Gateway MS2285 NV53

[sheris14]

hi! same problem gateway series NV53 MS2285 power turns on but blank screen fan does not seem to work, took it to a guy opened up the back of my laptop and says the motherboard needs replacement...is it true? please help

 

[C12Friedman]

Hmmm, without looking at the laptop I couldn't say but if all he did was look at it and declare the motherboard dead, I'd be a little suspicious of his diagnosis. Did he point out anything that he said would cause the motherboard to die?

 

[sheris14]

Thanks for the urgent reply. He did something i couldn't tell what and said he checked it. He was asking if something spilled on my laptop and I said nothing. And that was about it. Any ideas as to what was the problem?I tried to turn on my laptop again, blank screen, at first the fan was working but the screen it still blank . I tried to turn it off again and then on. And then the fan was on for 2 seconds and then dead......

 

[MikesPC_repair]

I've got a customer's Gateway NV53 with the same problem. I removed the battery and power cord, discharged the unit by holding in the power button for 20sec. Did not fix the problem. Removed the ram, hdd, disc drive, & radio. This also did not fix the problem - still no bios boot, just the fans run for a few seconds. From all that I can find on other sites and from the the NV53 Service guide (http://tim.id.au/laptops/gateway/gateway%20nv53.pdf) it would seem that the system board is bad.

Mike

 

[walz04736]

I got the same problem. I believed its the bios. I just ordered bios from ebay for it. I'm going to replacing it and see if it works.

 

[Phil1900]

I got the same problem. I believed its the bios. I just ordered bios from ebay for it. I'm going to replacing it and see if it works.

Just following up. Did this fix your problem?

 

[walz04736]

sorry Phil1900
I forgot my password and toms hardware wouldn't let me reset my password. i had to resign up with my google account

No it didn't work, the laptop ended up needing a new graphic chip, or needed a reflow for the graphic chip,
i told my buddy to get a new laptop, or a motherboard on ebay and make sure it was known to work.