Please elaborate on the issue and check for the number of beeps you hear from the system. You can refer to the list mentioned below and possible cause of failure:
Beeps
Description
Possible Cause
1
BIOS ROM checksum in progress or failure
System board failure, covers BIOS corruption or ROM errors.
2
No Memory (RAM) detected
Memory or Memory slot failure
3
chipset Error (North and South bridge error, DMA/IMR/Timer error)
Time-Of-Day Clock test failure
Gate A20 failure
Super I/O chip failure
Keyboard controller test failure
System board failure
4
Memory read / write failure
Memory failure
5
Real Time Clock (RTC) power fail
CMOS battery failure
6
Video BIOS test failure
Video subsystem failure
7
CPU Cache test failure
Processor failure
8
LCD
LCD failure
You can try the steps mentioned below and see if it works.
Drain the residual power from the laptop:
Disconnect any external peripherals (flash drives, printers, external hard drives) from the computer
Then remove the adapter from the computer
Remove the battery from the computer
Press and hold the power button on the computer for 10 seconds
Reconnect the battery and the adapter
Restart the computer
Alternately, run the LCD BIST. To run the LCD BIST (Built in Self-test):
Power off the computer
Press and hold the D key on the keyboard while pressing the power button, then release both at the same time.
This will initiate A grey screen, then Red, then Blue, then Green, then White
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December 28th, 2012 03:00
Hi Sdaman95,
Please elaborate on the issue and check for the number of beeps you hear from the system. You can refer to the list mentioned below and possible cause of failure:
You can try the steps mentioned below and see if it works.
Drain the residual power from the laptop:
Alternately, run the LCD BIST. To run the LCD BIST (Built in Self-test):
Please reply if you have any questions.