Thinkpad 380D just beeps at boot-help

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Spark wrote:
> My Thinkpad 380D doesn't boot anymore. The Thinkpad screen comes up
> and does memcheck but then it beeps 3 times and nothing else happens.
> Anyone have this problem before?

Are you sure it's three beeps of the same type?

How about one long beep and two short?

Regards,

James

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

Try here for info http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/ibmbeep.htm ,
but may be serious one long and two short indicates "System board
failure; Video adapter problem; LCD assembly failure"

Steve

Spark wrote:
> I listened again, and it it sounds more like one beep then two short
beeps
> then three short beeps.
>
> "JHEM" <James@ESAD.SPAMMERS.thinkpads.com> wrote in message
> news:TlVPd.21342$ya6.6417@trndny01...
> > Spark wrote:
> >> My Thinkpad 380D doesn't boot anymore. The Thinkpad screen comes
up
> >> and does memcheck but then it beeps 3 times and nothing else
happens.
> >> Anyone have this problem before?
> >
> > Are you sure it's three beeps of the same type?
> >
> > How about one long beep and two short?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > James
> >