Hi Clive *,* > Hi Clive, > > Are the bleeps at a steady pace or are they a mixture of fast and slow > ones, have pauses between them? > Do you have the exact model number, I suspect all of the Dell laptops use > the same code, but you never know. > > This site might help http://www.bioscentral.com/postcodes/dellbios.htm > > This is the only one with 7 beeps on that site. > > 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 RAM failure on data bits xxx of high byte on memory bus > Reseat the memory modules > > So that would be (assuming I have understood it correctly) > > 1 beep - pause - 4 beeps - pause - 1 beep - pause - 1 beep > > > Regards > > David > > > On 10/07/14 16:45, Clive Wills wrote: > >> My brother's laptop (Dell Inspiron) fails to boot and gives 7 bleeps, can >> anyone explain what these bleeps mean please. I know they are a code >> indicating a fault, but what? >> He is confused as 'Googling' it produces different answers, one of which >> is a CPU fault. Any help would be appreciated and if it's repairable. >> I shall be seeing him tomorrow morning (Friday) if anyone can reply >> tonight, many thanks > > I fund this on wikipedia, it might help :-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test#Original_IBM_POST_beep_codes -- Cheers Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-08-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
