I've had my Tablet for about 4 months now. This has happened in the past, but it's gotten very bad this past week or two - so bad that I couldn't use my computer all day, and I only have this computer for school, so I kinda need it.

Whenever I try to turn my computer on, the light starts blinking orange, which I assume means standby. However, it won't get out of standby and turn back on. With and without plugging it in, I've tried turning it on while on standby, turning it off and trying to turn it on again (goes back to standby), and taking out the battery and repeating everything again. No dice.

So I'm wondering - is there a special trick to getting my Tablet out of standby? Is there any way, once I figure out how to turn it on, that I can make it never go to standby again? Keep in mind that I had completely turned off my computer, but when I tried to turn it on, it was on standby.

Thanks!

More than likely you are looking at a powersupply situation. As dells have a yellow flashing light to indicate a bad power supply, Gateway has an orange one.

Give them a call.

JD