I hope your wife is no longer having any health problems.
This could be related to the VC or the LCD.
- Try a power drain: disconnect every external device from the system (including the AC Adapter), then open the system and disconnect the battery. Finally, hold the power button for around a minute to drain all the power out.
- Try a clear CMOS, follow these steps:
1.
Disconnect the RTC battery cable.
2.
Peel off the RTC battery and remove the RTC battery.
3.
Complete.
- Try by resseting the LCD cable.
- Connect the system to an external monitor to see if it is related to the LCD.
Thank you for the reply. It was a long road but my wife made a nearly complete recovery.
I've tried the power drain method. I've tried the CMOS reset. I've tried connecting an HDMI cable to a external monitor. I've tried pressing fn+F12 when booting to force to that second monitor. No matter what I do, I get a black screen on both monitors and 8 steady beeps. The LCD cable is only a few months old. I've completely dissembled and reassembled the laptop four times today, and I can't locate any disconnected, frayed or burnt cables. The laptop was working fine before I installed the hard drive. If it helps, when I press fn+F12, it stops the beeps, but pressing any button will resume the beep.
Very sad that after all this it's just going to be a $4000 doorstop.
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March 9th, 2018 11:00
Hi @0dysseus,
I hope your wife is no longer having any health problems.
This could be related to the VC or the LCD.
- Try a power drain: disconnect every external device from the system (including the AC Adapter), then open the system and disconnect the battery. Finally, hold the power button for around a minute to drain all the power out.
- Try a clear CMOS, follow these steps:
Disconnect the RTC battery cable.
Peel off the RTC battery and remove the RTC battery.
Complete.
- Try by resseting the LCD cable.
- Connect the system to an external monitor to see if it is related to the LCD.
0dysseus
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March 9th, 2018 12:00
Thank you for the reply. It was a long road but my wife made a nearly complete recovery.
I've tried the power drain method. I've tried the CMOS reset. I've tried connecting an HDMI cable to a external monitor. I've tried pressing fn+F12 when booting to force to that second monitor. No matter what I do, I get a black screen on both monitors and 8 steady beeps. The LCD cable is only a few months old. I've completely dissembled and reassembled the laptop four times today, and I can't locate any disconnected, frayed or burnt cables. The laptop was working fine before I installed the hard drive. If it helps, when I press fn+F12, it stops the beeps, but pressing any button will resume the beep.
Very sad that after all this it's just going to be a $4000 doorstop.