Machine was just fine, checked the obvious and ram, harddisk, ... is all fine, no picture at all. Machine suddenly stopped working while booting xp, now only a long beep, 2 seconds wait, another long beep and so on. Google does not make me any wiser, neither packard bell. I'v re-seated the cpu to no avail. Anyone seen this before?
Bart Bervoets
Does the hard disk drive spin up when the laptop is booted?
Otherwise - need to know the POST code for that laptop, one long, 2 seconds and another long ...
Have you checked the hdd on a desktop using an adapter?
Yes
That's what i can't find.
The hdd is fine, and even with a faulty or no hdd i should have a picture on my external monitor. I removed hdd, dvdrw, wlan... same problem, no post, only a long beep every sec.
Bart Bervoets
Beep - Pause - Beep - Pause - Beep - Pause
is generally an memory error or no memory inserted.
Hi Bart,
I have the same problem with a packard bell easynote e3 , long beep, 2 secs, long beep, memory checked, hdd checked but no go. Have you had any success in locating a solution ?
Regards, CeeCee
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