PLEASE HELP! Beeping and black screen when laptop turned on

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HP Pavilion dv2000

The HP Pavilion dv2000 Notebook PC is an entertainment based PC produced in 2007.

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PLEASE HELP! Beeping and black screen when laptop turned on

OK, I've had this laptop (HP pavilion dv2000) for a while now, and I have no idea what happened. Recently, when I turn it on, all the lights turn on—but after around 5 seconds, it beeps loudly four times. Also, the screen is completely black—nothing pops up. The black screen goes on forever. If anybody has had this problem or knows how to fix it, I would be extremely grateful for your help with this problem. I have no idea what to do. Thanks.

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I have the same problem but mine beeps constantly one after the other about 4 seconds apart. And each i geuss beep "group" beeps 7 times

06/13/2015 by Ramiro

I finally had to take mine in to see a professional. The motherboard was shot and it wasn't worth the $ to fix it....sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

03/10/2015 by kasie

evrytime i open my laptop frm yesterday it gives a beeping sound and shows d black screen

10/14/2015 by sia

My laptop (hp windows 10) has been beeping all along about 75 times now and I tried everything now and I really do not know what to do

03/26/2016 by loveu

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Is there a pattern to the beeps e.g. 4 beeps then a pause repeated or 2 beeps pause repeated or 1 long beep pause repeated etc? Also could you provide the model number of your HP laptop? What have you tried to do?

03/26/2016 by jayeff

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Geo, since I am not sure what BIOS you have, I am going out on a limb here and assuming that you have an AMI BIOS—since all you get are 4 beeps and no other error (Beep) codes. A series of four short beeps indicates memory failure in the first 64 KB of operational memory or that Timer 1 on the motherboard is not functioning. One long beep followed by three short beeps indicates memory problems.

So right now, I would start there. Take out the RAM , then insert it again. If still has the beep error, change the RAM or pull one memory stick and then start up. Then install the memory stick and pull the other one. This should reset your memory and it should (could) work. Also remember that the DV series has some serious overheating issues. I am not sure if this is part of what is going on with yours. Just keep it in mind. This link explains it a bit and can help you out if it is an overheating issue. Let us know what works so we can continue to help you out. Good Luck.

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My dell vostro is beeping 3times and then again...and showing black screen ...what the !&&* I do ...please solve my problem...

06/21/2016 by Jaideep

I can remember getting one of these laptops from my cousin and then I got a charger for it I tried to play minecraft on it, on the lowest settings I got 5fps and burnt legs. Had to put it on the coffee table as it would burn my legs every time even doing simple thing like going on YouTube.

03/04/2017 by Gigabit87898

@gigabit87898 sounds like my Inspiron 6400 with two watts too many of CPU cool.

03/04/2017 by George A.

Thank you!! This fixed the problem!

07/09/2017 by joel hope

my dell inspiron does not start in one time . some time it get starts and some time black screen comes. its up to laptop's mood. what to do? pls help?

07/25/2017 by dyalpolypack

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I have the same problem but mine beeps constantly one after the other about 4 seconds apart. And each i geuss beep "group" beeps 7 times — Ramiro
I finally had to take mine in to see a professional. The motherboard was shot and it wasn't worth the $ to fix it....sorry to be the bearer of bad news. — kasie
evrytime i open my laptop frm yesterday it gives a beeping sound and shows d black screen — sia
My laptop (hp windows 10) has been beeping all along about 75 times now and I tried everything now and I really do not know what to do — loveu
Hi @loveu

Is there a pattern to the beeps e.g. 4 beeps then a pause repeated or 2 beeps pause repeated or 1 long beep pause repeated etc? Also could you provide the model number of your HP laptop? What have you tried to do? — jayeff
my hp pavilion 17 just did the samething, but after turning it back off and on three or so times it started working fine again. — Gregory Peel
Well... Surprisingly... I had this error too! It wasn't the PSU though! I didn't install my RAM properly & all the pins wasn't snug in the DIMM slot.

Thought I'd share my experience. — hyparapper21
My laptop keeps beeping and has a black screen and the only way it stops is when I unplug it or take the battery out of it — Tori
Mine was doing this, beeping, so i shut the screen which on my settings doesn't force a shut down; it just turns off the screen... It made it to the home screen, but mouse wasn't working, nor the keyboard. Then I removed the bettery, and booted up while plugged in, so running stright off the wall socket, and it worked fine.... Powered down, put the battery back in, and again it booted up just fine. I think i had it sitting idle too long and the battery drained a lot causing a boot error??? it's just magic!! — David Barrar
My hp probook 4520s laptop also same problem. Its beeping 4 to 5 time and stop working and coming blue screen then restart automatically and ask for booting fron CD drive.. But if i close One hour after working good. I make reformat two time also but problem is same please help to solve the problem..

