beep, beep, beep, beep....then nothing! Help!

smartpc · 4 May 2010 at 18:42

I have a laptop is giving me four beeps then its turning itself off.

Ive had a look at the fault codes - four beeps says - The system clock/timer IC has failed or there is a memory error in the first bank of memory.

Does that mean that the ram is faulty?

thanks in advance!

smartpc · 4 May 2010 at 19:53

ok, that seems to have sorted itself out by leaving it alone for a while.

Windows boots up now, but there's no picture from the laptop's screen! The backlight is on, but there's no image. However it works if i plug in an external screen and change the output to an external screen.

Any ideas what could be up with it?

James_N · 4 May 2010 at 19:59

graphics card knackered maybe? but if its now working, sounds like the laptop screen is knackered if its working externally.

smartpc · 4 May 2010 at 23:17

hmm, i wonder if there's a connector for the screen that's come loose. I'll take a look and see if i can work out how to open the casing around the screen.

Cool Breeze · 5 May 2010 at 09:32

possible a faulty stick of ram , either that or you need a new CMOS battery. it will be CR2032 or as its a lappy it could be a strange plugin jobby.