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February 11th, 2015 08:00
Dell desktop XPS Beeping Not Booting Up
I bought a new Dell from Costco, 2 years ago, when i press the on button it makes 3 intermittent beeping sounds in burst of 3 beeps but it does not turn on. How do i fix this?
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RoHe
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February 11th, 2015 12:00
Exactly which XPS? eg, XPS 8500, XPS 8700?
According to this, 3 beeps means:
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Chipset Error (North and South Bridge Chipset DMA/IMR/ Timer Error for Intel platform); Chipset Error
System Board Chipset Failure
Time-Of-Day Clock test failure.
Gate A20 failure
Super I/O chip failure
Keyboard controller test failure.
You might try clearing BIOS:
Note: You might want to replace the motherboard battery with a new one while you're in there. 3-volt CR2032 lithium ion battery, ~$2 at discount stores.
PeterBej
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February 12th, 2015 07:00
thanks Rohe
it happened that one of my memory cards was not sitting well. I opened it up and pushed back down on each memory chip, and my computer came back alive. thanks all.
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February 12th, 2015 12:00
Strange that you got a 3 beep error code if it was a RAM issue, but at least it's fixed.