ttwbr Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 I have an alienware laptop. And it worked fine yesterday but I just turned it on and this bios thingy keeps appearing like computer setup or something and I exit it and it takes like 3 minutes to load and when it's done it starts beeping loudly and opens the bios thing again. Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saggy Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 If you have the manual for it, open it up and look for "POST Messages". Usually when a computer beeps in any way while attempting to start-up, it's the motherboard tryign to signify to you that something is wrong. Two short beeps may mean a missing procesor, three long beeps may mean an imcompatible voltage on a device. Of course the actual signals probably vary on your motherboard, you can find them in the manul. If you don't have the manual, though, you're probably going to have to look for specifications to see just what kind of motherboard it is. Making a very, very broad assumption, though, your processor could be over=heating, although that's kind of unlikely considering you barely have a chance to switch from an idle state to a heavy-load state. QUOTE (K^2) ...not only is it legal for you to go around with a concealed penis, it requires absolutely no registration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttwbr Posted November 10, 2005 Author Share Posted November 10, 2005 I do have a manual, I'll check. It just keeps beeping. About 30 beeps then it loads that bios screen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fido2 Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Is the date/time in bios setup correct? If it isnt you might have a screwed cmos bettery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttwbr Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Yeah that's right. Could the problem be that I spilled pepsi on the keyboard yesterday in the morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waste Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Yeah that's right. Could the problem be that I spilled pepsi on the keyboard yesterday in the morning? I would say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttwbr Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Oh. sh*t. What can I do to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Oh. sh*t. What can I do to fix it? Smack yourself for being so clumsy around an expensive laptop, contact Alienware although I dunno their standards on idiots spilling pepsi on their laptops. Oh and bye again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
