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    1 beep then 4

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by danfiveten, Nov 12, 2011.

  1. danfiveten

    danfiveten Newbie

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    Ok, so my nvidia card went out, motherboard messed up but intel card works, so i ordered another motherboard. Well the guy sent me a r2 board, so finally he sent me the right one, and i tried both of them. Both give me 1 beep, then 4 beeps, and no screen at all. But i have lights on and stuff. I just tried the r2 board because i was pissed the other board wasnt working, i tried re doin the memory, switching them, everything like the other thread resolved and nothing. I then popped in the board with the bad nividia card, and it worked fine. is going on with this thing. Everything is connected correctly....sigh i want my laptop back up and running.

    Just realised i got my title to say been instead of beep, im just tired from being stressed.
     
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    danfiveten Newbie

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    Got the new board to turn on. Windows loaded. First time though screen looked all fuzzy like a bad signal? I hit it and now its working. But then after a few minuites it shuts off. Tryed plugging in and same problem?
     
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    danfiveten Newbie

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    Ok now the weird thing. She hasnt shut off finally....but just like my old motherboard. She is not showing the nvidia card. This motherboard has one as well, i dont get it. Do i have some kind of virus or something not wanting to show the nvidia card on my hard drive or what. Gah just frustrated.
     
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    manny951 Notebook Geek

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    seems u have another dead bored or graphic card .. :[ also u could have dead ram I know when i had some ram sticks i put on my old sony vaio it wouldn't boot up i put stock ones back on and walahh but i had same problem sometimes would turn on until windows sign then shut off then after next try wouldn't boot up at all anymore
     
    manny951, Nov 13, 2011
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    un4tural Notebook Evangelist

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    try with 1 ram stick, both of them couldn't have failed. Reinstall intel GPU drivers as they r required to get the nvidia drivers to install, better yet do a clean install on a spare HDD or something and go from there. Have your tried running bios diagnostics?

    EDIT: http://www.nullamatix.com/dell-diagnostic-beep-code-troublshooting-chart/

    not sure if these r for m11x. also found:
    M11x - 4 Error Beeps on Startup / RESOLVED
    Well after much anticipation i got my m11x and guess what. Power it on, 4 beeps and the screen never comes on. All the keyboard lights work but no LCD at all...

    Resolution was to reseat memory.

    So if you ever power up and hear 4 beeps, reseat memory.

    Thanks,

    stevenX

    well really, theres no 1-4 sequence there for you, but first you should go take a nap and clear ur head :d frustrated and pissed off is not where you want to be when repairing ur precious laptop.
     
    un4tural, Nov 13, 2011
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