Dell Latitude E6420 Beep Codes

Diagnostic Indicators
Created by Roscoe Dyer on June 27, 2014

How to identify beep codes:

When a laptop or computer first powers on, it goes through an initial
set of diagnostic tests to make sure vital components are
preforming correctly. These tests are called POST or Power On Self
Test. When a test fails, the user is notified via POST codes, Light
codes, or Beep codes. For diagnosing Beep codes you need to:

Power on the laptop or restart it if it is already on.

Listen to the number of consecutive beeps when the computer
begins to boot. Restarting the laptop may be necessary and
should not harm the laptop at this time.

Dell Latitude E6420 Beep Codes

# of
Description Possible Cause(s)
Beeps
System board failure,
BIOS ROM checksum in progress
1 covers BIOS corruption or
or failure
ROM errors.
Memory or Memory slot
2 No Memory (RAM) detected
failure
chipset Error (North and
South bridge error,
DMA/IMR/Timer error)
Time-Of-Day Clock test
failure
3 System board failure
:
 Gate A20 failure
Super I/O chip failure
Keyboard controller test
failure

4 Memory read / write failure Memory failure

5 Real Time Clock (RTC) power fail CMOS battery failure
6 Video BIOS test failure Video subsystem failure
Processor failure or
7 CPU Cache test failure
motherboard failure
8 LCD LCD failure

Most Common Fixes:

1 Beep: Replace the motherboard / system board.
2 Beeps: Reseat the memory or replace the memory.
3 Beeps: Replace the motherboard / system board.
4 Beeps: Reseat the memory or replace the memory.
5 Beeps: Replace the CMOS battery.
6 Beeps: Reseat or replace the video card or replace the
motherboard / system board.
7 Beeps: Reseat or replace the CPU or replace the
motherboard.
8 Beeps: Reseat the LCD cable or replace the LCD screen.

Latitude E6420 Beep Codes

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