HP WON'T BOOT UP. JUST SEVEN BEEPS

[JOHN]

MY HP WAS TAKEN DOWN AND RE SET UP TWO DAYS LATER. ALL IT
NOW DOES IS BEEP. IT BEEPS ABOUT SEVEN TIMES. KEYBOARD
WON'T LIGHT UP. DISPLAY IS BLANK. MONITOR SAYS NO
SIGNAL.WHAT GIVES? I CAN HEAR THAT THE HARD DRIVE DOESN'T
SPIN. HOW TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. COMPUTER NEVER WARNED ME.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

MY HP WAS TAKEN DOWN AND RE SET UP TWO DAYS LATER. ALL IT
NOW DOES IS BEEP. IT BEEPS ABOUT SEVEN TIMES. KEYBOARD
WON'T LIGHT UP. DISPLAY IS BLANK. MONITOR SAYS NO
SIGNAL.WHAT GIVES? I CAN HEAR THAT THE HARD DRIVE DOESN'T
SPIN. HOW TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. COMPUTER NEVER WARNED ME.

That's hardware.. Those are post-code beeps.

Open it, check for loose cables, loose RAM, loose video card, loose sound
card, etc..

And lose the All-Caps thing. It's annoying, rude and hard to read (looks
like you are screaming at us.)

 

[Kelly]

Hi John,

BIOS Commands and Beep Codes
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_b.htm#xp_bios

 

[Guest]

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm