7 Beeps on start up.

Riggy · 8 Nov 2010 at 17:30

Hey guys/girls,

I've just come in from work and my brothers PC has suddenly stopped working. When turning it on it's beeping at me 7 times. What do the 7 beeps mean and what can do I to fix this?

Thanks

Tealc · 8 Nov 2010 at 17:41

That depends on the motherboard. The beep codes do vary between brands and models.

Best place to start would be motherboard manual or at least post the motherboard model here.

Riggy · 8 Nov 2010 at 18:02

Well it's not really a branded motherboard. It's a Dell Inspiron. I've looked it up and the advice was to re seat the the CPU. I've done that but no luck :/ Don't suppose anyone has suggestions?

KingZeddy · 8 Nov 2010 at 19:26

Different bios have different codes. If you know the Insiron Model you can check on the dell support pages or just google it. This link has an example of dell codes for an inspiron 7500 (scroll to the bottom of the page). http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/psyd/syscodes.htm

Stryda09 · 8 Nov 2010 at 21:50

Our Inspiron that my sister spilt lemonade on now does a load of beeps (I think 7). I am surprised it still works fine but it beeps on startup so thanks for that link will help me aswell.

Stupot_ · 8 Nov 2010 at 21:52

It's trying to communicate with you. Beep back.

Admiral Huddy · 9 Nov 2010 at 09:41

As soon as you know the BIOS manufacturer, cross reference with www.bioscentral.com

Riggy · 9 Nov 2010 at 13:10

Hey guys. I've been doing myresearch and there a lot of suggestions that the CPU is kaput and the odd reference to the motherboard. If it was totally kaput, then surely I wouldn't get anything from the system?

I've got two of exactly the same computers, reckon I could swap CPU's to try and see if I do abit elimination? If I did put a broken processor into a perfectly working motherboard, will I damage it in anyway?