My neighbour has a problem with their sony vaio laptop, when starting it does continues beeps ive been looking for the beep codes but cant find any that fit also ive replaced the memory and that didnt change anything

all tips and info is more then welcome

mainboard might be broken i guess, if its not even booting

how old is the laptop, and what model?

does it beep while it's loading windows, or it just beeps on boot and doesn't load anything?

what is the screen stuck on? is it possible to enter the BIOS?

I had to replace the motherboard 3 times and the graphicscard once in my first laptop, I'm not getting a second one...

Fixed this one, a key was stuck on the keyboard causing the bios to beep contionously guess the owner got lucky this time

new laptop to fix

old MSI laptop wont post/boot at all

feel free to post more ideas!


Ivan
- Why does everyone dump their laptops on me :(

think my Inspiron 8100 won't boot at all when the primary battery is dead, even when it's plugged in, think i had to charge it for 5 mins or so before it would boot.

pull the battery on the msi and see if it will boot.

Otherwise if you aren't getting any lights/noises could be the power cord if you're lucky otherwise the MoBo probably

Already tried the battery, thats always the first thing I do

Check to make sure all parts are seated properly and the screws are tight.

was the best i could come up with, most of my laptops have survived a toss across the room. think i might've killed the DVD drive in the 8100 though. and no, the hinges on the display died from old age, i tossed it across the room a while after i removed the display.

get a new laptop, its not worth the money or hassle

where's macdamon when you need him:P

I'm serious when I say try hitting and shaking the laptop.

If necessary unscrew the cover and wiggle pieces around individually.

It's magic. I believe in magic.

if some part is went fubared then fixing it might cost nearly or more than new laptop so ...........

bios battery = flat ?


Power Source
CMOS Battery (7.2V, 15MAH, 3 pin) - 2664E

no, the lithium ion dealy-bob. i have 2 of them, the secondary gets plugged into the floppy port. if i leave the laptop unplugged for an extended period of time, the primary battery gets drained, and even though the secondary is fully charged, it won't boot up until the primary has like a 3% or so charge in it.

it's technically headed to the dump because the monitor hinge broke, and i can't afford to send it to an old computer home. throw it a quarter if you see it on a street corner trying to panhandle money for an operation.

i thought a certain lady was taking care of your laptop?

the state of NJ told me it was wrong to pay for those kinda services.

This ain't no under-the-table business. It's quite the opposite and there should be no qualms about it.

yup, no cmos battery would have just that effect - nothing to tell it to start from the mains when the battery is flat