"Bart Bervoets" wrote in message
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Machine was just fine, checked the obvious and ram, harddisk, ... is all
fine, no picture at all.
Machine suddenly stopped working while booting xp, now only a long beep, 2
seconds wait, another long beep
and so on.
Google does not make me any wiser, neither packard bell.
I'v re-seated the cpu to no avail.
Anyone seen this before?

Bart Bervoets


Does the hard disk drive spin up when the laptop is booted?

Otherwise - need to know the POST code for that laptop, one long, 2 seconds
and another long ...

Have you checked the hdd on a desktop using an adapter?