Beep Codes

My friends Dell

Beep code 4-2 and it's toast. Anyone know what this beep code is?? He
swapped out the power supply with no luck.


Mark

MWB wrote:
> My friends Dell
>
> Beep code 4-2 and it's toast. Anyone know what this beep code is?? He
> swapped out the power supply with no luck.
>
>
> Mark
>
>

What model of Dell??? ... Ben Myers

"Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
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> MWB wrote:
>> My friends Dell
>>
>> Beep code 4-2 and it's toast. Anyone know what this beep code is?? He
>> swapped out the power supply with no luck.
>>
>>
>> Mark
>
> What model of Dell??? ... Ben Myers

Hi Ben...

I don't have a clue. He bought a new Acer.

There was one fan that had a cowling to the CPU and it wasn't working.

I was just curious about the beep code.


Mark

MWB wrote:
> "Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
> news:h3qpah$6kh$...
>> MWB wrote:
>>> My friends Dell
>>>
>>> Beep code 4-2 and it's toast. Anyone know what this beep code is?? He
>>> swapped out the power supply with no luck.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark
>> What model of Dell??? ... Ben Myers
>
> Hi Ben...
>
> I don't have a clue. He bought a new Acer.
>
> There was one fan that had a cowling to the CPU and it wasn't working.
>
> I was just curious about the beep code.
>
>
> Mark
>
>
You could send him here and see if there is info there. Beep codes are
unique to BIOS makers and/or manufacturers.

Hi!

Got to know what model to be exactly sure.

There are fault LEDs on the back of the machine and there is a speaker on
the motherboard that produces the beeps as you already found. The fault LED
codes for Dell desktops are fairly well documented and generally do a good
job of explaining the problem.

Beep codes only happen when the system can't get the video going for some
reason. So a bad (cooked from heat most likely) video subsystem OR bad/loose
memory is likely.

There probably was no need to buy a new computer, unless your friend really
wanted one...

William

William R. Walsh wrote:
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> Hi!
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