Re: Gateway MA7 laptop won't charge or run off of A/C
Well I got in to the settings and it was set to go to "sleep" when you closed the lid but for some reason it wouldn't. I changed it to "hibernate" and now it's working fine.
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Re: Gateway MA7 laptop won't charge or run off of A/C
That's good to know. This was given to me so I'm kind of figuring it out as I go along. Something else I noticed is that when you close the lid it doesn't put itself to sleep. I've gotten in to the power setting and set it so it should do that but you can close the lid and walk away and come back later and it's still on, right where you left it. Don't ALL laptops have a switch on the lid to shut them down when you close them?
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Re: Gateway MA7 laptop won't charge or run off of A/C
Well I picked up a new battery from the "auction site" for $22.00 and I'm up and running. It seems to be charging just fine and it works great on just the battery and boots right up with the battery installed. One last question, How often should the cooling fan kick on? It comes on when you first boot it up but I've been on it now for over a half an hour and it hasn't come on once. Is that normal? Again, I'd like to thank everybody for all their help.
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Re: Gateway MA7 laptop won't charge or run off of A/C
OK, I got it to load Win 7 and everything is running fine, as long as I don't plug in the battery or any USB devices. The USB ports work but if I try to boot with anything attached, including the battery, it hangs at the Gateway start screen. Do you think the extra jumper wire on the bottom of the board will solve my problem. Thanks again for all the help.
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Re: Gateway MA7 laptop won't charge or run off of A/C
I used filesponges method but instead of soldering to the center pin of the AC jack on the backside of the board and running the wire through a hole to solder the other end to the chip on the topside, I did all of my soldering on the top of the board. As I mentioned before, I soldered my jumper from the center pin of the jack to the leg on the chip closest to the USB ports. Could you please be more specific as to where I need to run the extra jumper? Also, can you think of any reason why it won't boot?
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Re: Gateway MA7 laptop won't charge or run off of A/C
Well I tried to install Win 7 and it won't even boot off the Win 7 DVD. It has no problem booting off the XP CD. Any ideas? Also, it's been plugged in for hours and the charging light is still red and it won't boot at all if the battery is left in it. ??? After checking filesponges pictures again, I just soldered the wire from the center pin of the AC jack to the one leg on the chip closest to the usb ports on the MB. Should I have soldered it to both?Last edited by bazthespazz; 04-10-2012, 01:38 PM.
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Re: Gateway MA7 laptop won't charge or run off of A/C
Well I found a copy of XP with SATA drivers and it found my HD and formatted it and installed fine but when it did it's last reboot I got a BSOD that said it experienced an error and it rebooted so fast I couldn't read what the error was. Also, to get it to boot at all I have to remove the battery. I'm going to try to install Win 7 and I'll let you know what happens. Thanks for the help.
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Re: Gateway MA7 laptop won't charge or run off of A/C
I used filesponge's method and it brought my MX6955/MA7 back to life......kind of. Now it won't boot and it tells me no hard drive is found even though when you get in to the CMOS settings it shows the hard drive exists. Thinking maybe the hard drive was corrupt I tried to reinstall XP but got the same message, no hard drive found. Also the charging light has stayed red even though I've had it plugged in for over 3 hours. Could it be a bad battery and could a bad battery keep it from booting?
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Re: Gateway MA7 laptop won't charge or run off of A/C
I've got the same problem with an MA7, 6955 I was given. I'd like to see a very clear picture if anybody has one. It's hard to tell by the pictures already posted where the other end of the jumper wire connects to the diode. Thanks!
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