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4 beeps
For the past month and a half, my XPS R450 has froze/locked up several times and failed to reboot until I waited an extended period (to cool off?). The fan would work, the power button would light up, the hard drive would start spinning and the cd drive would power on but no video, no POST, no floppy drive access, no beeps.
This week, the XPS locked up one last time and now won't boot at all. I'm now getting 4 beeps instead when I turn it on. Still get fan, hard drive spin, cd drive power on but no video, no floppy drive access. Anyone have any ideas what might be wrong?
Jorge Shailer B
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Posted December 3rd, 2004 01:00
Thanks for the reply. According to http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1011727
4 beeps = This indicates a non-functional timer. This indicates a problem with the motherboard.
I'm not sure how to approach fixing this.
Jesse L (retired)
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Posted December 2nd, 2004 18:00
bzt,
Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
Since you only mention 4 beeps and no others. Take a look at the chart and listed to the sequence of beeps to determine what is wrong.Let me know what the sequence it after looking at the chart.
POST Beep Codes: Dell™ Dimension™ XPS Rxxx Systems
If the monitor cannot display error messages during POST, the computer may emit a series of beeps that identifies the problem or that identifies a faulty component or assembly. The table below lists the beep codes that may be generated during POST.
Jesse L (retired)