rammunition
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Ok, before I begin here are the specs of the laptop in question

Toshiba satellite a110-247
Centrino 1.8Ghz
1GB ram
60/80GB hard drive.
Windows XP

ok, now the laptop was working fine yesterday. Now i tried to switch it on. This it what happens

The power light turns on and is blue, the fans and all spin and boot up. But the screen remains blank. Within 2 seconds of booting it makes a series of beeps. This is how it goes.

"Beep, beep beep". A second pause. "Beep, beep, beep". Another second goes. "Beep".

After the final single beep the fan below the laptop stops spinning but the power light remains blue. Still nothing on the screen.

I've taken the battery out and put it back in after the minute, no luck.

Help!
King_County_Downy
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+2,791|6857|Seattle

Try reseating the RAM maybe??? That may be difficult on a laptop since one stick is usually under the keyboard.

3 Beeps is usually video card errors but who knows... I'd try the RAM first.
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steelie34
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find the support documentation for your laptop from toshiba's website.  it will tell you exactly what the beep code means.
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rammunition
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Its ram problems.

Took both 512mb sticks out, and I had a pare 1GB from my main laptop which I just upgraded to 2GB. Now I was selling that ram but not anymore

Anyway the laptop boots with the 1GB stick, tried the other 2 sticks on their own. One works, one doesn't.

So I have 1.5GB ram now in the laptop.

Question, the 1GB is a PC2-5300 (667mhz?) and the 512mb is a PC2-4200(533mhz). Now both ram sticks are running at 533mhz. It shouldn't be a problem, should it even though they are different brands?
King_County_Downy
shitfaced
+2,791|6857|Seattle

Nah, that's normal. Your computer will clock down to the the slowest speed of your RAM sticks. Brands don't matter.
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