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If they were working last season and now aren't, my first suggestion would be to make sure all connections all good. Look at the Gateway and make sure the connectors are properly seated, do a "tug test" on the wires at each connector to make sure a pin hasn't been pushed out. Same at the back of the gauges.
It's possible the Gateway went bad, but before I spent any money a little diagnostic work could save you time and money.
Ward As SilentSeven mentions most of the time the gateway is OK and the gauges go bad. However, if all of the gauges go bad at the same time that is very suspicious. When you say "all" of the gauges, that is all 6 including the speedo and tach? Does your Perfect Pass power up? Was the temperature outside pretty cold? I had an incident last winter when I ran the boat to warm it up so I could winterize it. The outside air temp was high 30's. The dashboard was completely dead, none of the gauges lit up. However, when I "de-winterized" it a few months ago everything worked perfectly. It could be that something in the gateway is sensitive to temperature, possibly an electrolytic capacitor.
If they are dead on a cold day I could consider waiting for a warmer day and see if they work. I can certainly fix individual gauges but that doesn't sound like what is happening here.
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