Kazi.. KSA — wasim2010
i have a Proline laptop and when i switched it on it brings on lots of words on the black screen and start beeping for more than 3 times and later on it switch off ifself — Aletta Moses
My laptop turns on goes to the hp logo and beeps and turns of? — rebekkaottewill
take the memory out of your laptop, clean the socket, clean the RAM and install it back — Kay
Please help me mylaptop just like that but i do anything its not fix — clarkpaths
I removed all power and took the battery out. Put back in & seems fine. Will run diagnostics next. — Patti
im having that problem right its beeping once then stopping then beeping then stopping over and over I tried a memory test and it passed and the other test wouldnt work? I dont know what to do... — Nicola Berry
Im having the same problem its beeping continuously but its one beep pause then one beep the memory test passed and I dont know what else to do.. — Nicola Berry
Hi Nicola Berry.

Not quite sure I understand when you say the the memory test passed.

How did you prove this? How many RAM modules are installed? If more than 1 did you try either1 only in either slot etc?

Is there a display on the screen at all? Are you getting the HP logo at all? Are there any error message on the screen? What are the lights on the keyboard showing e.g. power, hdd etc? Are they blinking or solid? — jayeff
Usually, turning the laptop upside down and banging on the mattress 5 or 6 times with the battery and charger removed does the trick.

Worked for me!! :D — haroon ahmed
Problem was fixed after first try!

Thanks for sharing the solution. — Kelly Hammons
Hi, one day I decided to go on my laptop HP PAVILLION DV6. I turned it on and left it to to start up. I was getting impatient but left it for more then an hour. It stayed on a lit up black screen. I have tried many things to get it to work again but none have worked. Please Help Me Fix This!!! Or atleast tell me how to factory reset my laptop without it having to start up. — Nic hall
The problem could be the memory or video card , try changing the memories with working . for video card you need technical expertise to open and check from the mother board . — bonmulama
My hp 630 laptop had problem with fibre cables i had it repaired and its been working fine. Yesterday however i switched it on it displayed loading files then the whole sreen turned into white and pink boxes like a graph book. I switched it off to reboot from there the screen went black and its showing nothing even when i look closely with a torch even thou everything else works fine. Whats the problem and how can i fix it — Jedidah
hello/..... my laptop is DELL Inspiron 3000. i have a problem of continual beep which is around 16 or 16 times while start ON. Is there is any solution? If there please send me immediately. — krishna bastola
Thank you ssooooo much this helped a lottttt I'm so freaking happy right nowwe — tinuke
hey .. my laptop isnt beeping nor turning its lights. my whole screen turns black .. what to do? i need your help — chesie preglo
Still my laptop is not turning on.. Will that lead me to loss the data if I give it to servicing — pathikonda praneetha
Laptop or desktop beeping noise is majorly an indication of error or bios battery expiry. In my case bios battery was expired. I changed bios battery and my issue was resolved... — Saleem
Taking battery out and restarting without battery worked for me. Screen came back to life. Thank you.. I have Dell 527 I think. — Eugene Kalinowski
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Please what do I do if the lights on my laptop get so dull I can't see anything unless I put a flash light to the screen... — Elma Ekanem
I almost have the same problem, but my laptop can be used, it’s just sometimes it just randomly crashes on me and the screen goes blank in a random color. I can’t do anything except hold down the power button to shut it off.it is so annoying! Please help — Oldcomputer
My acer laptop was not showing anything on the screen only line but you tell that it is on what could be the problem — Kalande Justin
my mecer laptop is beeping 4 times on startup and the screen is black, i have tried to clean the rams and the slots i also changed the power saver and memory battery but its still the same — mikalilecoush
My dell vostro is beeping 3times and then again...and showing black screen ...what the !&&* I do ...please solve my problem... — Jaideep
I can remember getting one of these laptops from my cousin and then I got a charger for it I tried to play minecraft on it, on the lowest settings I got 5fps and burnt legs. Had to put it on the coffee table as it would burn my legs every time even doing simple thing like going on YouTube. — Gigabit87898
@gigabit87898 sounds like my Inspiron 6400 with two watts too many of CPU cool. — George A.
my dell inspiron does not start in one time . some time it get starts and some time black screen comes. its up to laptop's mood. what to do? pls help? — dyalpolypack
Genius, swapped out the hard drive, swapped it back in, then the screen problem happened. It makes sense that it was the RAM was causing the problems because I didn't get those problems before, and reseating the RAM back into the slots was the last step in the process. I took them out and swapped them into the slots and the screen and everything is back as it was. Was thinking I missed a step somewhere and was likely going to have to go take it to someone more techy than me. Thank you, thank you, thank you! — S Lim
Sir, yesterday I installed iOS 5 skin pack which is the size of 44.0 mb. When I installed this then my Laptop screen appears black and doesn’t show anything?? Pls help me to fix this problem. — raj geddanapalli
So I had a similar issue with my HP 11 k121ds boots with a black screen. I could tell via the HD light that it was booting. But no screen. I connected an HDMI to the TV. Then I was able to view screen and thus Reset PC. This worked. I didn’t need anything but I could have saved everything if needed after I connected the HDMI. Took hours of reading so many posts of press this and hold that, none of it working, and then just trying to see if an HDMI would work. It did!! Good Luck — Neal
@nealp44 you are right and that shows the importance of always asking your own question. That way people get an answer which is individual to their device. Glad you got your computer working. — oldturkey03
My laptop comes on but its like the brightness is really dull and I can barely see anything unless I put a flash light to the screen please help — Elma Ekanem
Would this work on an Lenovo B575? Im going to try. Hopefully it doesn't break my laptop. :P — L3mon Z3st
My laptop when I switch it on the blue light comes on and go away again the screen stays blank need help. — Ben
@ben_mki what make and model is your laptop and what have you tried to fix it? — oldturkey03

