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7 Feb 2004

Whew. Last night I thought my notebook had completely died. (It’s a Gateway Solo 5300 CX, which I bought a little over three years ago.) It froze, so I powered down manually, and then when I tried to turn it back on, nothing happened. Nothing. I thought, oh great. This is the last thing I need right now.

This morning I used Thom’s computer to do some Googling, and I found a tech support board where someone described the same problem I was having. The moderator suggested taking out the battery and powering up just on AC. I tried that and lo and behold, it worked! Gotta love the internet.

Posted by Jeff on Saturday, February 7, 2004 at 1:54 PM

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