Greetings, I have a Gateway Solo 5300 CL. The hard drive is a Toshiba MK6015MA 4GB. I have looked on the Toshiba website for a tool or software that I can download that I can use to wipe all of the data off of the hard drive. I could not find the software. Sure I can us the Windows XP disk to...

What follows is a true story of my interaction with Gateway support, based on this experience I will never buy another Gateway product. I feel if others knew what they were getting into they may feel the same way, so I am posting my experience to inform others. I purchased a Gateway MX6453 in...

I wonder how many of you are like me ... still waiting for the Vista Upgrade promised with my new computer bought last December. I first applied for it on January 15th and subsequently had to jump through multiple hoops of providing COA numbers, proof of purchase and all of that. It took weeks...

Just order a 530VX.. Quad Proc, the works! Does anyone know if the estimated delivery times are accurate? Mine is 5/8 ... need to make sure someone is home for delivery! Thanks!

Ok - since I find a few people here......... I just inherited an old Gateway Solo 9550 laptop from my sister. It wasn't working - now is..... However, she moved during the time and old disks are GONE. Therefore, I can not start out with a clean install of WinXPP. Currently, it has only a 10G...

I am going to bring my almost three year old gateway laptop, running windows xp(I have a 3 year warranty on it), to best buy geek squad for repair. It was purchased their and warranty is with them. To protect my self, I want to purchase an external hard drive, and clone the laptops...

I didn't know about this group until I did a 'get new groups' in my news reader. Nice to see some familiar Dell faces here! I've got a couple of old Gateways (P2 and P4) laying around that I got from my dad. The P4 is an E4600, 1.6MHz, with 256MB of PC800 rambus, but I just ordered another...

I just bought a used Gateway e-4000 from a reseller. It came complete except for the harddrive, and the external stuff (keyboard, monitor, mouse). This particular computer came from the factory with Windows 2000 and has the registration numbers on a label. I have always used Windows98 on my...

Hi My 9100 loses time. Does it have 3 batteries?? I have monitored the 6 cell 'bridge' battery and it seems ok, I have removed this battery as well as the main 14,8 v battery with the AC disconnected and it did not lose any time in 36 hours. If there is another battery can you lead me to it. I...

http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=13295&category=main The worm manifests itself as msblast.exe in the \system32 directory of your NT/Win2k/XP system. Be sure to download the appropriate patch at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp and update the antivirus...

I was watching HSN, and they had a Gateway rep promoting one of their better desktops for $998. Upon opening the case, he remarked how upgradeable the Gateway is...saying that cheaper computers often come with a hard drive that's "soldered to the motherboard". That's a new one on me. Any...

I bought an Audigy 2 card from eBay, and it turned out to be a Gateway OEM version, and the Audigy 2 installation CD I got from Creative won't recognize it. Creative told me to get one from Gateway, but Gateway refuses because I didn't buy a whole system from them. The Gateway website has only a...

Hey people, I can get the Netgear wireless equipment for a good deal, but want to make sure it's a good enough brand. I'd hate to end up having problems just to save a buck or two. What I want to do: Be able to have complete access to my DSL internet connection on my laptop from anywhere in my...

I have a Gateway P3 450mhz. If I install a Powerleap PL-iP3/T, how much of a difference in real word applications will I see? I have 384mb of ram. 16mb Voodoo card. I don't do any gaming, but I do use Office, browsing, etc.....I run Win2000pro. Thanks

I have a fairly new Dell and the home page that is listed as the "Use Default" is Dellnet.com. I would like to change it so it will be my actual home page and not Dell's. Every time I enter the one I use as my home page it is okay, but if I click on the "Use Default" it switches to...

Can I fit a CD writer in my p5-133? All the specs seem to require 166MHz. Thanks. It would be really handy for photographs.

I noticed that the return address on the Gateway box for my new 7200XL computer is for a TRIGEM Computer out of Foothill California. Is TRIGEM a contract manufacturer for Gateway? Also, I noticed that the monitor appears to be used. There was dust on several of its surfaces and the packing foam...

Help again! I get an IRQ resource conflict with a new PCI USB card (with the printer) and removing unused COM ports in Device Manager safe mode doesn't help. When trying to load the drivers, 'add new hardware' wizard can't find a bunch of .inf files and won't look anywhere else but on the Win98 CD...

Hello, need some troubleshooting advice here. Computer: Gateway Essential 633C Celeron MB is MS-6312 VER:1 64MB SDRAM Got a dead computer and do not know where to start because I have no Schematics or test equipment

I have a 2 1/4 year old FX530. My system specs are below. Sometimes while playing the 3D game Unreal Tournament 3, the game will blank out and I get a No Signal message on my LCD monitor. I have to turn the computer off and back on to get video back. It is connected to my video card via a digital...