My Gatewood 2000 desktop computer has vertical lines. It says it was improperly shut down.?
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It may be an error in the drive, restart your computer and see if it reappears, be sure to properly shut down your computer.
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if you have NO screen activity (ie no cursor, or post test) then your problem is probably video card or mother board related. you most likely will not be able to fix this yourself. take the tower to your favorite tech for diagnosis. the diagnosis shouldn't cost much more than thrity dollars US. the down side is you may be paying 30 bucks to find out your motherboard is fried and you need a new computer.\n\nsorry about your dilema.\ni hope im wrong\ngood luck
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Sounds like you have a bug. Take your computer into a repairman (or repairwoman).
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If this is a problem that started out of the blue without you touching any of your settings, chances are there is a problem with either your motherboard, graphics card or processor. I had this same problem and it turned out that my motherboard had burnt out.\n\nI don't know how old your computer is but if it is more than 3 years old, chances are it is burnt out and you will need to replace your base unit.
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SHIT........\n\nok, Your Graphics card is definetly gone. Probably a capacitor has exploded or chip got corrupted. Change your AGP and thinks will definetly get back to normal.\n\nSee those red lines and misplaceed graphics. That happens when the AGP cannot retrieve data of a chip (which is probably corrupted)
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My Aunt had the same problem with her Emachine and it was the motherboard. Emachine are not the great computer.\n\nIf it is still under warrenty take it to shop and if not buy a new Dell or HP with 2gigs of ram.
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This is most likely a hardware issue.  Have you installed any new hardware recently (right before the problem started)?\n\nPossible solutions:\nCheck for new drivers for your motherboard.\nCheck for new drivers for your video card.\nCheck for BIOS upgrades.\nIf you bought your computer from an OEM (e.g. Dell, Gateway, etc.), try going to the vendor's website and see if they released any new driver packages.
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Its prob the power supply. Does  the fan turn on ???\nYou might want to replace it ( $ 60 ) . Also make sure that the power button is on . On the back of your computer theres a little button . \n\nAlso check out my free computer articals at http://www.cityredding.com/computerhelp
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This could be a cooling issue, check your fans and dust out your system. I saw one system the other day that did this because of the massive amount of dust, even though the fans were still turning. \nAlso try starting the computer in safe mode and see if it works then or locks up without restarting. A bad XP install will cause this sort of action. Sometimes there is a bios option that tells the system to restart on error, you can turn this off to help diagnose the problem.
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It sounds like it is staying in Standby Mode.\nRight Click Desktop> Screen Saver> Power>   System Stanby and Hibernates to (NEVER).\n\nGo to to system Setup. Restart your system and press F2.\nand set power Management.\nHarry
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First go to control panel > Power Options > Power Schemes > Settings for Home/Office Desk Schemes  and check whether you have activated any auto turn off for HDD or Monitior (say after 10 minutes). \n\nCheck whether you have activated any screen server which gives you a blank screen after certain amount of time.\n\nIf it is not this please make sure your data cable, mouse cable and keyboard cables are properly connected to your system. \n\nMake sure that no automatic shutdown tasks is created earlier.\n\nAlso run a virus scan so as to make sure that there is timer based viruses which activate them selves in a sp. time.
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Check the AV cable ( should be the blue ended cable that attaches to the Computer Tower)\n\nmake sure that is connected sercurely, Try moving the mouse, some monitors have a power saving feature where they will dim to save power...To turn this off \n\nControl Panel > Power Options > There should then be a box about power saving on the monitor un tick it.\n\nAlso if your using a flatscreen monitor chances are that it is backlighted...This could be an indication that your backlight is on it's way out and you may need to replace it.
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The behavior you are describing is serious and is probably related either to a configuration with your motherboard, a problem with the CPU or similar.\n\nYou should definitely return it for service.
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Interesting...\n\nAre you taking about the Option when you try to log out/or shut down?\n\nWhat other errors did you get?  \n\nClick [START] => Run, type eventvwr.\nOn the Event Viewer, click application and view the errors.  Do the same for the system log.\n\nAlso, right click on an empty space on your Desktop, and click the Screen Saver tab.  click POWER button on the Monitor power area. On the Power Options Properties, click the Hibernate tab.\n\nVerify if Enable hibernation is checked, if not, enable it. Click OK and close all Windows.\n\nHit ALT-Ctrl-Del again to see it shows the option.\n\nGood luck..\n\nP.S. Let us know more info. please...
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It is shutting down. Your computer just takes a long time to shut down. Maybe it has many processes active or you need to cleanup your files.
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the battery is dead on your motherboard\nYou need to take the case cover off, and pull the flat battery out of the mother board and replace with the same type. \nREMEMBER To UNPLUG the computer first!!!!!\nLOL
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Your computer could have been heated too much.Try working on it after shutting down your pc for an hour or two.