Hi
I hopened someone will take the time to help me, I am not entirely sure what my exact problem is.
Firstly my setup:
Dell XPS L502X
Intel Core i7
Nvidia GTX 540M
4 GB RAM
No peripherals
And now my problems which vary.
There are times that I turn on my laptop to 2/3 beeps from the BIOS. The fan is also on its highest speed. This is usually solved by reseating the RAM. If that doesn't work leaving the laptop for a few days allows me to boot it normally again.
When the laptop does boot and I log in (about 20 seconds after pressing the power button) the fan speed is high however the laptop is not hot. The fan generally never slows down, though there are exceptions to that. If I open a few pieces of software eg photoshop cs4, Internet Explorer, iTunes, all at the same time the laptop then freezes and the screen displays nothing but static. The fan is also on its highest setting. The only way to turn the laptop off at this stage is to pull the power and battery out.
The static screen episode also occurs when using it for menial tasks (Web browsing, word documents and the like) for any longer than about 20 minutes.
It also occurs if I start anything that is too intensive, eg Battlefield 4.
After this when rebooting the laptop I get 2/3 beeps again with the high fan speed. Reseating the RAM does not work. The only solution is to leave the laptop off for around a week before it will then boot again.
If anyone is able to diagnose this your help would be appreciated. If you need any other info then just ask and I'll do my best to provide it.
Thank you
I hopened someone will take the time to help me, I am not entirely sure what my exact problem is.
Firstly my setup:
Dell XPS L502X
Intel Core i7
Nvidia GTX 540M
4 GB RAM
No peripherals
And now my problems which vary.
There are times that I turn on my laptop to 2/3 beeps from the BIOS. The fan is also on its highest speed. This is usually solved by reseating the RAM. If that doesn't work leaving the laptop for a few days allows me to boot it normally again.
When the laptop does boot and I log in (about 20 seconds after pressing the power button) the fan speed is high however the laptop is not hot. The fan generally never slows down, though there are exceptions to that. If I open a few pieces of software eg photoshop cs4, Internet Explorer, iTunes, all at the same time the laptop then freezes and the screen displays nothing but static. The fan is also on its highest setting. The only way to turn the laptop off at this stage is to pull the power and battery out.
The static screen episode also occurs when using it for menial tasks (Web browsing, word documents and the like) for any longer than about 20 minutes.
It also occurs if I start anything that is too intensive, eg Battlefield 4.
After this when rebooting the laptop I get 2/3 beeps again with the high fan speed. Reseating the RAM does not work. The only solution is to leave the laptop off for around a week before it will then boot again.
If anyone is able to diagnose this your help would be appreciated. If you need any other info then just ask and I'll do my best to provide it.
Thank you