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Laptop continuous beeping at startup

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When I pressed that ON button, the laptop start beeping for about 1.30mins and stop. Windows will come up after about 3-4 minutes. After that some keys on the keyboard will not function. The keys that functioned will repeat key strokes. How do you solve this problem. I have a Toshiba satellite A97.
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by cmiller5400

Sounds like something is wrong with the keyboard or the systemboard. Try replacing the keyboard. If that doesn't work, it is probably the systemboard that needs replacing. If it is still under warranty, I would call Toshiba to have it repaired.

by tcagokl

Keyboard Error

Any Of the Key in Your Laptop Keyboard Is Faulty

Check The Keyboard

by 2of9

Hardware is the obvious thing to look at first. However, there is a virus that does this, too. I saw it infect a user's W7 PC on my network. When I attempted the OS repair, the malware prevented the mouse from clicking OK and forced the cancel button instead. It prevented process kills in Task Manager and an older system restore was prevented as well. This was on the very first reboot after infection AND it locked up the PC after the user tried logging out and back in. Next day PC was working again but I've learned when malware strikes, if you can't find it, wipe it. Since I couldn't Google any solution info, I wiped and rebuilt AND made sure I added extra AV & a personal Firewall (comodo or ZA). In my experience this is a keylogger malware that's very noisy upon first infection. I am absolutely certain this was not hardware malfunction.

by pedzgazer

you said that it was noisy..does it beeps continuesly?coz my laptop got this problem that it beeps continuesly when starting up and got also the problem of the keyboard that letters are repeated when typing and capslock always comes up even without pressing it..

by mjd420nova

The keyboard assembly has it's own interface chip mounted on the board. If that fails, a replacement keyboard from the mfgr will solve the problem. If that fails, the system board would be at fault. The ribbon cable between the two, and their associated connectors also needs some investigation. This does exhibit the classic signs of a laptop that had something spilled on it.

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