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    XPS M1730 no video, beep code

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by gfhoihoi72, Aug 9, 2014.

  1. gfhoihoi72

    gfhoihoi72 Newbie

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    Hello,

    I have a problem with my Dell XPS M1730 laptop. If I turn it on with everything connected except the hdd, it only gives 2 beeps and the screen stays black. If you press F1, it repeats the 2 beeps. I think that 2 beeps mean that there is no disk to boot from. If I connect the HDD, I don't get the 2 beeps but just nothing happens. The HDD Led flashes a few times and that's it. After a minute it restarts. The CPU fan is spinning when the CPU gets hot, the GPU fan isn't spinning at all, and the GPU only gets a little bit warm.

    If I press FN+Power, I first see the caps-lock led flashing. Then I get the following beep code: (A is the lowest tone and C the highest tone) A-B-C-B-A (pause) A-B-C-B-A (pause) A-B-C-B-A (pause) A-A-A-A (pause) A (pause) A (pause). And that codes keeps repeating.

    If I press D+Power, It shows colors on the LCD, and after that it's just starting up normal as i described in the first part.

    I really don't know what the beep code means or what's wrong with the laptop. So I hope someone knows what is means., Thanks!
     
    gfhoihoi72, Aug 9, 2014
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  2. nforce4max

    nforce4max Notebook Consultant

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    You can keep pressing keys from now till judgment day and it will never work because it is more than likely your graphics card has failed. I got a pre-production xps m1730 and had the same problem that was solved by buying a new card. For the low end 8700m GT you will end up spending anywhere from $50 to $220 and a little more for the vastly better 9800m GT sli. Typical problem that was common to the era and add a little neglect when it comes to maintenance then it bricks pretty easy.
     
    nforce4max, Aug 9, 2014
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