Laptop does not turn on only beeps

AVD

Hi i was wondering if anyone could help me,
My laptop suddenly decided to stop working, I'm not sure why
When i turn it on the green light turns on and the screen stays black and it starts beeping repeatedly until i hold down the power button and turn it off

I have a lot of valuable information on it, Is there any way i can save it?
If i install window 7 on it or something, would that delete everything on my laptop?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated

chin_grin

Check this site for what the beeps mean.

http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml

You could take your hard drive out (easier from a laptop) and put it in a caddy. That way you can hook it up via usb to another machine and get your files back.

Jackena

Does it get to the BIOS screen? If not my moneys on

1) RAM is f*cked

2) GPU needs reballing

3) Inverters on in the screen..[ not likely since its beeping]

Hope this helps.

Jack :]

PS having actually read your comment and not skimmed it my moneys on RAM! that it out see if it boots then.

uch

Possibly loose memory, re-seat and try again

Mr. Presentable

Check your keyboard for stuck buttons.

If you had a flash drive plugged in when you last powered off try plugging it back in.

You don't say how old the unit is, the symptoms could also refer to a misfiring graphics card/adapter

themonic

AVD wrote: »

Hi i was wondering if anyone could help me,
My laptop suddenly decided to stop working, I'm not sure why
When i turn it on the green light turns on and the screen stays black and it starts beeping repeatedly until i hold down the power button and turn it off

Dear AVD,
Your laptop is beeping because something is wrong with it. If you expecting any specific advice, please provide what model of laptop is it and how this beep sounds like (example: long beep= "-" short beep= ".").

AVD wrote: »

I have a lot of valuable information on it, Is there any way i can save it?
If i install window 7 on it or something, would that delete everything on my laptop?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated

All of your data is safe in your hard drive. You can copy it from laptop's hard drive using USB- SATA adaptor. Don't panic

AVD

themonic wrote: »

Dear AVD,
Your laptop is beeping because something is wrong with it. If you expecting any specific advice, please provide what model of laptop is it and how this beep sounds like (example: long beep= "-" short beep= ".").


All of your data is safe in your hard drive. You can copy it from laptop's hard drive using USB- SATA adaptor. Don't panic

Hi sorry about the lack of description

Its a Dell inspiration 1501 its about 6 years old
It is repeated short beeps about 1 second long

I checked all the normal problems with it,
But i had it with me in america and it worked perfectly then i got on the plane and when i tried turning it on the next day after i got home it wouldn't turn on,

themonic

Dell BIOS Beep Codes:
Beep Codes Possible Causes Corrective Action
1 - 2 No video card detected- Reseat the video card
1 - 2 - 2 - 3 BIOS ROM checksum error
1 - 3 - 1 - 1 DRAM refresh error- Reseat the memory modules
1 - 3 - 1 - 3 8742 Keyboard Controller error- Reseat the keyboard connector
1 - 3 - 3 - 1 Memory defective or not present- Reseat the memory modules
1 - 3 - 4 - 1 RAM failure on line xxx- Reseat the memory modules
1 - 3 - 4 - 3 RAM failure on data bits xxx of low byte on memory bus- Reseat the memory modules
1 - 4 - 1 - 1 RAM failure on data bits xxx of high byte on memory bus- Reseat the memory modules

Which code is familiar for you?

AVD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRA2fqPC0UY

I uploaded a video to youtube to show what happens when i try to turn it on

Mr. Presentable

Accoring to this

http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/phoenixbeep.htm#

It's a failed motherboard

themonic

Yes, but this is repairable.

AVD

Do you now how much it would cost to repair?
Or would it be worth my while at all?
Was thinking about just taking out the hard drive and using that as an external hard drive
Is this difficult to do myself or should i get someone to do it for me?
also does anyone know how much it would cost?
Thanks a lot for the replys guys

Tomk1

Some LT's have a flap underneath, open the screw, should be easily accessable. Well worth getting someone with a bit of tech know-how to have a look, remove HD then sell on adverts with discription of fault and recoupe some cash back.

themonic

AVD how much? it's hard to say for this moment. There is few things need to be check on mainboard. I would say from €60 up to €160 in worst case.

AVD

Is that to repaire the motherboard or to take out the hard drive?

themonic

Mainboard repair.
You can take hdd out and connect it to any computer by yourself. You just need sata 2 usb adapter.

AVD

Ok i just looked at a video on youtube on how to take out your hard drive and Ive taken it out,
What do i need to connect it to my computer?

Could someone put up a link of something on ebay or some other site that i could buy it off that's compatible with a hard drive from a dell inspiron 1501?

themonic

http://shop.ebay.ie/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=sata+usb

AVD

Thank you,
Does it matter which one i buy?
Will all of them be compatible with my harddrive?

themonic

You need any 2,5" SATA to usb adapter.

AVD

So would this be ok for it?

http://cgi.ebay.ie/2-5-Sata-USB-Slim-Caddy-Hard-Disk-Drive-Blue-/330610112039?pt=UK_Collectables_HardDriveEnclosures_RL&hash=item4cf9e5f627#ht_1446wt_1139

Thanks again for the replys

themonic

Yes.