bl00dy bios beeps

msfoxymax

Please help before i pull my hair out lol :eek:

My toshiba is beeping its nut off when turning on but it's never the same amount of beeps, the last one was 56!!!! Any clues what it could be before i launch it out the window lol:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

msfoxymax

Anyone.................................... please...................................................................... i'm edging towards the window with it as i speak lol

fwor

I don't know specifically about Toshiba beep codes, but generally it's not the number, but the pattern - e.g. short, long, short, long.

In some very common makes of BIOS, continuous beeping indicates memory errors. This may be simply because memory modules have been added/removed and the BIOS has not detected that properly, or it may be a faulty module.

You can test for the latter with Memtest 86+ which is a free download.

Let us know the laptop model and someone may know what BIOS is installed, but otherwise we're just guessing...

jamespir

could be the bios battery needs changing

fwor

Also, is it doing it from cold, or only when it's been used for a while? Many have an over-temp shutdown that causes it to just sit there beeping at you.

msfoxymax

the model is toshiba l350. downloading the memtest just now, will let you know what happens.

Thank you

msfoxymax

fwor wrote: »

I don't know specifically about Toshiba beep codes, but generally it's not the number, but the pattern - e.g. short, long, short, long.

In some very common makes of BIOS, continuous beeping indicates memory errors. This may be simply because memory modules have been added/removed and the BIOS has not detected that properly, or it may be a faulty module.

You can test for the latter with Memtest 86+ which is a free download.

Let us know the laptop model and someone may know what BIOS is installed, but otherwise we're just guessing...

Memtest 86+ is confusing my brain lol!! Where is the download linky?

Thank you

msfoxymax

fwor wrote: »

Also, is it doing it from cold, or only when it's been used for a while? Many have an over-temp shutdown that causes it to just sit there beeping at you.

it does it all the time whether cold or when restarting after updates etc

msfoxymax

well think it's fixed!!!! I swapped the 2 x 1gb ram's over and so far so good lol!! Now it's just the mouse that it nuts! My desktop has only 4 vertical shortcuts links but if i use my touchpad to click on the top one it opens the bottom one????????????????????????????????????????????????????