Hey guys. This one has me stumped. It's a gateway NV59C63U, looks to be a rebranded Acer. When I got it, if you pressed the power button, the blue LED would light up, but that was it. The fan spins, but no screen illumination, nothing. After a few seconds, it would turn itself off, then back on again and the fan would spin, but everything else would be the same and it wouldn't shut itself off. The ram slot was damaged, so I replaced the motherboard with a supposedly new one off ebay. Same part number.
Put it all together, but instead of using the i3-330M that was in there, I put in an i3-350M that I already had. Artic Silver 5, etc, put it all back together, with some DDR3 that I had from another Gateway fix (which had the exact same problem, that was fixed with a MB swap).
SAME PROBLEM.
So, I tested it with the original CPU (the 330m) and a different set of DDR3. Still, the exact same problem as with the original motherboard. So, here's what I'm thinking:
1) Something to do with the power switch board. It has this weird little daughter board coming off of it that just sits there. It is positioned near one of the hinges, so I wonder if it controls the "sleep when lid is closed" function. Though, is that BIOS or OS driven? The thing has no HDD and thus no OS. Nevertheless, it's a 4 dollar experiment if you guys think it's worth it.
2) Bad CPU. To me, the chances of having 2 bad CPUs are lottery winning. However, neither have been tested in other machines. The 350M I pulled from a garbage Dell (is there any other kind?)
3) Bad motherboard. The thing does look new. But this sure seems like a MB problem to me.
4) Incompatible RAM. This should post beep if it's the problem, right? And at least get to BIOS, right? The original RAM it came with is:
Elpida 2GB 2RX8 PC3 10600S-9-10-FT
The RAM I've tested it, to no avail, are:
Samsung 2GB 2Rx8 PC3-8500S-07-10-F2 (from an earlier Gateway with a C2D in it but DDR3)
and
Micron 2 GB 1RX8 PC3-12800S-11-11-B2 (From an Ivy Bridge Dell machine)
I've tried 1 stick and 2 sticks in either slot, and it makes no difference. Do you think this machine requires 10600 ram?
EDIT - Crucial lists this as being compatible with 12800 ram.
I also don't see a BIOS beep speaker anywhere, so if this thing is beeping, I might not hear it.
What do you guys think?
Cheers,
Alex
Put it all together, but instead of using the i3-330M that was in there, I put in an i3-350M that I already had. Artic Silver 5, etc, put it all back together, with some DDR3 that I had from another Gateway fix (which had the exact same problem, that was fixed with a MB swap).
SAME PROBLEM.
So, I tested it with the original CPU (the 330m) and a different set of DDR3. Still, the exact same problem as with the original motherboard. So, here's what I'm thinking:
1) Something to do with the power switch board. It has this weird little daughter board coming off of it that just sits there. It is positioned near one of the hinges, so I wonder if it controls the "sleep when lid is closed" function. Though, is that BIOS or OS driven? The thing has no HDD and thus no OS. Nevertheless, it's a 4 dollar experiment if you guys think it's worth it.
2) Bad CPU. To me, the chances of having 2 bad CPUs are lottery winning. However, neither have been tested in other machines. The 350M I pulled from a garbage Dell (is there any other kind?)
3) Bad motherboard. The thing does look new. But this sure seems like a MB problem to me.
4) Incompatible RAM. This should post beep if it's the problem, right? And at least get to BIOS, right? The original RAM it came with is:
Elpida 2GB 2RX8 PC3 10600S-9-10-FT
The RAM I've tested it, to no avail, are:
Samsung 2GB 2Rx8 PC3-8500S-07-10-F2 (from an earlier Gateway with a C2D in it but DDR3)
and
Micron 2 GB 1RX8 PC3-12800S-11-11-B2 (From an Ivy Bridge Dell machine)
I've tried 1 stick and 2 sticks in either slot, and it makes no difference. Do you think this machine requires 10600 ram?
EDIT - Crucial lists this as being compatible with 12800 ram.
I also don't see a BIOS beep speaker anywhere, so if this thing is beeping, I might not hear it.
What do you guys think?
Cheers,
Alex
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