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Alright I guess I'll see what a new board will set me back. Thanks for your help.

Which I guess is integrated so there's no way I could swap the video cards right? So I'm basically stuck with two dead boards?

I guess I haven't looked at that. From this site http://blog.parts-people.com/2014/06/27/dell-inspiron-1545-beep-codes-diagnostic-indicators/ I thought it was the memory. I'll try and check out the video card

Is there any way to find out without seeing that boot screen or getting into the bios?

No I don't. I just know it showed the dell screen at boot. I wish I could get one of them to show the boot screen so I could figure it out. The Dell website just says it's version A14 of the dell system bios.

I didn't do anything different. Jpst plugged into the wall. After doing some swapping I've gotten the beeping motherboard to beep with both charger boards. And the other one doesn't boot with either board. Both power buttons work. I don't know much about voltage testing but it looked like power...

On closer inspection the motherboards for the two laptops are slightly different. One is a 48 4AQ01 .011 08212-1 and the other is a 48 4AQ01 .031 08212-3. Also the charger boards are similarly different. Are motherboards only compatible with one charger board? I guess I'm asking if when I put...

Hello, I have two Dell Inspiron 1545s. One has been working fine (after some tinkering) but randomly beeps twice at startup and won't boot anymore. If I'm correct that means there's a problem with the memory. So I tried reseating the memory, switching sticks between the two computers, and I...