HP Pavilion N5150 Beeps 3 times and no Startup

I'm having problems getting this laptop to startup. I will turn on
the power and it will give 3 loud beeps (1 long followed by 2 short
beeps). When this occurs I have to take out the battery to get it to
turn off. After several tries I usually can get it to finally boot up
but then it locks up very frequently. I did bring the computer in for
service covered under warranty and the video card was replaced. This
made the problem less frequent but it is still doing the exact same
thing. Any ideas, I only have a month before the warranty runs out?

"Ed100mph" <> wrote in message
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> I'm having problems getting this laptop to startup. I will turn on
> the power and it will give 3 loud beeps (1 long followed by 2 short
> beeps). When this occurs I have to take out the battery to get it
to
> turn off. After several tries I usually can get it to finally boot
up
> but then it locks up very frequently. I did bring the computer in
for
> service covered under warranty and the video card was replaced.
This
> made the problem less frequent but it is still doing the exact same
> thing. Any ideas, I only have a month before the warranty runs out?



Normally when that situation occurs it has to do with "the Video"
since I don't know what bios your using I can recommend you call the
service center up and have them fix it right this time. I will give
you a link to find out what the codes mean for many bios types.
http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm if I read this site properly you
have an Award BIOS and it means a Video Problem.

I hope that helped?

Elector