Hey guys, my gateway 6525gp laptop is experiencing this strange problem that causes the entire screen to become all pix-elated; i have to force it to shut down but i usually can't get it to start for at least 20 minutes. The problem occurs randomly, when the screen becomes pix-elated the activity icon stops, meaning the laptop froze up. Anyway, i'v been searching the internet for solutions to this problem and i have not found any yet, some people suggest updating the BIOS. i'm currently looking for a BIOS update, for my make and model but i can't locate one. I downloaded a program which says that there is a bios update available but to download it i need to buy the full version of the program. The current BIOS id is MGM-ALL1.86C.1008.D.0502241026 made by Phoenix NoteBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0; chipset Intel 3580 rev 2. The laptop is gateway 6525gp (the gateway website does not have any bios downloads, and phoenix.com does not have any either for some reason) Heres some more information.... Motherboard ID MGM-ALL1.86C.1008.D.0502241026 Motherboard Name Unknown So, if you guys could help me find a BIOS update if one is available i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance, cheers.
It doesn't sound like the Bios to me. On several machines with these symptoms it was the motherboard. The only way to fix them was to either replace the motherboard or get the chipset reflowed.