I would NOT do that. First of all do NOT touch any parts inside. Second buy a can of compressed air. Open the case. Hold it so it is tilted over so the dust bunnies come out. Get the compressed air and blow all the dust out. Don't tilt the can because the liquid will come out.
If the fan is excessively clogged and the air is not blowing it out then you might try a dry q-tip or something.
Make sure no wires are also impeding the movement of the fans.
Then check the fan on the power supply and clean it as well. After you hear the beeping is there any lights on? Does it continue to beep? Also, next time your PC does not boot up to the log in screen after having to shut it down or something (without doing it properly), put the original OS CD in, if it's Win XP and go to the restore console. It will ask if you want to run it and should put you in an MS-DOS like mode. Run chkdsk...which has taken the place of scandisk. If often puts lost files back in their place.
look for loose wires and cables. When you turn the PC on and the fan starts up, after the beep does the fan stop?
What OS? What CPU?
Maybe the video card is bad. How old is the PC?
Again when you open the PC be grounded. An static and you can fry the PC...
Also if the Fan was not working before, you may have over heated the CPU and in that case it may be toast.
You have probably read by now that I believe it's the DIMM memory stick that's the problem. LR is looking at it for me, as she has wood floors. I have all carpet, and I don't want the static to damage it.
Thanks for the advice anyway though. I didn't take a vacuum to it.....LOL! Those are full of static!
You have probably read by now that I believe it's the DIMM memory stick that's the problem. LR is looking at it for me, as she has wood floors. I have all carpet, and I don't want the static to damage it.
Thanks for the advice anyway though. I didn't take a vacuum to it.....LOL! Those are full of static!
Why would both DIMMS go bad though. The Beeping sound is often an indication of a memory problem.
How many times does it beep? Also, after it beeps does the power go off? No lights etc etc? If that is the case there might be something wrong with the powersupply
Why would both DIMMS go bad though. The Beeping sound is often an indication of a memory problem.
How many times does it beep? Also, after it beeps does the power go off? No lights etc etc? If that is the case there might be something wrong with the powersupply
According to the websites LR searched, the beeping is significant because of the number of beeps as well as the timing of them. There is one beep, pause, three beeps, pause, three beeps, pause, and one beep again.
The power doesn't go off, just that nothing happens. The fan is running but that's it. Nothing on the screen.
LR was messing with the computer the other night and got it to boot up, although she didn't know how. I was able to sign in to windows and it ran for a little bit. We did a system restore but it requires a restart. The screen froze on the restart so I had to shut it down manually. It hasn't started since.
The beeping and timing is significant for DIMM problems, which is the memory stick. It could be dislodged or bad and needing replaced. I'll find out soon enough. I might have one or two DIMMS, I don't know.
I've had power supply problems with a desktop before. In that case, nothing happened. No beeping, lights, nothing.
LR is here and she started my computer before checking the DIMM and............................................... ..............................
It started right up!!!
She restarted it a couple times and it started up like nothing was wrong.
We went ahead and took the DIMM chip out and put it on the other side, in case the one side is going bad or whatever. When we got done, it started right up again!
So anyway, my computer is back!
Thanks to everyone!
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According to the websites LR searched, the beeping is significant because of the number of beeps as well as the timing of them. There is one beep, pause, three beeps, pause, three beeps, pause, and one beep again.
The power doesn't go off, just that nothing happens. The fan is running but that's it. Nothing on the screen.
LR was messing with the computer the other night and got it to boot up, although she didn't know how. I was able to sign in to windows and it ran for a little bit. We did a system restore but it requires a restart. The screen froze on the restart so I had to shut it down manually. It hasn't started since.
The beeping and timing is significant for DIMM problems, which is the memory stick. It could be dislodged or bad and needing replaced. I'll find out soon enough. I might have one or two DIMMS, I don't know.
I've had power supply problems with a desktop before. In that case, nothing happened. No beeping, lights, nothing.
It would be real easy to see how many memory modules you have plugged in. Most laptops have only two slots and they are easy to get to on the bottem of the laptop. There is a little door that you open.
Still one has to wonder why they went bad, why the PC worked the other night and then stopped working. Weird...
LR is here and she started my computer before checking the DIMM and............................................... ..............................
It started right up!!!
She restarted it a couple times and it started up like nothing was wrong.
We went ahead and took the DIMM chip out and put it on the other side, in case the one side is going bad or whatever. When we got done, it started right up again!
So anyway, my computer is back!
Thanks to everyone!
Do you still have it under warranty? If it's the slot and not the module itself I'd get them to fix it especially if the problem is something that might continue to the next slot....
It would be real easy to see how many memory modules you have plugged in. Most laptops have only two slots and they are easy to get to on the bottem of the laptop. There is a little door that you open.
Still one has to wonder why they went bad, why the PC worked the other night and then stopped working. Weird...
I have no idea why it's working when it wasn't before, but if the DIMM card wasn't in all the way or something to that effect, it will make the computer beep instead of boot up.
I'm on the computer now and it's working like a charm!
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Do you still have it under warranty? If it's the slot and not the module itself I'd get them to fix it especially if the problem is something that might continue to the next slot....
How long have you had this laptop?
I bought this refurbished from a company on Ebay last year.
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