2001Gateway Computer with Windows ME wont start

[Kernan]

Hey i need some help. I have an old 2001 Gateway computer with a St. Francis mid-tower. My problem is that even though the computer appears to be running nothing at all registers on the monitor(the orange light stays on instead of green). I can find nothing wrong with the monitor or the connections. I think that it has something to do with the hard drive, but I'm not sure. I went to the Gateway website but couldn't find any help and also my warranty expired a long time ago.

Here is a list of componets:

Cables
17-inch IDE Cable for Ultra/66 Ultra/100 R0 [Part #8004683]

CBL FDD R0 [Part #8004685]

CD-ROM Cable R0 [Part #8004682]

Cases and Case Hardware

St. Francis Mid-tower Case Revision 2 [Part #3500983]

CD-ROM, CD-RW or CR-RW Drives -

Philips 8X/4X/32X CD-R/RW Revision 3 [Part #5501823]

Controller, Interface and I/O Cards

ADP CRD 1394 FULL BRKT R0 [Part #6001626]

DVD Drives or Decoder Cards -

Toshiba 16X DVD-ROM Drive [Part #5501600]

Floppy Drives

Panasonic 1.44-MB Floppy Disk Drive Revision 4 [Part #5501570]

Hard Drives -

Western Digital 40-GB 7200-RPM Ultra ATA/100 Hard Disk Drive [Part #5501687]

Keyboards

Gateway Millennium PS/2 Multi-Function Keyboard [Part #7002621]

Memory -

256-MB 133/100/66-MHz 64-Bit 4-Clock 16x16 SDRAM DIMM [Part #5000532]

Mice

Logitech PS/2 Standard Mouse [Part #7003165]

Microsoft Software -

Microsoft Windows Millennium Backup CD Rev. 1.1 [Part #7509788]

Microsoft Works Suite 2001 [Part #7509587]

Monitors

FPD 1500 LCD Digital Monitor With 15.1-inch Viewable Area Rev. 6 [Part #7003054]

Motherboards

Jabil Athlon motherboard - 1.2-GHz [Part #2512600]

Network Cards

Combo V.90 Modem and 10-Mbps Home Phoneline Network Adapter [Part #6001856]

Linksys 10/100-Mbps Network Card [Part #6001742]

Power Supplies

250-Watt 3.3-Volt Power Supply [Part #6500525]

[oink]

What is the recent history with the computer? Have you made any changes? Was it working fine for you and then just lost video? Explain please.

[rlauckhardt]

I have an older Gateway Brookings
. Simalar problem. Mother board had bad caps. Try bad caps forum to help identify them