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Dell 4700C startup beeping sounds
Hi Guys!!
Just recently my Dell Dimension 4700C upon startup, gives a long rapid sequence of beeping sounds from the tower and the Windows XP startup screen is delayed by a black screen with just a cursor there flashing. If I wait about 30 seconds a progress bar in black and white appears at the bottom of the screen and loads then the system boots up fine. This happens now upon every system restart. I just installed factory RAM from Dell. Two one gig sticks.I did this a few weeks ago and the system was running fine. I have since reseated the RAM but my computer still acts up like I have just described. All the lights on the back of the tower are green as well.
Any ideas?
shesagordie
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January 28th, 2012 19:00
The George
You are right, error code 7 is telling you that the hard drive has failed and should be replaced.
Bev.
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January 28th, 2012 11:00
Could be the new RAM.
I don't remember if the 4700C has Dell diagnostics installed on the hard drive, but if it does, F12 at power on will access the boot/diagnostic menus. Run a full hardware diagnostic to see if anything shows up.
If not, reinstall the original RAM and see if it still does it.
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January 28th, 2012 17:00
I have just finished doing a hard drive diagnostic test and miy hard drive seems to have failed the test! All it t ells me is that its "Return Code:7"