That could be a possiblilty too, check the memory and if you have more that one memory stick, you could try swapping each one in the slots.
Harry M 69 280 SE 72 350 SL 08 VW Passat 3.6 -----Original Message----- From: Loren Faeth <lfa...@leadingchange.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 5:17 pm Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Laptop problem On some BIOS three long beeps meant bad memory. But keep looking on the HP website or the BIOS mfgr website for the meaning of the beep code.? ? At 12:04 PM 1/5/2009, you wrote:? >Good idea. Had a quick look. Lots of info. Did not yet find the POST >info >that tells me what the beeping means.? >? >Randy? >? >-----Original Message-----? >From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com? >[mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of LWB250? >Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:15 AM? >To: Mercedes Discussion List? >Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Laptop problem? >? >? >Go to the HP site, look up the support page for that model, then >search for >BIOS startup codes. That's the "beeps"? >that you're hearing on startup - the number and frequency of them >are telling >you what's wrong.? >? >Dan? >? >--- On Mon, 1/5/09, R A Bennell <b...@mts.net> wrote:? >? >From: R A Bennell <b...@mts.net>? >Subject: [MBZ] OT Laptop problem? >To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>? >Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 12:06 PM? >? >We have an HP Pavilion zd8000 laptop - about 4 years old. Has >always been >reliable.? >Yesterday something went wrong. It beeps (ie - beep, beep, beep - >for a long >while ) on startup and the keyboard? >appears to be dead. The screen comes up offering info on what to >press to get >into setup etc but pressing the keys? >does nothing. If one waits it will go to the screen that offers >windows >options for startup like safe mode but? >again the keys do nothing so one cannot get it to go any further.? >? >Any ideas on what I might check first? IE- are there any fuses or >that sort >of thing that might have popped? Any? >ideas on web sites that I might go to with my problem?? >? >Randy? >? >? >_______________________________________? >http://www.okiebenz.com? >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com? >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/? >? >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:? >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com? >? >? >? >? >-------------- next part --------------? >An HTML attachment was scrubbed...? >URL: >><http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090105/67442b39/attachment.html>? >_______________________________________? >http://www.okiebenz.com? >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com? >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/? >? >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:? >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com? >? >? >_______________________________________? >http://www.okiebenz.com? >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com? >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/? >? >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:? >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com? ? Loren Faeth ? _______________________________________? http://www.okiebenz.com? For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com? To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/? ? To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:? http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090106/58dc579c/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
