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#1 djenkins4900

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 05:53 PM

I have a 2 year old gateway GT5662 computer that will keep shutting down on start up. After pushing F10 or F2 it will sometimes come on and after letting it sit for 5 minutes it will start up without a problem. If I shut it down it will then start right back up unless if I wait about an hour. Then it will have the same problem starting up again. Any ideas? Switch...Power supply?

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Posted 28 June 2010 - 12:01 PM

Sounds to me like a power supply gone bad. Is it still under warranty?

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#3 djenkins4900

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Posted 05 July 2010 - 08:39 AM

I had the Power supply tested and its fine. The start switch seems to be ok as well. Any more ideas? Thanks

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 12:18 PM

I'm having the same problem on my eMachines model t5245 32 bit. It will start and then shut off. After several tries of pushing f10 or f2 it will start up. I am currently backing up all the files I can to dvd+r disks. It is a vista home premium. If it completely dies can I use these disks to transfer my files to a new computer? Thanks.

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 12:32 PM

edison4545, on Jul 11 2010, 05:18 PM, said:

Yes you can do that.

#6 djenkins4900

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 02:44 PM

On mine it finally would not start anymore. Only the fans turn on and will not turn off unless I disconnect the plug. I removed the hard drive and all the files are still intack. Only thing left to check is the motherboard.