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Beeps

Mar 23, 2011 6:01AM PDT

I have a Dell Insperon 1545 15mons old .Upon turn on there is a Beep followed by another .No display on screen but the cd drive runs

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Re: Beep
Mar 23, 2011 6:14AM PDT

Such a beep means it's trying to tell you something. The exact meaning of the specific beep pattern should be document in the BIOS or motherboard manual, or on the Dell site or Dell tech support knows. It's something like bad video card or bad RAM.

Kees

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Basically...
Mar 23, 2011 7:24AM PDT

It's indicating some kind of hardware failure is likely. (Failure can actually mean something as simple as a connector jiggled loose.) If you have an extended warranty, now's a good time to use it as laptops generally don't offer much room for self-repair. If not, contact Dell and see if they have a detailed 'beep code chart.' If you're lucky, that will indicate what kind of failure you have, pointing you in the right direction of a solution.

John