When I first turn on the computer, afte the dell screen and right before the windows splash startup screen, i get this blank black screen with a gray bar on the bottom loading up with a long continuous beeping noise. It just started this yesterday and I called DELL support and let them listen to the noise and they said there wasn't any beeping code that long in their books.
Can anyone tell me how I can fix this WITHOUT having to reinstall windows? (btw, im running windows xp pro)
2007-08-28 03:15:31 · 4 answers · asked by aznraiden 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
If it's beeping BEFORE windows loads reloading windows WILL NOT cure it.
I's say call Dell right back and tell em you don't care what's in the book, you expect some help finding why their machine DOES do it.
U don't state HOW LONG the beep goes on, or if you've opened case to check fans are all spinning ?
2007-08-28 03:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by stu_the_kilted_scot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since this is a Dell I would go straight to their utility and see if it can detect any problems with the system. Press F12 when it boots and you should get the BOOT TO menu. Select the Dell diagnostics utility and run the tests. If an error is given, call dell support back and give that to them. They will know exactly what is wrong at that point.
If there are no errors, the try pressing the F8 key during the boot process. This should bring up a menu that will allow you to boot to safe mode. If you can get into safe mode without problems, then you most likely have a driver issue. You could use the Dell driver utility disk to restore the drivers to their original configs. I would start with the video and sound as these usually are the two biggest culprits, then move on to the chip set and others if those dont solve your problem.
2007-08-28 03:22:49 · answer #2 · answered by Jeremie I 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be undesirable RAM interior the computing device. in case you have 2 sticks of say 512MB RAM, eliminate one stick at a time. If not greater noise than it is your situation. Or set up laptop diagnostic utility to attempt all factors of the laptop which comprise RAM, HD, Sound Card, Video card etc,.
2016-10-09 09:23:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i encounter this once in my repair. it turn out the part of memory is damage. try to run the Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic from microsoft.com or Mem86 from http://www.memtest.org/
you need to set your first boot to your floopy from the bios setup.
2007-08-28 03:32:38 · answer #4 · answered by arbie_pogi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