HP G71-329WM Boot Up Issue

DIDS · Post by **DIDS** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:21 am

Hi All,

I am looking at my nephew's HP G71-329WM laptop that has an issue. When it turns on it immediately starts beeping and the Caps Lock light flashes 3 times stops and then flashes 3 times again and repeats the cycle. Nothing ever appears on the screen. It doesn't even show the BIOS boot. I checked on HP website and it indicates that 3 Flashes is a memory issue on the G71-300 and G71-400 they do not list the error codes for the G71-329.

My question is if it really is a memory issue wouldn't I still see at least the BIOS boot (Option screen to choose boot device)? I tried hooking it up to an external monitor and it still doesn't show anything. I also tried to put a Ubuntu CD in the drive and start the computer with that. I also tried to reseat the memory and still get the same result. Any idea's?

Thanks,

DIDS

DIDS · Post by **DIDS** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:01 pm

DIDS wrote:Hi All,

I am looking at my nephew's HP G71-329WM laptop that has an issue. When it turns on it immediately starts beeping and the Caps Lock light flashes 3 times stops and then flashes 3 times again and repeats the cycle. Nothing ever appears on the screen. It doesn't even show the BIOS boot. I checked on HP website and it indicates that 3 Flashes is a memory issue on the G71-300 and G71-400 they do not list the error codes for the G71-329.

My question is if it really is a memory issue wouldn't I still see at least the BIOS boot (Option screen to choose boot device)? I tried hooking it up to an external monitor and it still doesn't show anything. I also tried to put a Ubuntu CD in the drive and start the computer with that. I also tried to reseat the memory and still get the same result. Any idea's?

Thanks,

DIDS

Anyone?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:08 pm

I would believe the error code from HP's site.

DIDS · Post by **DIDS** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:05 pm

Hi YoS,

Thanks for the reply.

Shouldn't I still see the BIOS bootup screen show even if somehow both the 2GB memory modules went bad in just over a year? I just want to make sure before I have them spend $80 on memory that the screen or motherboard isn't toast.

Thanks,

DIDS

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:15 pm

Not sure if it could be the same thing since your laptop's at least beeping, but had this issue with a friend's HP dv6000.

http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread ... top-thread

The solder on the video card fractures and keeps it from ever booting.

DIDS · Post by **DIDS** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:32 pm

Hi Humboldt,

I don't think that is the issue since it doesn't use a graphics card. The video is onboard sharing the RAM. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Thanks,

DIDS

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:36 pm

Can you swap in any spare RAM from another laptop, or depending on how many sticks it has try 1 stick of RAM in different spots?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:56 pm

DIDS wrote:Hi YoS,

Thanks for the reply.

Shouldn't I still see the BIOS bootup screen show even if somehow both the 2GB memory modules went bad in just over a year? I just want to make sure before I have them spend $80 on memory that the screen or motherboard isn't toast.

Thanks,

DIDS

Memory is a requirement to POST.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:41 am

Humboldt wrote:Can you swap in any spare RAM from another laptop, or depending on how many sticks it has try 1 stick of RAM in different spots?

What Humby said.

DIDS · Post by **DIDS** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:23 pm

Thanks for the replies guys. I got ahold of another working G71-329WM (niece's) and swaped the memory but still have the same issue. Not sure where to go from here. I assume the Motherboard must be damaged.

Thanks,

DIDS