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Dell 15R 5520 Issue - 7 Beeps - Doesn't start every time
My Dell 15R 5520 Laptop only starts up sporadically. When I can get it to start up, it functions properly. Sometimes I can even restart it successfully.
The rest of the startup attempts (75%) result in the buttons above the keyboard lighting up and then going dark followed by 7 beeps.
After some research, the seven beeps indicates a CPU issue.
So far, I've done the following, without resolution.
-Ran System Restore back to before the latest Windows update.
-Ran the startup diagnostics (no errors found)
-Reseated the processor chip and replaced the thermal compound
-Reseated the memory chips, as well as replaced them
-Tried a different power adapter
I'm stumped since I cannot identify the specific problem, and since the problem isn't consistent.
Any suggestions/advice/help would be greatly appreciated!
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September 4th, 2016 04:00
Seven beeps is a bad mainboard or CPU - more likely the former than the latter. Eventually, the system won't start up -- when that happens, the mainboard is the first suspect and first part to replace.