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Dell Latitude rapid beep during boot up

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by jgreer

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I have a Dell Latitude that starts rapidly beeping when it is powered up and continues until the Operating System boots up. The bios is current and I cannot seem to locate a fix on Dell.com Any ideas?

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by fred07

Hi,
Rapid beeping is RAM not seated properly or with two sticks not compatible usually.
Recheck the sites you mentioned for their bios alarm codes to see what the alarm code is.
I am suprised it even boots.

by joe

I'm surprised it boots up too. If you upgraded your RAm and have two installed, try taking one out and reboot. If it did not work try removing the other and installing the first one. If they are different in size, try putting the larger size first closest to the processor.It does sound like they are not compatible. Also check all your cards to make sure they are installed properly. HTH

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