Chuck Rep: 1.5k 3 2 2 · Answer 1 · 2011-01-26T07:28:12-07:00

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The "black screen of death" is usually very easy to repair on a laptop. First turn your computer off by pressing and holding down the start button. Next unplug the computer and then remove the battery. Press and hold down the start button for about 60 seconds. Release the button and plug in the computer. Press the start button and the display should return. If this does not work, try it again up to four times. No results usually indicates a bad mother board. Hope this helps.

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Thank you so very much! This fixed it! Every time I turned it on, I got the black screen and a lot of beeping that wouldn't stop unless I held down the power button to shut it down. I thought my computer was dead! You brought it back to life. Thank you!

07/18/2015 by santiagosrus

OMG, also works for me without having to remove my RAM sticks. What does pressing start button do?

09/12/2015 by Isaiah J

This happened to me a few days after I installed Windows 10. This fixed it, but it returned it to the old version Windows 7 I had. Now I don't think I want to install Windows 10 again. Thank you I thought my laptop was fried.

10/07/2015 by deb2582

You saved me, thank you so much!

11/03/2015 by aces219

I don't have a start button ! Are u meaning "power button " ???? My Caps Lock is flashing also & the beeps go away but the screen is still black & unresponsive . I am desperate for help please .

01/02/2016 by Kisha Scott

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david chase Rep: 973 4 4 3 · Answer 2 · 2013-11-18T09:28:14-07:00

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Hi,

Turn over your laptop and loose the screws where it shows RAM sign open the lid deattach the RAM and switch the laptop on shut it down and attach the RAM into the holder close the lid and lock the screws. Turn it on if it does not then take it to a local repair shop for actual issue identification.

Good Luck.

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Did exactly as you said and computer is working fine now. Thank you (computer is Dell inspiron M5010)

07/16/2016 by ocaleyo

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I had done the turn off let battery out restart push 60 seconds more than 4 times.it didnt work.i saw another dude's comment to take out the battery n power out a remove RAM n re-attach it,then put only power in without battery,then push the start button,but then it still wont open! AND THEN i saw your comment,i did it again,this time,to turn on laptop by pushing the start button,remove the RAM,while still leaving the RAM removed n cover still not closed,i quickly turn the laptop on after 3 4 seconds n quickly turn it off,then i re-attach the RAM again.n then i close the cover n screw it all.n then turn on the laptop n it turned on!! I sign up for this forum just because i want to reply your comment n say thank you n it worked!! im so happy because my deadline for my work ends today :( n all the files are in this laptop...thank you again.i hope others that see this comment will have it a try after several failures with other ways just like i did.goodluck!

10/30/2016 by Nurliyana Roslan

I removed the RAM and put it back in. Laptop worked just fine after that. Dell Inspiron 1545

08/10/2015 by Tony Stoned

I got my black screen with 4 beeps when turned on my lenovo, so just pulled both rams out & tried one by one in both slots, in this diagnostic i found my 1 ram faulty, so turned my system on single slot, its working perfect.

11/16/2016 by imtiaz1977

thank u worked for me too..

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Bonface Rep: 25 1 · Answer 3 · 2012-05-28T08:33:51-07:00

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This is usual problem in Hps machines when they start gettin old. Four beeps thats the motherboard problem, to narrow it down its the vga or rather graphic card. If you have proper tools you can do this on your own . otherwise take it to a good IT tech they will open the laptop resolder it properly and it will be fixed. I had similar problem and i fixed it with my friend in same way.its working fine.

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I'm facing this type of issue on my laptop Lenovo L410.

It is beaping on power on ( four times beap and pause three times beap and pause one time beap and pause one time beap and pause). And the screen is blank.

I've tried to reinsert the Ram also but my problem is still continuing.

Please help me out.

