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Acer laptop beeps twice when starts
« on: September 10, 2011, 08:43:12 PM »
Hello,

Acer laptop beeps twice when starts and a screen appears with this info...

PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.1
Copyright 1985-2004 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
All rights reserved.
CPU+ Intel (R) Celeron (R) M CPU 420 @ 1.60GHz
503M System RAM passed
1024K Cache sRam Passed
System BIOS shadowed
Video BIOS shadowed
Fixed Disk 0:
ATAPI CD-ROM: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-L632D
Mouse initialized
ERROR
0200: Failure Fixed Disk 0
Press <F1> to resume, <F2> Setup


No matter what I do from this point it doesnt work... any ideas?

Cheers...

quaxo



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Re: Acer laptop beeps twice when starts
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2011, 09:09:40 PM »
ERROR
0200: Failure Fixed Disk 0
Press <F1> to resume, <F2> Setup

Has the laptop be dropped or suffered some kind of physical jarring before this happen? This message usually means the hard drive has died or is in a state of failure that won't allow the computer to access it normally.

The first, and free, fix you should try is opening the hard drive compartment, remove the drive, then put it back in. While you've got it out, take note of the drive manufacturer's name.

If resteating it doesn't work, download the drive manufacturer's diagnostic tool. You can find links to the various manufacture's tools here:
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287

Run the tool and see what it says of the drive. No one better than the manufacturer to tell you if the drive is screwed or not. Try those things and if neither gives a clear answer, we'll try looking at some other steps.




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Re: Acer laptop beeps twice when starts
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2011, 11:51:49 AM »
Do you want it to beep three times?  ::)

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