1 long 2 short beeps

Have the same problem and i solved it after 1 month tries
the problem was in NVIDIA Graphic card
the solution was by by heating the NVIDIA Graphic card for 5 min or more

the logic board is bad try calling hp tech support. hope helps!!! :D

Hard Drive is bad and probably needs to be replaced.
Good Luck...

Without knowing what motherboard is in the unit - it will be difficult to determine what the 4 beeps means.

Generally, 4 beeps means issues with :

- memory
- video card
- keyboard
- motherboard failure

Things to try -

- make sure there is no keys stuck down
- remove the battery and AC adapter, remove and re-install the memory sticks (reseating the memory)

If this does not work, your problem may be more serious. Let us know the results of the above suggestions.

First you need to know which BIOS you have and how many beeps it is producing... these beeps are the POST - Power On Self Test. They tell us if there are problems such as missing keyboard, video card not working, memory faults etc...

Then you need to go to the appropriate BIOS site and see what the number of beeps mean.

If it is a single beep - it means all is well...
As you are not getting anything more you should check to see if the Hard Drive (HD) light flashes - if so - the HD is probably operating ok and loading your system but there is either a problem with your monitor or video card... borrow another monitor and see if that helps...

But it all depends on the number of beeps you get and what kind - long and short beeps (like morse code).

If this helped you at all please vote!

how many times it beeps is an indication of the problem
1 short beep
Normal POST - system is ok 2 short beeps POST Error - error code shown on screen No beep Power supply or system board problem Continuous beep Power supply, system board, or keyboard problem Repeating short beeps Power supply or system board problem 1 long, 1 short beep System board problem 1 long, 2 short beeps Display adapter problem (MDA, CGA) 1 long, 3 short beeps Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) 3 long beeps 3270 keyboard cardhope this helps.

diid u change memory or something it means that some hardware is not compatible or broken lik memory mostly it because of that

This must be an Award BIOS.

1 long and 2 short beeps indicates a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information.

I doubt there is anything you can do, other then taking it in for service.

It's most likely the video controller.

You might try connecting an external monitor, but I doubt it will function.

• Bad video card - 1 long and 2 short beeps
• Bad power supply - 1) continuous beeps, 2) non-stop short beeps
• Bad memory - 3 short beeps
• Bad Motherboard - 1 long and 1 short beep
• Disk drive related problem / Video card problem - 1 short beep then nothing happens