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please help! my gateway laptop's fan stops and then continuous beeps follow during boot, it beeps for a long time and then fan

Unplug the laptop keyboard and use a USB one, still beeping? You can try different RAM also, that is a good place to start troubleshooting.
 
Solution


Go over the keyboard make sure keys are all in good shape, or replace it.