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Laptop lost the video , sort of.?

I had my Gateway plugged into the TV. It was running on the power supply. The wall receptacle went bad on one leg and lost some volts of coarse. laptop shut off. Plugged into another outlet . I also fixed the outlet. Now when i boot up all I get is nothing most of the time . some times it gets the blinking cursor in the upper left corner . sometimes it goes to the boot menu i.e. F10 for boot and F2 for setup. but will not go further. Freezes and no keys work at all.

so , video card, switching power supply ? something else ?

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  • Ernie B
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Disconnect the power supply, remove the battery. Press and hold the power button for 20 seconds.

    Reinstall the battery, plug in the Power supply, and give it another try.

    The above not having worked, try another power supply.

    FYI, changing the video card on a laptop is called replacing the mobo.

    Good Luck

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