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Two beeps is usually the video card.
Do you have a spare video card to change out?
This is why people keep obsolete PCI video cards for just such tests.
Beeps on a Dell mean different things, how many beeps are there and are they long or short? Most common is the stick(s) of Ram are faulty or need reseating
I'm not sure what 12 short beeps mean, but it indicates something is wrong with the hardware. Check your ram sticks. Found under a panel on the bottom of your laptop. If you have 2, take one out, try to boot, then swap them.
There are other reasons for beep codes, but they tend to be much worse & less likely.
One beep means everything posted right
I would start with the video card and pull
it out of socket then reinsert it you could
have a bad card or bad cable or the
mother board cant handle vcard
No Beeps
Short, No power, Bad CPU/MB, Loose Peripherals
One Beep
Everything is normal and Computer POSTed fine
Two Beeps
POST/CMOS Error
One Long Beep, One Short Beep
Motherboard Problem
One Long Beep, Two Short Beeps
Video Problem
One Long Beep, Three Short Beeps
Video Problem
Three Long Beeps
Keyboard Error
Repeated Long Beeps
Memory Error
Continuous Hi-Lo Beeps
CPU Overheating
First you need to know which BIOS you have and how many beeps it is producing... these beeps are the POST - Power On Self Test. They tell us if there are problems such as missing keyboard, video card not working, memory faults etc...
Then you need to go to the appropriate BIOS site and see what the number of beeps mean.
If it is a single beep - it means all is well...
As you are not getting anything more you should check to see if the Hard Drive (HD) light flashes - if so - the HD is probably operating ok and loading your system but there is either a problem with your monitor or video card... borrow another monitor and see if that helps...
But it all depends on the number of beeps you get and what kind - long and short beeps (like morse code).
1
short beep
Normal POST - system is ok
2
short beeps
POST Error - error code shown on screen
No
beep
Power supply or system board problem
Continuous
beep
Power supply, system board, or keyboard problem
Repeating
short beeps
Power supply or system board problem
1
long, 1 short beep
System board problem
1
long, 2 short beeps
Display adapter problem (MDA, CGA)
1
long, 3 short beeps
Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA)
3
long beeps
3270 keyboard card
try to open your cpu, and fix some hardware inside, maybe theres something lose there like video card or your RAM, i encountered also that problem. try to do this.maybe it can help.
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