I have had a Dell Inspiron 4100 for about 8 years now and it has worked just great. However, I am having a problem now. When I turn it on, there is a very loud and piercing alarm and the only way to turn it off is to unplug the computer and take out the battery. Any idea what may be going on?
Most likely, the CPU cooling fan, as the system doesn't really start generating any heat until the windows video initializes. If you have the resource CD, run the diagnostic for the fan, see if the noise occurs during the test.
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Thanks for responding. Was away for a few days.
Strangely the laptop boots up just fine. After it finishes loading Windows XP and I see my desktop, the piercing alarm starts immediately, but the system continues loading normally. Do you suspect something is wrong with the hard drive? Any clues would be much appreciated.
Sounds like you might have fan failure (Bearing seized) but we need more information. So the system operate normally other than the noise, or is it locked up?
If you remove the hard drive, does the noise still occur when you start the system?
Cant turn laptop on, instead a loud alarm starts going off
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