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Anonymous Posted on Sep 21, 2012

Alienware Area-51 Desktop won't boot up long beep

When I turn on the computer it doesn't seem to boot up. All the lights and fans turn on, but I get no video output. And the system beeps. Its will beep for about 8 seconds then pause for 4 and continue to beep again. It also makes a buzzing noise (louder than normal) that appears to be coming from the rear fan or liquid cooling system, but I',m not sure if its related. I have tried moving my RAM into different slots and removing them entirely, but had no results. Also the fan to the left of the RAM slots doesn't spin.

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The fan to the left of your RAM slots needs to spin, it may be the reason for your problem. If this is the CPU fan then you may have a dead CPU.

Contact a computer technician for repair or claim warranty support.

Take care!
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  • Anonymous Sep 22, 2012

    Can the CPU be easily replaced by DIY? My warranty has expired.

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If the activity light on the front of the tower is not glowing than it can be an issue with the power supply of the PC. Try to open the tower and try to reseat the Power supply cables and check.
You can also try to Reseat the RAM (memory) sticks. If you have 2 Memory stick you can just try to boot the pc with the help of one stick and vice versa. If still the issue persist you can try to do a test on the Motherboard. Simply take out the Memory cards and power on the pc . if you hear a beeping noise than the Motherboard is fine and if you dont hear a beeping noise that it is a faulty Motherboard.

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You should try cleaning all the fans inside your PC once in a while.

Fans, especially in your video card would spin faster whenever you used the video card performance by playing online games that rely on graphics.

It is very normal. What is not is the annoying sounds you are hearing. It should not be. These sounds is cause by dirt accumulating on your blowers and fans. Just clean and the annoying sounds will go away.

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