How to fix overheating and beeping sound in laptop?

Question

Hi. I have a Dell Inspiron 1564 laptop. Its quite old now. It gradually started getting overheated with time. Im a gamer and whenever i play hardcore games like bioshock they run very slowly. I looked up online and my laptop can manage to play at medium settings but it gets extremly overheated after playing for about 1/2 an hour on super low settings. Recently while playing dota 2 it just shut down itself. now whenever I try to switch it on it makes an extremely loud beeping noise and i have to switch it off to stop it. I need a solution to fix the overheating and the beeping sound.

Answer 1

Hi Kavin,



I understand your concern. Apart from the steps suggested by other user, you may follow the troubleshooting steps below which might be of some help in resolving this issue:



1) Beep codes at system start up may be due to some hardware failure. You may run an onboard diagnostic test on your computer by following the steps below:



> Restart your computer and tap F12 at Dell logo.

> Highlight diagnostics and hit Enter to initiate the test.

> Make a note of error code if any.



In case you get any error code, it is an issue with system hardware and might need replacement. For more information, you may refer to link: http://dell.to/140XDxC



2) Clean the air vents: You may use a can of compressed air to clean the air vents. Please ensure to power off system and remove the AC adapter and battery before you perform this step. For more information on cleaning the vents, please visit the following link:



http://dell.to/12ir7Ws



3) Update system BIOS



Make sure the ac adapter is connected and the battery is charged 10% or above to update the BIOS. Also, disconnect all the external peripherals before updating the BIOS. All the programs should be closed and documents saved.



Link to download system BIOS: http://dell.to/165pYmL



4) To reduce CPU usage by different applications, you may also perform a clean boot and remove the unwanted programs and services from start up. For more information on this, you may refer to link:



http://dell.to/12nKIFL



You may also optimize the operating system for a good performance. For detailed information, you may refer to the following link:



http://dell.to/YVx5KM



5) Run diagnostics on system fan: You may run a custom test on the system fan to ensure the correct functionality. Your might have received a drivers and utilities disc with the computer, you may use that to run custom test on system fan by following the steps below:



- Insert Recovery CD

- Shut down and restart the computer.

- When Dell logo appears, immediately tap repeatedly

- When the boot device list appears, highlight the option CD/DVD/CD-RW and press

- Boot from CD-ROM from the menu that appears and press

- This message appears ‘Press any key to boot from the CD’

- Promptly hit

- Select Custom Test > System Fan and follow the prompts.



For detailed instructions on running custom test on system fan, you may refer to the following link:



http://dell.to/165C28m



To run diagnostics online, click on the following link: http://dell.to/11nonGr



If the diagnostics fail and the issue persists, system fan might need replacement.



Hope this helps.



Thanks and Regards,

Chinmay S

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I faced a similar problem before, sans loud beeping. The beeping is usually caused when you press and hold a key on the computer while its starting up. It's probably beeping to tell you that "okay, you pressed a button(or a button is stuck), I get it!" The screen not displaying is sometimes caused by a bios error, and re-flashing the bios might be the solution to this problem. To do that you'd have to create a bootable flash drive, then get the latest bios update for your laptop, which can be found at your manufacturer's website.

Answer 4

Beeps as a computer boots up are diagnostic - count them and then check the Dell.com website (user forum?) to see if you can find out what message that many beeps are trying to tell you. Selecting F2 as it boots might get you to a diagnostic that runs on the BIOS to see what is going on with the hardware.



It might be time for some "housekeeping" before playing again.



If you can get it to boot up and start running - Disk Clean, Defragment, and then set it up to run Disk Scan (and repair the sectors) as it boots up the next time by going to Computer (or My Computer) and right clicking on the C drive and selecting properties. The second tab lets you run Disk Scan to look for and repair hard drive sectors.



Iobit's Advanced System Care (shareware) and Piriform's CCleaner (shareware) will let you do a little more in the way of cleaning & defragmenting the registry & hard drive, then wiping the unused portion of the hard drive (run these on default settings only, for now) to randomize the extra space. It will usually free up some storage space and defragmenting keeps the hard drive from having to spin as much because it has consolidated all the files closer together. If it isn't working as hard & spinning as much to find scattered bits & pieces of files, it should run at least somewhat cooler.