Need laptop help- dell computer just beeps

me ^ | June 9, 2014 | Faith65

[Faith65]

Good morning- I need some help with a laptop (dell inspiron - windows 7)- when you turn it on all it does is beep. It was running fine last night and it was shut without hibernating or anything and when it was reopened it just started beeping so the power button was hit to shut it down. Now when you hit the power button it starts to come on and then just beeps loudly. Taking the battery out and putting it back in has not made a difference. I would greatly appreciate any help! Thanks! (Mods- if I have put this in the wrong place- please move- thank you)

[thackney]

I had a similar reaction with my work Dell Laptop. We had to have a memory chip replaced to get going again.

[captain_dave]

It sounds like your hard drive may have failed.

[Westbrook]

What you’re hearing is a diagnostic beep code, analagous to Morse-code, that tells you what the problem is. The Power On Self Test (POST) in the system BIOS issues the beep code

Do a web search for “beep codes”, and you should be able to find the codes for your system.

Typically, this is a catastrophic hardware failure, like memory or hard disk. It could also be a keyboard failure. Have you spilt anything on your keyboard? :)

[ShadowAce]

[Faith65]

Hi-

no, nothing was spilled on it. Husband was trying to open up a portal for work that he has gone to before and it was opening so computer was just closed for later. Then upon reopening computer and hitting the power button the laptop just beeped so he hit the power button again to turn it off.

[Faith65]

Should read portal was NOT opening so husband closed computer for later- (sorry- really tired)

[gov_bean_ counter]

Beep, beep, beep....

May be backing up. :)

[Flick Lives]

[Faith65]

Good morning-

the beeping is non-stop-

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

With the laptop turned on, remove the battery. Your beeping problem sounds like something more serious, but if it’s not, this kind of a reset should work.

[The_Victor]

It's usually a series of beep (it used to be three on Dell's desktops) that indicate a hardware failure. It could be memory, part of the motherboard, harddrive, or CPU. You can try your recovery discs (assuming you made them after getting the computer) that might help diagnose it. But if you don't even get as far as the boot screen (the Dell circle) so that you can get into the bios, then the problem is probably pretty severe.

[Salem]

We had a major issue like this a few years ago. The volunteers at Bleeping Computer had it up and running in a few days. For free (we donated a fee anyway).

Http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/

[TheCipher]

There is a slight chance it may be a key is stuck. Press every key a few times and then try to restart it.

[for-q-clinton]

If it’s 7 beeps it’s a bad motherboard or CPU.

[Abathar]

Yank the battery while it is still on, then reinstall it. It worked for me a couple times on a Toshiba that went flaky.

[Faith65]

It seems to be beeping non stop.

[Slump Tester]

Reseat your ram.

[MomwithHope]

This may not be it, but check your escape key it may be stuck on. That has happened to me a couple of times.

[Carriage Hill]

Dell Beep Codes:

http://support.dell.com/support/systemsinfo/document.aspx?~file=/systems/inspd530/en/om/html/trouble.htm#wp1085300