery out and ac in and nothing, plus vice versa. any help would be greatly appreciated! (its my baby) thanks

cmasta · 04-13-2003, 11:19 AM

when you push the power button, it just stays off? or does it do something. please explain what in detail if possible

Toenail · 04-13-2003, 06:02 PM

doesnt do anything at all... no sounds, movements, nothing? zippo...

**merlin** · 04-14-2003, 10:10 AM

what model and OS do you have ?

Toenail · 04-14-2003, 03:13 PM

windows xp installed on a gateway solo 1450...

**Fox** · 04-15-2003, 08:24 AM

Might it be stuck in standby mode? If something went wrong in the calibration proces then the computer might think that there's no power left...just a thought, though that still wouldn't explain the fact that AC doesn't work either...

Volt-Schwibe · 04-15-2003, 05:20 PM

now it is going to need some serious therapy...

if you maybe talk to it for a while, it might start up....

my friend had one that wouldnt start, he had to disconnect the battery and the clock battery, and the cmos battery. then he waited about three days.

he put it all back together, except the big battery, and it started up...

then when he put the big battery back in, it would not start again...

his solution:
a new battery.

~BoB~

04-12-2003, 08:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
Toenail Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3 OS: winxp	Gateway Laptop Problem After Battery Calibration my laptop worked great.. everything is well, and i thought id go ahead and do a battery calibration on it just for giggles... it finished and i hit the escape key... and windows was booting up.. i hit F2 do goto the bios menu.. when i did that the pc turned off... now its dead! yes DEAD! does nothing.. no lights, no music.. just anger! any suggestions as to what could have happened... i tried booting up with the battery out and ac in and nothing, plus vice versa. any help would be greatly appreciated! (its my baby) thanks

04-15-2003, 05:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
Volt-Schwibe Asst. Manager, Automotive Forums; HJT Trainee Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Behind you, watching you as you type. Posts: 7,241 OS: Click "My System" to view details My System	you scared it now it is going to need some serious therapy... if you maybe talk to it for a while, it might start up.... my friend had one that wouldnt start, he had to disconnect the battery and the clock battery, and the cmos battery. then he waited about three days. he put it all back together, except the big battery, and it started up... then when he put the big battery back in, it would not start again... his solution: a new battery. ~BoB~ __________________ <signature> TSF is funded by our Admin's pocket, care to help? New Members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. Power Tip: Creating a single new thread in the correct section is the best way to assure your thread will receive a reply. </signature>

04-13-2003, 11:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
cmasta Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 15 OS: win2000,xp,freebsd	when you push the power button, it just stays off? or does it do something. please explain what in detail if possible

04-13-2003, 06:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Toenail Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3 OS: winxp	doesnt do anything at all... no sounds, movements, nothing? zippo...

04-14-2003, 10:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
merlin I helped the forums. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,612 OS: 3.11	what model and OS do you have ?

04-14-2003, 03:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
Toenail Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3 OS: winxp	windows xp installed on a gateway solo 1450...

04-15-2003, 08:24 AM	#6 (permalink)
Fox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 7,752 OS: XP Pro, CentOS My System	Might it be stuck in standby mode? If something went wrong in the calibration proces then the computer might think that there's no power left...just a thought, though that still wouldn't explain the fact that AC doesn't work either...