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Re: Gateway 610XL
I hope someone provides an answer for you. I have been living through this 'blinking screen' nightmare for years. 3 times I sent the unit (under warranty) back to Gateway for repair. Each time they (against my stated wishes) formatted my hard drive before (obviously) replacing the power supply and returning it. I had backups after the first time - but restoring all our games and software and settings is still a lengthy process. The last time this occurred, the unit was out of warranty. I followed instructions that someone had posted online for obtaining a new (rev 2) power supply and my husband replaced it. The unit worked for about 3 weeks before starting to flash again. It only seems to be happening so far when running software that uses the sub-woofer (such as watching tv on Media Center)
We'll try taking it apart again and not connecting the sub-woofer - but from the sounds of your posting you may have done that and still have problems.
What infuriates me is that Gateway - not once - during my in-warranty years admitted that it was a problem with the power supply. They kept claiming it was the hard drive or other issues.
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