k, so if you think dell works, get a cord for it and try it. one way to do this, beleive it or not, is to go to radio shack with it. ask if they have one that will work for it, and ask to try it before you leave with it. if it works, then, bam thats one, and if not....then go circut city or bestbuy and get the right one. now the gateway looks like kb is off, cant tell anything else. im guessing that the other one is the northstar??? do you know the condition of it last time it ran, and what might have caused it to start not working? lol, come to think about it, my old sony(viap c1) runnin me works,but dont charge, gettting thrown to crap. so in responce to the guy who "started it" a laptop, or any item for that matter, that dont work, will get thrown around. period. try it, break something, put it in a closet or on your bed, and watch what happens to it.