OK, it's a few years old (probably just past the warranty date--haven't checked yet). Started having little problems a few weeks ago--pressing any key after booting with non-system disk in floppy drive wouldn't reboot, got a couple BSOD (which has never happened before). Then when I started the PC it just showed the monitor test. I happened onto the idea that if I put a floppy in the drive when I boot, and kick it out before the non-system disk error it would boot without the monitor test??? Now all I get is an "out of frequency" error??? I've tried different monitors and it's the PC, not the monitor. Gateway tech support has given me all kinds of "solutions" but none of them work. The only way I can post this now is by booting Windows in "safe mode", which means I can barely see what I'm doing right now and I'm not really sure how it let me get on the Internet.
So, I have great parts--monitor, speakers, etc. Should I buy a stripped down quality Dell and parse out the Gateway components to the new Dell? How cheap can I get a stipped down new PC (and what would be the add on cost for windows XP and Office XP)?
