Troubleshooting Laptop Problems by Bios Beep Code BDFIX July 24, 2016 BIOS , Laptop Bios , Laptop Repairing [tab][content title="Dell"] Beep Code Fault Description Fault(s) 1 Motherboard: BIOS ROM Failure Motherboard, covers BIOS corruption or ROM error 2 Memory No Memory (RAM) detected 3 Motherboard: Chipset *Chipset Error (North and South bridge error *Time-Of-Day Clock test failure *Gate A20 failure *Super I/O chip failure *Keyboard controller failure 4 Memory Memory (RAM) Failure 5 Real Time Clock Power Failure CMOS battery failure 6 Video BIOS Video card/chip failure 7 Central Processing Unit (CPU) Central Processing Unit (CPU) Failure 8 LCD LCD/GPU Failure LED Blinking Pattern Amber/White Fault Description Suggested Resolution 2,1 CPU CPU failure 2,2 Motherboard:BIOS ROM Motherboard, covers BIOS corruption or ROM error 2,3 Memory No memory/RAM detected 2,4 Memory Memory/RAM failure 2,5 Memory Invalid memory installed 2,6 Motherboard:Chipset Motherboard / Chipset error 2,7 LCD LCD failure 3,1 RTC Power Failure CMOS battery failure 3,2 PCI/Video PCI or Video card/chip failure 3,3 BIOS Recovery 1 Recovery Image not found 3,4 BIOS Recovery 2 Recovery Image found but invalid 3,5 Power Rail failure EC ran into power sequencing failure 3,6 SBIOS Flash Corruption Flash Corruption detected by SBIOS 3,7 ME Error Timeout waiting on ME to reply to HECI message Off Power is off or the system is in an S4 (hibernate) or S5 power state. LED is blank. Solid White The computer is in power-on state. Solid Amber The system board cannot start initialization. There may be an issue with the system board, memory, processor or the power supply. Blinking Amber The system board cannot start initialization or in an S3 power state. There is a power problem, a device may be malfunctioning or incorrectly installed. [/content][content title="HP"] LED/BEEP CODE Location of Blinking LEDs Component Being Checked Error Condition Continuous glow Battery power LED Battery The AC adapter is attached and the battery is charging, but does not yet have sufficient charge to power the notebook. 1 Caps Lock/Num Lock CPU CPU not functional 2 Caps Lock/Num Lock BIOS BIOS corruption failure 3 Caps Lock/Num Lock Memory Module error not functional 4 Caps Lock/Num Lock Graphics Graphics controller not functional 5 Caps Lock/Num Lock System board General system board failure 6 Caps Lock/Num Lock BIOS BIOS authentication failure Continuous blink AC power adapter LED Power adapter Insufficient power [/content][/tab] [tab][content title="Dell"] Beep Code Fault Description Fault(s) 1 Motherboard... Read more »