satellite L850D wont boot to bios,no start beep.

[bigcroc64]

I have tried to boot without the ram i get a series of beeps ,The screen is blank ,i tried shining a bright torch at the screen to see if i can see the bios page but nothing.

 

[Ztruker]

You can't boot to BIOS without RAM.

 

[bigcroc64]

hi there Ztruker no bios at all.

 

[Ztruker]

??? Don't understand what that means?

 

[bigcroc64]

ok its like this i hit power the blue light at the front comes on ,no start beep as there use to be,then there is nothing just a blank screen.I shut it down and removed the ram as instructed by someone else that was helping me troubleshoot on another forum,i got a series of beeps ,that apparently means the ram is faulty.I just thought someone else may have another idea to what the problem is.Thanks for trying anyway.

 

[Ztruker]

If you remove all the ram you will get the multiple beeps and the system will not do anything else.

Put 1/2 of the ram back and try it again. If same, swap ram and try again.

Also disconnect everything externally except mouse, keyboard and display. Internally, disconnect optical drive(s) and hard drive(s). Remove any add-on PCI or PCI-E cards. Power up and see what happens.

 

[bigcroc64]

Ok so i should have mentioned i only have 1 stick of ram 4gb,but i will try what you have said thanks again.

 

[bigcroc64]

I have 2 x 2 GB sticks on order should i just wait until then and try the new ram first.

 

[Ztruker]

Try the other stuff now, won't hurt and you may get lucky.

 

[gregrocker]

What the beeps tell you with RAM removed is that the mobo is most likely OK.

Boot CD to test the RAM - Test with Memtest86+ CD for 5-6 passes or overnight. Do you get anything on screen?

Try another monitor, monitor cable and connection.