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    3 Beeps - blank screen

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by DGS, Feb 28, 2009.

  1. DGS

    DGS Notebook Enthusiast

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    My Son has an Acer Travelmate 7510.

    It beeps three times (1 long, 2 short) on start up and nothing shows on the screen. We've plugged a seperate monitor into it and that just shows all white.

    Any help/advise would be much appreciated.

    Thanks
     
    DGS, Feb 28, 2009
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    chriscatt Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, display adapter faulty could be the issue...
    Chris
     
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    Yeah, it does sound like a faulty video card....Though...the beeping is confusing, if it's the video card there shouldn't be any beeping as far as I know. Try to pull off the RAM then put it back on. If you have two sticks of RAM installed try to boot the laptop with one stick only. Also, is the HDD ok? Do you have an external enclosure to test it on another computer?
     
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  4. DGS

    DGS Notebook Enthusiast

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    Gents,

    Thanks for your replies, we'll give it a try
     
    DGS, Feb 28, 2009
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