astromodder Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I have this computer, its a Gateway MFATXPNT ESX 500S. The machine just will not power on. I opened the computer and when it is plugged in there is power on the motherboard (There is a LED that indicates that). But Whenever i push the switch on the front of the case it does not do anything. There is also a test switch on the power supply that when it is pressed the LED right beside comes on and the CPU fan comes on and the hard drive and CD, but it wont start the video or anything, so I know it is not the Power supply that is bad. Yes i have made sure that the front panel is connected in the right place and I have tried removing the battery to reset the CMOS but still I get nothing. There is onboard video, not sure if it has anything to do with it though. Does anyone have a clue what to do? (If there is no hope the 2GHZ P4 processor in it still works. I got it for free from a guy at my church who couldnt figure out why it wouldnt cut on and he wanted to just upgrade and buy a new computer rather than have it fixed.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addisonzinser Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 try getting a crappy pci video card and seeing if thats it, i know that my friend was having the same problem and that fixed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzion8 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 are there 2 video ports? if so did you try taking out the addon and use the onboard? a lot of things can prevent the box from posting.. make sure your speaker is hooked up on the mobo in case there are error beeps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Do you know the power button on the frount of the computer actualy works? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astromodder Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 Sparda: I plugged in another switch and it doesnt work either fuzion8: There is no addon card right now...I am going to try to do that and see if that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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