I've had this laptop for over 4 years, so I expect it's finally died but I'd like a second opinion.
Recently it's been failing to boot up properly, just turning the fans on and not making it to the initial screen.
Sometimes I get a single beep when trying to boot up.
Other times, it successfully boots up, I can get into windows before it blue screens, beeps 4 times and then won't boot up when I try again. In this case, the fans still remain on and the laptop hasn't actually switched itself off. The blue screen doesn't remain on the screen long enough to read the error message (literally on the screen for a split second).
Any ideas what may be causing this? I'm hoping it's just a dodgy HDD.
Cheers
Recently it's been failing to boot up properly, just turning the fans on and not making it to the initial screen.
Sometimes I get a single beep when trying to boot up.
Other times, it successfully boots up, I can get into windows before it blue screens, beeps 4 times and then won't boot up when I try again. In this case, the fans still remain on and the laptop hasn't actually switched itself off. The blue screen doesn't remain on the screen long enough to read the error message (literally on the screen for a split second).
Any ideas what may be causing this? I'm hoping it's just a dodgy HDD.
Cheers