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From: me on 16 Feb 2010 13:09
Got a Dell Latitude D820, WXP, all service packs and drivers up to date.
Lately, no matter what I might be doing (even walking away and doing nothing
at all), the laptop will spontaneously freeze and there is a non-stop LOUD,
continuous beep. You can't even push the power button and shut down. Must
remove battery and/or unplug the stop the horrible noise. Sometimes it
happens after being on the laptop 5 minutes, other times it won't happen
until several hours have gone by.

I have done some Google searches and even basic hardware diagnostics to no
avail. Anybody ever hear of this? Any ideas?
From: R. McCarty on 16 Feb 2010 13:24
Over heating ? - there is a program specifically for Dell computers to help
monitor & control fans and sensors: http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/index.html
As a alternative you can use SpeedFan 4.40:
http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

"me" <me(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Got a Dell Latitude D820, WXP, all service packs and drivers up to date.
> Lately, no matter what I might be doing (even walking away and doing
> nothing
> at all), the laptop will spontaneously freeze and there is a non-stop
> LOUD,
> continuous beep. You can't even push the power button and shut down.
> Must
> remove battery and/or unplug the stop the horrible noise. Sometimes it
> happens after being on the laptop 5 minutes, other times it won't happen
> until several hours have gone by.
>
> I have done some Google searches and even basic hardware diagnostics to no
> avail. Anybody ever hear of this? Any ideas?


From: SC Tom on 16 Feb 2010 13:31

"me" <me(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6E7A3BE9-526E-48B7-AA4F-6C53E7DF7EAF(a)microsoft.com...
> Got a Dell Latitude D820, WXP, all service packs and drivers up to date.
> Lately, no matter what I might be doing (even walking away and doing
> nothing
> at all), the laptop will spontaneously freeze and there is a non-stop
> LOUD,
> continuous beep. You can't even push the power button and shut down.
> Must
> remove battery and/or unplug the stop the horrible noise. Sometimes it
> happens after being on the laptop 5 minutes, other times it won't happen
> until several hours have gone by.
>
> I have done some Google searches and even basic hardware diagnostics to no
> avail. Anybody ever hear of this? Any ideas?

There are a number of things that will cause those symptoms- a key stuck
down, bad memory, or overheating all will cause a continuous beep and
freezing. Although usually (but not always) overheating will shut it down.
Check inside and see if there is any dust build up, and if there is any,
remove it. Try disconnecting your hard drive and plugging it back in, and
removing and replacing the RAM. If you have any cards (Cardbus or whatever
your notebook uses), remove them and see if the problem reoccurs.
If you don't have any stuck keys, download Memtest86
http://www.memtest86.com/download.html , create the boot CD, and test your
RAM.
--
SC Tom

From: "db" databaseben at hotmail dot on 16 Feb 2010 14:29
??

however, you might want
to try and posting the
question to the dell
community forums.

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"me" <me(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6E7A3BE9-526E-48B7-AA4F-6C53E7DF7EAF(a)microsoft.com...
> Got a Dell Latitude D820, WXP, all service packs and drivers up to date.
> Lately, no matter what I might be doing (even walking away and doing nothing
> at all), the laptop will spontaneously freeze and there is a non-stop LOUD,
> continuous beep. You can't even push the power button and shut down. Must
> remove battery and/or unplug the stop the horrible noise. Sometimes it
> happens after being on the laptop 5 minutes, other times it won't happen
> until several hours have gone by.
>
> I have done some Google searches and even basic hardware diagnostics to no
> avail. Anybody ever hear of this? Any ideas?

From: William R. Walsh on 16 Feb 2010 16:00
You should post to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell if you can do so.

My Latitude D800 let out a very long and unhappy beep that would not
stop after I spilled some water on the rug it was sitting on. I doubt if
you did that to your system, but if you did, get the battery out, unplug
the power cord *right now* and leave it to dry for a minimum of several
days!

Consider opening expansion card doors as well.

It wicked the water up into the system unit, as the carpet was deep pile
stuff. A few days in front of a fan fixed it, and everything has been
fine since.

It's very likely you have a bad system board if there is no other
obvious problem and diagnostics don't reveal anything. However, you
might want to try booting into another operating system (such as a Linux
Live CD) to see if the misbehavior persists.

Finally, try disconnecting any hardware plugged into the machine.
Perhaps an external device is causing problems.

William
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