My Dell laptop's trying to kill me! (SOLVED!)
Posted by turkey_machine
OK, ignoring all the inevitable jokes about how Dell are taking over my brains for the time being, my laptop has issues. Serious issues! 
The damn thing won't stop bleeping at startup. It beeps continuously until the boot process gets to the boot loader. BIOS show's nothing, Google's pointed me in the wrong places, since the laptop is basically functional save for a couple dodgy keys. What's weird is if I take the keyboard out, there's no beeping, but I can't use the laptop cos there's no keyboard. I don't have a USB one to connect up, a Memtest is not likely to throw anything serious up but I'm running one anyway, and I'm running out of options! Suggestions?
EDIT: Actually, Google did throw up one possibility. Could it be a stuck key that just won't go unstuck?
Sorted out now, computer's just having "issues". Perhaps it's that time of the month!
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/02/2009 02:24PM by turkey_machine.
The damn thing won't stop bleeping at startup. It beeps continuously until the boot process gets to the boot loader. BIOS show's nothing, Google's pointed me in the wrong places, since the laptop is basically functional save for a couple dodgy keys. What's weird is if I take the keyboard out, there's no beeping, but I can't use the laptop cos there's no keyboard. I don't have a USB one to connect up, a Memtest is not likely to throw anything serious up but I'm running one anyway, and I'm running out of options! Suggestions?
EDIT: Actually, Google did throw up one possibility. Could it be a stuck key that just won't go unstuck?
Sorted out now, computer's just having "issues". Perhaps it's that time of the month!
Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10; indeed, it's a common requirement in fairy tales. If the human didn't have to overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld
GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/02/2009 02:24PM by turkey_machine.
My own diagnosis determined it's something to do with the keyboard, and one of the 4 arrow keys, but I cannot work out where in the key's build it's failed. Suggestions (again)?
Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10; indeed, it's a common requirement in fairy tales. If the human didn't have to overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld
GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.
Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10; indeed, it's a common requirement in fairy tales. If the human didn't have to overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld
GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.
sounds like a stuck key to me =D
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Laptop's stopped throwing a fit every bootup. I think it was just having "issues".
Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10; indeed, it's a common requirement in fairy tales. If the human didn't have to overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld
GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.
Laptop's stopped throwing a fit every bootup. I think it was just having "issues".
Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10; indeed, it's a common requirement in fairy tales. If the human didn't have to overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld
GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.
PMS?
I was going to suggest stuck key, but I can't fix computer issues, that'd be just wrong...
I was going to suggest stuck key, but I can't fix computer issues, that'd be just wrong...
I think it was just its time of the month TBH!
Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10; indeed, it's a common requirement in fairy tales. If the human didn't have to overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld
GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.
Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10; indeed, it's a common requirement in fairy tales. If the human didn't have to overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld
GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.
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