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At start up laptop beeps 7 times
I tried to turn my laptop computer on and the screen won't come on. It just does several intervals of 7 beeps at a time. I really need to know how to fix this. HELP please!!! Summer-Lea
DELL-Ravi Ch
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March 10th, 2015 01:00
Hi slrivito3,
7 Beeps on startup on a Dell system means a processor failure. I’d suggest that you follow the steps mentioned below and check for issue resolution.
Please let me know the findings.
bburns.km
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March 10th, 2015 15:00
I'm not the original poster, but the same thing happened with my laptop. I tried what you suggested but there was no change.
I looked up the cost for a replacement motherboard and they're like $150-300. I tried that with my last laptop when it died but the replacement only lasted another month or two. So, I'm not sure if I'll try that route again. Maybe though. In the meantime I got a new desktop - hopefully it will last longer.
For the record, this was an Inspiron 15r 5537, bought a year and 2 weeks ago.
slrivito3
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March 20th, 2015 21:00
I tried the directions you emailed me to get my computer started and they did not work. Got anything else up your sleeve?
ejn63
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March 21st, 2015 05:00
Seven beeps is either a mainboard or a CPU failure - CPUs very, very, very rarely fail. The mainboard is the part to replace first.