Thank you (Saurabh Singh)

01/27/2017 by Saurabh Singh

I replace a ram but it still have a long beep, lenovo s10 netbook, after long beep it goea to bios but when i click f1 the windows load, what is the problem of beeping?

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Aamir Hussain Rep: 25 1 · Answer 4 · 2017-09-01T10:29:57-07:00

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Hey Bro If you Have a Laptop that's beeping while turning on , and stuck at blank booting screen (After Logo) . That is a Hardware problem , the keyboard of that laptop have some shorting keys which is stopping to turn on the laptop. Here is the best solution for laptop beeping on startup , with very nice demo video and proof: https://youtu.be/vQpP4D38RNo

This is a High Quality Video Tutorial by TrickiKnow

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my laptop showing preparing automatic repair the it blik suddenly and black screen come...what should i do?

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black screen shows ram error.... try removing that ram, change with other compatible 1. if it does the same thing, then remove battery and charger, press hold power option for some time, after that, insert power source, it will turn on. failure to turn on calls for technical experience on power supply on motherboard

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JEAN PAUL MUNGWAKUZWE Rep: 1 · Answer 6 · 2017-09-03T05:40:51-07:00

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Thank you so very much! This fixed it!

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BULISANI BHEBHE Rep: 1 · Answer 7 · 2017-12-05T00:16:46-07:00

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" Turn over your laptop and loose the screws where it shows RAM sign open the lid detach the RAM and switch the laptop on shut it down and attach the RAM into the holder close the lid and lock the screws. Turn it on if it does not then take it to a local repair shop for actual issue identification. "

THANK YOU FOR THE ABOVE POST, IT JUST WORKED AS A MAGIC PILL FOR MY HP2000, ON WINDOWS 8.

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luisvelig Rep: 1 · Answer 8 · 2018-02-10T16:55:00-07:00

Hello everyone,

I have a Thinkpad T430s which was working fine with windows 7 ultimate until yesterday, but since I saw that new windows 10 drivers for this model were release. I decided to upgrade to this new OS, btw my cousin have the same model working fine with windows 10. To sum up, I left my laptop upgrading for about 4 hours and when I got back home, the screen was black (like in sleep mode) so I just pressed the start button and I was prompted to continue with the final stage of the installation process; it was basically to enter my wifi password and choose to set windows in quick mode. The next step was a normal restart process. However, aftar that I only get a black screen and 4 cycles of 4 beeps.

P.S. The following video shows exactly the issue I'm experiencing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWuikhzw...

I do need some help here, just to get access to the bios so I can downgrade to windows 7 again.

Best regards,

Luis Veli

Muhammad Usama Rep: 1 · Answer 9 · 2018-04-29T22:13:16-07:00

I have Lenovo Laptop. it worked perfectly on windows 7 then i installed windows 10 and it worked okay for first 2 or 3 days but after that i am facing a problem. whenever my laptop is direct power off like if battery empty or i do this by power button, simply direct power off, and when i start my laptop, after windows 10 logo it shows nothing like the screen is off, and then i login my laptop like a blind person and shut it down(just by using keypad without any screen help as it is off) and then start it and it starts and runs okay...I need help guys

VINCENT KASOKA Rep: 1 · Answer 10 · 2018-06-11T14:59:22-07:00

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'''Great it worked out for me..!!''

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Jade morin @animalgirl24256 Rep: 1 · Answer 11 · 2018-06-20T08:59:26-07:00

So I turn my aspire Acer laptop on and I get a black screen, but the day before it had been working fine. So I looked it up and I've tried restarting it by turning it all the way off, removing the battery, unplugging it and holding the power button down for 60 seconds, about five or six times. Ive also tried shutting it all the way down removing one of the memory chip and turning it back on putting the chip back in and removing the other and neither steps have worked. What else can I do?

wkb143 Rep: 1 · Answer 12 · 2017-06-19T20:34:42-07:00

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Maybe your keyboard is short if power buttons are on keyboard check with new keyboard or remove keyboard and turn on laptop

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My Dell Inspiron laptop has black screen, no beeps. It shows Dell briefly on startup with F2 F12 in lower rt corner....then blank screen. Again, no beeps. I took out RAM, turned on/off......nothing. held start 60 secs as above, nothing. (my son did drop it a week ago) but no obvious damage. Any thoughts? All my childrens pictures/videos of their childhood are on this computer!!!!!

January 31 by B Griffin

I also notice that when I hit power button to turn it off, it shuts off immediately, unlike when its functioning correctly, I have to HOLD power button down few seconds to manually turn off. So thats a clue.......

January 31 by B Griffin

I turn to sleep mode my laptop then I forgot to shut it down then the next thing is my laptop is not responding though it's light on power indicator but the screen os not responding. What to do.

February 13 by Hannah

I have a dell M 20 laptop that powers on but only get a black display help needed please.

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