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BIOS corrupted???
Name: Marco Date: June 4, 2003 at 21:26:47 Pacific OS: Win NT4 CPU/Ram: P2/128mb
Comment:
I have a gateway solo 5150 notebook and the BIOS seems to have destroyed itself. When I power up the notebook, nothing happens apart from the power light coming on. Does anyone out there know how to fix this problem?
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