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post Aug 18, 2005 - 9:12 PM
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Seth6Gen



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I just ordered a gateway 200ARC laptop from an internet company w/o a operating system. Ive tryed several times to install windows XP pro, Windows XP home, and windows 2000 pro. When I try to install XP i get a blue error screen telling me that its dumping the physcical memory yadda yadda yadda. When i install 2000 pro it just errors and tells me i have to restart. Any sugestions, or is this a hardware problem that i should ship it back to the company. Thanks all!

-Seth

edit: its a centrino 1.4ghz display model that aparently worked before it shipped, it was then formatted and sent to me. also i tried using different memory. no luck

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post Aug 19, 2005 - 2:05 AM
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you might have to get the disks that were supposed to come with the laptop. i used to work for gateway before they closed all their retail stores. laptops usually need reboot disks that come with the laptop because there are system specific drivers that windows doesnt come with. so if you can get ahold of gateway (1-800-gateway usually works best) give them the serial number off of the bottom of the lap top you should be able to get a set of system disks for cheap or free depending on how nice the tech support person is. if you call between 8 and 6 pacific time you usually get some one that speaks english too. so give em a call and hope this solves your problemo.

Robert

Posts in this topic
- Seth6Gen   BAH HELP!   Aug 18, 2005 - 9:12 PM
- - TheStreetzKing   1st problem.. centrino, 2nd problem.. gateway, 3rd...   Aug 18, 2005 - 9:52 PM
- - drnovascotia   QUOTE(TheStreetzKing @ Aug 19, 2005 - 2:52 AM...   Aug 18, 2005 - 9:56 PM
- - Seth6Gen   streetzking <- full of it centrinos are a great...   Aug 19, 2005 - 12:53 AM
- - redtcel   you might have to get the disks that were supposed...   Aug 19, 2005 - 2:05 AM
- - Newbie   Here's something you can do. When it goes out ...   Aug 19, 2005 - 3:25 AM
- - CheesyLobster   how far in the install can you get? sounds like it...   Aug 19, 2005 - 4:03 AM
- - Snarfer   You could try booting from a copy of knoppix, it w...   Aug 19, 2005 - 8:05 AM
- - Seth6Gen   i only have fdisk on floppy, and my burner isent w...   Aug 19, 2005 - 1:23 PM
- - LewFX   first off you cannot run any extra hardware when i...   Aug 19, 2005 - 6:24 PM
|- - Rjb23   QUOTE(LewFX @ Aug 19, 2005 - 11:24 PM)first o...   Aug 20, 2005 - 12:57 PM
|- - bloodrain   QUOTE(LewFX @ Aug 19, 2005 - 7:24 PM)first of...   Aug 20, 2005 - 7:36 PM
- - slipgun   90% of the time that error is a error in the ram s...   Aug 19, 2005 - 7:10 PM
- - Newbie   Is it legal?   Aug 20, 2005 - 5:09 AM
- - creis   use kill disk first, its the best thing to do when...   Aug 21, 2005 - 4:14 AM
- - slipgun   Gateway motherboards may suck... but I doubt thats...   Aug 22, 2005 - 11:46 AM
- - soulshadow   Check your BIOS and return Everything to Normal. C...   Aug 24, 2005 - 10:39 PM
- - Seth6Gen   QUOTE(Rjb23 @ Aug 20, 2005 - 10:57 AM)QUOTE(L...   Aug 24, 2005 - 11:53 PM


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