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Re: Busted laptop? How can I tell?
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Mon, 5 Nov 2001 12:36:22 GMT
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Fixed it - fan had stopped working and it was an alarm on the mainboard.
That also explains why it was hot to touch after just 30 minutes :(

Dan



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I have a laptop that starts making a continuous tone when it's turned on. I have tried removing all PCMCIA cards and it doesn't help. Sometimes the tone has little variations in it - sounds a bit like a modem, but there's no modem built-in to the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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