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July 30th, 2014 00:00
Beeps on startup
My Alienware 14 screen remains black on start up and the computer beeps at 1 to 2 second intervals, there is not a long pause between beeps. The laptop is less than 4 months old. It's bad enough that making payments to dell has been like pulling teeth now I can't start it.
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kk808
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July 30th, 2014 12:00
Your motherboard is probably bad. You will have to send it back to the factory to get it repaired I think. Be careful, I did the same thing and they majorly messed up my computer. Wires were not tucked in so there were bulges on the keyboard. My Intel Graphics card is acting up. My screen became fuzzy and they refuse to have someone local look at it. Instead they want me to send it back again for another week of service. If it was just games I was playing on it, that would be fine. I do work with my computer as well so 2 weeks out of a month is totally unacceptable.
Alienware-Naomi
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July 31st, 2014 20:00
Hi Jcolby87,
Try the troubleshooting steps in this article. If issue persists, use the Beep Codes to identify the hardware component that's causing the problem.
Let me know how it goes!
speedstep
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August 5th, 2014 11:00
Low and slow beep = bad ram.
Laptops Beep Codes
Beep
Code
Description
1
System Board, BIOS corruption or ROM error
2
(*)No RAM detected (Reseat RAM modules or test individually)
3
System Board Chipset Failure
4
Memory failure (Reseat Memory modules or test individually)
5
CMOS battery failure
6
Video card / chip failure
7
CPU failure
8
LCD failure