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    m7700 d9k beeping not booting

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by benny1985, Jan 31, 2012.

  1. benny1985

    benny1985 Notebook Enthusiast

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    picked up my 3th d900k today after sorting out the last one for my girlfriend now im trying to sort this one out as want to give it to my mum as its her birthday coming up soon and her laptop is dieing


    well this m7700 d900k go's to power up but the screen still stays black and dont light up at all sometimes the fans start but all the time it keeps beeping for 30secs then the laptop restarts it self i have tryed a spare video card what i know is working and still the same
    the beep starts off low but gets more and more loud then when the laptop restarts it self it starts again low to high again

    just hope someone can give me some info

    thanks
    ben
     
    benny1985, Jan 31, 2012
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  2. Dezire

    Dezire Notebook Guru

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    Try this:
    Unplug battery.
    Unplug the keyboard. Power on.
    Any change?

    If no change, remove WiFi card or any Mini-PCi card attached.
    Any change?

    If no change, swap out RAM sticks for known working stick.
    Any change?
     
    Dezire, Feb 1, 2012
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    benny1985 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Have tryed the lot mate as well as takeing off the heatsink and powering up for 15secs and the cpu gets hot so don't look like the board is dead
    Have tryed a spare heatsick to and still the same

    Thanks

    Sent from my BlackBerry 9530 using Tapatalk
     
    benny1985, Feb 3, 2012
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