Hey, constantly when i run my Gateway at home...(had for 2 yrs) it will freeze constantly if you let it sit still for to long or if you open a program that uses alot of memory (adobe photoshop) or full screen games. Sometimes even if i just open the start menu. When it freezes the monitor will freeze with like a static image ... yesterday night i did a full hard drive Reformatting and yet its still happening. I heard its either Overheating/Hardware failure/Loose Parts...I moved it from a cabinet with no openings to on top of desk. I also checked inside of it for loose parts. Could it maybe be from dust or is something wrong? Like are the fans dieing or something. sometimes on startup it just sits there and wont load so i have to hit the top of it kinda hard to get it to do the beep noise of starting up. Also, it will do that freezing right when i turn it on and it shows the gateway logo frozen. I can't hear, move my mouse or anything only way to fix the problem is to restart and it will just do it later on / right away again.
Also another problem is sometimes my monitor turns full blue and if you hit the monitor it will go back to normal.
Imma try to find my comps specs and post them. Thanks.
(((((This computer specs are pretty close to my computers. Just looks alittle different and didn't get some of that stuff with it.)))))
Specifications
Part Number: 1009212Gateway GM5260 Media Center Computer
Model: GM5260
Following are the specifications for the Gateway® GM5260 Media Center computer.
Feature Specification
Processor Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6300 (dual core) 64-bit processor
Each core operates at 1.86 GHz
1066 MHz front side bus
Shared 2 MB L2 cache
Memory
Installed: 2048 MB DDR2 (PC4200), 533 MHz memory (two 1024 MB modules)
Expandable to: 8 GB (4 memory slots)
Video No integrated video solution
NVIDIA GeForce™ 7300LE Turbo Cache, 64 MB video add-in card with VGA, DVI, and S-Video ports
Up to 256 MB with shared video memory
Audio Integrated 8-channel (7.1) High Definition Audio
Hard Drive 320 GB, 7200 RPM, Serial ATA II hard drive with 8 MB cache
Optical Drive
DVD +/- RW, 16X multi-format double layer drive (up to 8.5 GB)
Write max: 16X DVD-/+R, 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 4X DVD+R DL, 40X CD-R, 24X CD-RW Read max: 16X DVD-ROM, 40X CD-ROM
Media Reader 9-in-1 Digital Media Manager supporting the following:
CompactFlash Card
IBM MicroDrive
Memory Stick
Memory Stick Pro
SmartMedia Card
Secure Digital(SD)/MMC
Compact Flash
Multimedia Card
xD-Picture Card
USB 2.0
Modem 56K ITU V.92 ready Fax/Modem
Network Integrated Intel 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN
TV Tuner TV tuner card with one TV coax port, two RCA stereo audio jacks, one RCA video jack, and one S-Video port
Interfaces
PS/2 keyboard port
PS/2 mouse port
Nine USB 2.0 ports (six on rear panel, two on front panel, one in media reader)
Two IEEE 1394a connectors (one on rear panel, one on front-panel)
One RJ-45 LAN port
Seven audio jacks (five on rear panel, two on front panel)
One S/PDIF digital audio out port
One internal serial connector on motherboard
One internal parallel connector on motherboard
Add-In Card Slots
One PCI Express ×16
One PCI Express ×1
Two PCI Conventional
Drive Bays
Two external 3.5-inch
Two external 5.25-inch
Two internal 3.5-inch
Input Devices
Premium multimedia keyboard
USB optical mouse
Media Center remote control with receiver
Speakers Amplified, USB powered stereo speakers
Dimensions (H × W × D) 15.4 × 7.3 × 17.9 inches
Weight 23.5 lbs (computer only, no packaging)
Those should be close to my one at home.
heres link to website i got from.
http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/10...09212sp2.shtml