dsbear97 Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 I have a Gateway M305 laptop and I used to be able to press the power button and my laptop would turn on immediately, but all of a sudden it stop turning on right away. I have to press the power button from anywhere between 10 sec to 1 min before it turns on. This happens whether the AC adapter is connected or not. The light does turn on anytime my AC adapter is connected. Once my laptop does finally turn on it works perfectly so I don't won't just get rid of it since it still works great once it is on. I'm just afraid that at some point it is just not going to turn on. I also noticed that it takes longer to turn on when it's been off for a while. If I turn it off and let a min or two go by and then press the power button it turns on almost right away but still not like it used to. What do you think is causing this? This laptop is almost two years old and out of warranty, of course. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Welcome to the forums dsbear97 Were you shutting down the laptop or putting it in suspend mode before and now you are not? Check your settings in control panel. Quote
Madmanmcp Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Sometimes its just dirt or dust collecting under the buttons. You can purchase cans of compressed air at computer stores and blow it away. Quote
dsbear97 Posted May 30, 2006 Author Posted May 30, 2006 Sometimes its just dirt or dust collecting under the buttons. You can purchase cans of compressed air at computer stores and blow it away. thanks, i'll try that Quote
dsbear97 Posted May 31, 2006 Author Posted May 31, 2006 thanks, i'll try that I opened up the area where the power button is located and cleaned it out, it didn't seem to make a difference. I'm still having the same problem. The power button is still not turning on my laptop immediately, I have to press it and press it until it finally turns on. THe longer the laptop has been off the longer it takes to turn on???? Quote
TCH-JimE Posted May 31, 2006 Posted May 31, 2006 Welcome to the forums, Have you searched the gateway support site for this problem? I would turn on the laptop and run the battery fully down. Then do a 24hr recharge and see if that helps. Also, in the bios, is there anything about the turn on button delay? JimE Quote
Head Guru Posted May 31, 2006 Posted May 31, 2006 My emachines laptop starting doing the same thing. It turned out to be a bad battery. I replaced the battery and it has worked fine since. Bill Quote
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